Provincial, Territorial, Public or Religious Aboriginal Day School
This class action seeks to compensate people subjected to the Indian Act who, between 1906 and 2014, attended a provincial, territorial, public or religious Aboriginal Day School located in an aboriginal community (reserve or indian settlement), as well as their family members, for the psychological, physical and sexual abuse committed there. It also seeks the award of punitive damages.
Latest news
On December 18, 2020, the plaintiff, represented by Dionne Schulze and Trudel Johnston & Lespérance, filed a re-amended application for authorization to bring a class action in the Superior Court against the Attorney General of Canada.
This request has been amended in order to better represent the interests of class members and so as not to interfere with the settlement agreement of a class action lawsuit regarding federal Aboriginal Day Schools before the Federal Court.
Are you a member?
You might be a member of this class action if you fit into one of these two categories:
You attended, between 1906 and 2014, a provincial, territorial, public or religious Aboriginal Day School in a Canadian province or territory -and- you are a person subjected to the Indian Act;
Or
You are the spouse or civil union partner, brother or sister, child or grandchild of someone who is subjected to the Indian Act and who has attended, between 1906 and 2014, a provincial, territorial, public or religious Aboriginal Day School in a Canadian province or territory or you are the civil union spouse or partner of any brother, sister, child or grandchild of a person who is subjected to the Indian Act and who attended, between 1906 and 2014, a provincial, territorial, public or religious Aboriginal Day School in a Canadian province or territory.
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