RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS AND RECONCILIATION

Join Mario J. Calla in a conversation between Chief Phil Fontaine, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, on the residential schools and reconciliation.

In 2006, these two men negotiated the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, the largest class action settlement in Canadian history. The agreement recognized the damage inflicted on Indigenous peoples by residential schools, and established a multi-billion-dollar fund to help former students in their recovery.  One of the elements of the agreement was the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Please take a moment to view and listen to the discussion: Residential Schools: toward truth and reconciliation - YouTube