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The records on our site emerge from the cultural and physical genocide that the Canadian government and churches conducted through the Indian Residential School System, including the ongoing impacts.

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Under IRSSA, CCEPIRSS agreed to provide $25 million worth of in-kind services to Residential School Survivors. The list, acquired by Dr. Turpel-Lafond through a formal Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request, provides details of those services. <em>Cash and In-Kind Commitment List</em> (9 September 2011). Source: Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre.
 

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As part of the 2006 Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), the body representing the Catholic entities, the Corporation of Catholic Entities Party to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (CCEPIRSS), agreed to provide $25 million worth of in-kind services to Residential School Survivors. Before dissolving in 2016, CCEPIRSS stated that it had done this. This log provides details of those services.

The information in this log has raised concerns about the nature of the Catholic entities’ services. These concerns were alluded to by Pamela Stellick, a senior analyst with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), and Alexander Gay, counsel for the Attorney General of Canada as part of Canada’s 2013 Request for Directions. However, Stellick asserted that the concerns had been resolved. Nevertheless, questions continue to be raised regarding the services. The former academic director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), describes the services as "ordinary church religious work repackaged as in-kind services and reconciliation." (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Sections of this record may be illegible due to the scanning process.

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16 pgs. of textual records. 
Archival History
The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) received this record from former IRSHDC Academic Director Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe). Dr. Turpel-Lafond acquired this record through a formal Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request.
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