>> Downloadable Forms:

AFN -Former Residential School Students Contact Database - Complete the form and mail to AFN to Register


 

 

 

Mission Statement:

To address the expedient resolution of the residential schools claims filed in court by the survivors with the emphasis on the elderly and sick and to ensure an effective process is identified and carried out for healing strategies in relation to the loss of languages and culture of First Nation people and their communities.

Breaking News:

Reconsideration for the Common Experience Payment (CEP)

COMMON EXPERIENCE PAYMENT STATISTICS

November 15, 2007 - INFORMATION ADVISORY Re: Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement Funds Remain Fully Available to Common Experience Payment Applicants

November 2, 2007 - INFORMATION ADVISORY RE: PROCESSING OF COMMON EXPERIENCE PAYMENT (CEP) APPLICATIONS

November 1, 2007 - Indian Residential School Settlement Update

September 19, 2007 - UPDATE: Claim Forms are now available.

 

September 14, 2007 – RCMP WARNING to recipients of the Common Experience Payment -

August 28, 2007 - URGENT NOTICE RE: International Human Rights Tribunal Into Genocide in Canada -

August 27, 2007 - URGENT NOTICE RE: Common Experience Payment Applications -

August 7, 2007 - INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS RESOLUTION CANADA seeks Applicants for ADJUDICATION SERVICES -

June 6, 2007 - Questions and Answers regarding Indian Residential School records

April 11, 2007 :

Beginning on April 11, 2007 through to August 20, 2007, Regional Coordinators from the AFN will be scheduling community information sessions in all 633 First Nation communities and urban centers across Canada. These sessions will include a detailed presentation on the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement to explain the details and the benefits of the settlement agreement and the legal rights of former Indian Residential school students and their families.

>> Click here to view the Community Information Session Schedules for 2007

April 5, 2007 - Indian Residential School Settlement Update

March 22, 2007 - The residential schools settlement has been approved

February 7 , 2007 - Indian Residential School Settlement Update

December 15, 2006 - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine says today’s court ratifications represent a victory for Residential School Survivors

November 22-24, 2006 - AFN Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement Conference for Frontline Workers - EASTERN REGION

November 13-14, 2006 - AFN Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement Conference for Frontline Workers - CENTRAL REGION

Sept 11-13, 2006 - AFN Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement Conference for Frontline Workers

June 22, 2006 - Notice Program -Residential Schools Settlement Agreement

May 10, 2006 - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Applauds Announcement of Cabinet Approval of Residential Schools Final Agreement and Early Payments for Survivors: “We Will See Justice in Our Lifetime”

April 25, 2006 - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Statement on Minister of Indian Affairs Announcement on the Residential Schools Final Agreement

April 23, 2006 - Assembly of First Nations Approves Final Agreement on Residential Schools Resolution: Urges All Other Parties in Negotiations to Sign-off So Agreement Can Be
Approved by Federal Cabinet


March 16, 2006
- AFN Residential School Survivors Communication

November 23, 2005


October 4 , 2005 - AFN Residential School Survivors Update

September 2005 - National Residential Schools Conference Final Report

August 3 , 2005 - AFN National Chief Files Class Action Claim Against the Government of Canada for Residential Schools Policy

May 30, 2005 - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Signs Historic Political Accord to resolve the Legacy of Residential Schools

May 30, 2005 - Agreement by Minister McLellan and National Chief Fontaine

 


   

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