QUICK ACCESS TO INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL INFORMATION
These web site links deal with topics that may cause trauma invoked by memories of past abuse. The Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations' Chiefs Secretariat, the Government of Canada, and others recognize the need for safety measures to minimize the risk associated with triggering.
A National Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former Residential School students. You can access emotional and crisis referral services. You can also get information on how to get other health supports from the Government
of Canada.
Please call the Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419 if you or someone you know is triggered while reading the content on this web site. In addition to this call centre, former IRS students/ descendents can call APC's toll free number, 1-877-667-4007, to be referred to a Resolution Health Support Worker (RHSW) located in the Atlantic region.
National Aboriginal IRS Resources
· Aboriginal Healing Foundation - http://www.ahf.ca/
· Assembly of First Nations Indian Residential School Unit - http://www.afn.ca/residentialschools/index.html
· Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society - http://www.irsss.ca/
· Legacy of Hope- Our Stories, Our Strength - http://www.legacyofhope.ca/OurStories.aspx
· Legacy of Hope - Where are the Children? - http://www.wherearethechildren.ca/en/home.html
· National Residential Schools Survivor's Society - http://www.nrsss.ca/
Government Agencies Involved in the IRS Settlement Agreement
· INAC - http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/index.asp
· Service Canada - http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/goc/cep/index.shtml
· Royal Canadian Mounted Police - http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/index-eng.htm
· Health Canada - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/services/indiresident/irs-pi-eng.php
What is the Settlement Agreement?
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#IRSSA-1
Settlement Agreement Entire Document - http://www.residentialschoolssettlement.ca/settlement.html
INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF THE IRS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT:
Common Experience Payment (CEP)
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#CEP-AP-1
Common Experience Payment - Eligibility
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#CEP-AP-2
Additions to Recognized IRS List
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#CEP-List-1
Common Experience Payment - Incomplete Records
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#CEP-IR-1
Common Experience Payment - Payments
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#CEP-P-1
Common Experience Payment - Decisions
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#CEP-D-1
Common Experience Payment - Call Centre
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#CEP-CC-1
Reconsideration Process of Common Experience Payments
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#RECON-1
Common Experience Payment Statistics
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/cep/st/index-eng.asp
CEP Application forms
http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/goc/cep/forms.shtml
INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT PROCESS (IAP)
What is IAP?
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#IAP-1
Legal Fees
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#LEGAL-1
Top Ups for former students who attend a Catholic residential school and who settled a claim in litigation, the ADR pilot projects or the DR process
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#TOPUP-1
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
http://www.iap-pei.ca/ctus-eng.asp
Adjudication Secretariat Statistics
http://www.iap-pei.ca/content/pdf/stat-eng.pdf
IAP Guide & Application form
http://www.iap-pei.ca/pub-eng.asp
TRUTH & RECONCILIATION COMMISSION & COMMEMORATION
http://www.trc-cvr.ca/index_e.html
HEALTH & HEALING
http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/rqpi/faq-eng.asp#HEALTH-1
Regional Health Support Workers - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/services/indiresident/irs-pi-eng.php
CHURCHES WHO JOINTLY ADMINISTERED RECOGNIZED INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
http://www.anglican.ca/index.php
Overview of Healing & Reconciliation Fund - http://www.anglican.ca/rs/healing/index.htm
Application form - http://www.anglican.ca/rs/healing/documents/Application-Form.pdf
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
http://www.cccb.ca/site/index.php?lang=eng
Catholic Churches campaign for IRS healing-www.movingforwardtogether.ca
Application form - electronic information not yet available
* Catholic Entities proposal review committee meets monthly. To obtain an application or make a request for additional information, please contact Wendell Nicholas by telephone at (506)273-5569 or email at wendallnicholas@gmail.com.
Criteria for funding
http://www.presbyterian.ca/webfm_send/2431
Application form
http://www.presbyterian.ca/webfm_send/361
Ideas for projects
http://www.presbyterian.ca/webfm_send/360
Overview of Healing & Reconciliation Fund - http://www.united-.ca/funding/healing
Application form -
http://www.united-church.ca/files/funding/healing/application.pdf
