Updates and Press Releases
Keeping you updated with the status of the Day Scholars Class ActionCBC News: Next federal government will face unresolved class action lawsuits from residential school era
CBC News | September 18, 2019 Two major unresolved class action cases from the Indian residential school era will face the next government, and may be a test of its commitment to reconciliation, says a lawyer for one group of plaintiffs. When the federal election was...
read moreDay Scholars still left out in the cold: Survivors urge Canada to provide fair compensation to Day Scholars now
August 20, 2019 Download PDF Kamloops, BC – Day Scholars are reacting to yesterday’s news about the court approval of Canada’s Indian Day Schools class-action settlement agreement by questioning why Canada continues to refuse to resolve a similar class action lawsuit...
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Presentation: Jo-Anne Gottfriedson July, 2019 Open Presentation
read moreDay Scholars Class Action: Federal Court Judge tells Canada to “walk the walk” on reconciliation
April 30th, 2019 Download PDF Kamloops, BC – In a remarkable court judgment recently released, a Federal Court Judge has blasted Canada for its approach to the Day Scholars Class Action. While the Day Scholars were unsuccessful in their attempt to get a rare and...
read moreAPTN News: These residential school survivors are dying waiting for Trudeau government to reconcile
Kenneth Jackson March 18th, APTN News Residential school survivors in Kamloops can see the building where they went to school. They can walk in the front doors and down the same halls as they did as children. But they can’t get Ottawa to see them as residential school...
read moreCBC: Ottawa heading to trial in class action lawsuit by residential school day scholars
Ottawa is heading to trial next month over a class action lawsuit involving students who attended residential schools during the day in which its lawyers have argued Canada had no residential school policy and never intended to eradicate Indigenous languages and...
read moreUBCIC Demands Fair, Equal Compensation for Day Scholars
(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – March 12, 2019) A legacy of trauma and devastation inflicted upon Indigenous culture and language continues to be brushed aside by the Canadian government in its refusal to treat Day School survivors on terms equal to other...
read moreDay Scholars Class Action: Survivors left frustrated and betrayed over Canada’s continued refusal to provide fair and equal compensation for Day Scholars
February 26, 2019 Kamloops, BC – Day Scholars are extremely disheartened to report that negotiations with Canada for fair and equal compensation for Day Scholar survivors of Residential Schools have broken down because the government refuses to deal with Day Scholars...
read more2019 IMPORTANT DAY SCHOLAR UPDATE!
Download PDF This is the website for the Day Scholars Class Action (Gottfriedson v. Canada) brought on behalf of First Nations, Métis and Inuit students who attended Indian Residential Schools during the day, but returned home at night (“Day Scholars”). These students...
read moreHarper government loophole allowed 101 bands to sue feds over residential schools (APTN News)
Published November 29, 2018 in APTN News Link to full APTN Post here. Excerpt… … The two bands that first signed on were Kamloops and Sechelt First Nation in British Columbia. Today, there are 101 bands signed on stretching across the country. One of the lead...
read moreUpdate on Day Scholars Class Action: Survivors urge Canada to Provide Fair Compensation to Day Scholars Now
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10th, 2018 Download PDF Kamloops, BC – Day Scholars reacted to news that Canada has entered into a settlement agreement regarding the Indian Day Schools class-action lawsuit by questioning why Canada has not yet resolved a similar class...
read moreTk’emlúps te Secwepemc, Sechelt First Nations and James Bay Cree Day Scholar Update
Download PDF INCLUDE the EXCLUDED! Focus on fixing the problem is the mandate of Day Scholar Executive. How do we fix 70 years of damages that the residential schools inflicted upon our Day Scholars, on our Bands and on our communities and families? The Day Scholar...
read morePress Release, October 10th, 2017: MOU Signed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver, October 10, 2017 Download PDF A significant step forward in the Day Scholars litigation has occurred with the signing of a “Memorandum of Understanding” between the Canadian Government and the First Nations’ Plaintiffs. The memorandum...
read moreDay Scholar Community Update: July 2017
July Update from the Day Scholar Coordinator…
read moreUpdate from Coordinator: July 4th, 2017
Download Powerpoint Presentation (Day Scholar Certified Class Action Update July, 2017) The Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc, Sechelt First Nations and the James Bay Cree Certified Day Scholars are currently: Involved in Exploratory Discussions with Canada TteS, SFN &JBC...
read morePress Release: Update on Day Scholar’s Class Action
The Representative Plaintiffs in the Day Scholars Class Action anticipate a busy few months ahead as discussions with Canada’s Ministerial Special Representative, Tom Isaac move into high gear. Following Mr. Isaac’s appointment by the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, the two sides have held preliminary meetings to help Mr. Isaac understand the depth of the impact of attendance at Residential Schools by the Day Scholars…
read moreUpdate from Coordinator: November 30th, 2016
Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc, Sechelt First Nations, and James Bay Cree Paddling together for Justice, Reconciliation, Healing & Wellness for our Nations! This is a brief update of where things stand as of the end of November…
read morePress Release: Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs announces appointment of a Ministerial Special Representative (MSR)
A major step forward in the Day Scholars Class Action was taken yesterday with the announcement of the appointment of a Ministerial Special Representative (MSR) for the purpose of negotiating a settlement. The Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, made the announcement appointing Thomas Isaac the MSR at the BC Assembly of First Nations Annual General Meeting.
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