Former residential school students await payout
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Filed Under:
First Nations
Former students of Native residential schools in Canada attended a four-day information and healing session last week in Saskatchewan.
The students are eligible for a share of a $1.9 billion residential school abuse settlement. Each student will receive $10,000, plus $3,000 for every year spent in school. The average payment will be about $28,000.
Services Canada took applications from about 1,200 people at the session in Regina. "I grew up on rags … but when I get this money, I'm going to live brand new," Roma Friday, whose brother committed suicide at a residential school, told CBC News.
Get the Story:
Former residential students hopeful as they await compensation
(CBC 9/24)
First Nation holds information session for residential school victims (CP 9/24)
Relevant Links:
Residential Schools Claims -
http://www.residentialschools.caAssembly
of First Nations -
http://www.afn.ca Indian
Residential Schools Resolution Department -
http://www.irsr-rqpi.gc.ca/english
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