News Release Justice for Day Scholars The Representative Plaintiffs in the class action of Gottfriedson v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada are pleased
Day scholars attended the same residential schools where many Aboriginal students suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse, but day scholars returned home at the end of each school day. Day scholars were not included as part of the 2006 Indian Residential School Settlement of about $3 billion. On Wednesday (June 9), Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced the settlement will see each survivor receive $10,000 in compensation. In addition, the federal government will place $50 million in a Day Scholars Revitalization Fund. “I suffered a lot as a day scholar at Kamloops Indian Residential School. I was taught to feel that I did not belong with Secwépemc people practising my culture and traditions and became disconnected from my family and community,” said Diena Jules of Tk emlúps te Secwépemc. Jules was a day scholar at the Kamloops Indian Residential School and a plaintiff in the class action lawsuit.
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OTTAWA - A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against the federal government involving hundreds of First Nations people left out of residential-school compensation.