Canada’s top court dismisses federal Indian day school survivor’s appeal

May 30, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a request from a federal Indian day school survivor to appeal a lower court ruling related to a multi-billion dollar settlement agreement she said left survivors like her shortchanged and retraumatized. Jessie Waldron, who attended the Waterhen Lake Indian Day School in northern Saskatchewan during the 1960s and 1970s, asked the top court for the right to amend her compensation claim with additional evidence of abuse. The Cree day school survivor said she couldn’t access legal assistance from Gowling WLG…