Final ruling issued in fight between survivors of St. Anne’s residential school and Canada over disclosure

A decades-long court fight between survivors of abuse at a notorious Catholic-run residential school in Fort Albany, and Canada, over disclosure of evidence, appears to have ended with a March 20, 2025 decision in Ontario Superior Court. Led by former student and Fort Albany Chief, Edmund Metatawabin, the survivors of St. Anne’s had been seeking […]

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St. Anne’s survivor awarded $72K after review of denied abuse claim is still fighting

WARNING: This story contains details of abuse of children at residential schools For the residential school survivor known only as claimant T-00185, justice has been elusive. He alleged in 2009 under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement assessment process that he had been sexually abused by two older boys at the notorious St. Anne’s Indian […]

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St. Anne’s survivors speak out on Canada’s attempts to dismiss fight for accountability

Survivors of the St. Anne’s residential school near Fort Albany, Ontario, are speaking at the Ontario Superior court this week to address Canada’s attempt to dismiss their fight for accountability. The virtual hearings started Monday morning and will continue through Friday…

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Canada seeks to dismiss St. Anne’s residential school survivors’ fight for accountability

Federal lawyers are asking a court to dismiss a group of survivors’ fight to hold Canada accountable for withholding evidence of widespread abuse at St. Anne’s Indian Residential School during class-action compensation hearings.The decade-old legal saga continues this week in Ontario Superior Court in Toronto, where former pupils of the notorious Catholic-run school in Fort Albany […]

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