MOTION TO ADD STIRLAND LAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND CRISTAL LAKE HIGH SCHOOL TO THE IRSS AGREEMENT
ABBREVIATED NOTICE
THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE ONTARIO SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
MOTION TO ADD STIRLAND LAKE HIGH SCHOOL (also known as Wahbon Academy) AND CRISTAL LAKE HIGH SCHOOL TO THE INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS SETTLEMENT ("IRSS AGREEMENT")
To all who attended Stirland Lake High School (also known as 'Wahbon Academy') (1971 to 1990) and/or Cristal Lake High School (1976 to 1986) in Northwestern Ontario
BE ADVISED that a motion has been brought by Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Windigo First Nations Council before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto to ask the Court to add Stirland Lake and Cristal Lake High Schools to the list of eligible "Indian Residential Schools" under the IRSS Agreement. If the motion is granted, former residents/students will be eligible to apply for the Common Experience Payment, and the Independent Application Process for those who suffered abuse and/or mistreatment while at either of these high schools.
If you would like to make your own comments to the Court on this motion, you must file your motion record seeking permission from the Court (called "intervenor status") by February 15, 2010 with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in care of Randy Bennett, Court Monitor, Rueter Scargall Bennett LLP, Barristers & Solicitors, 155 University Avenue, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3B7, referencing Court File No. 00-CV-192059CP - Larry Philip Fontaine et al. (Plaintiffs) and The Attorney General of Canada et al. (Defendants) - Proceedings Under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c.6.
You may wish to have a lawyer to assist you with this process. If you are a former resident/student and you do not file a motion for intervenor status, the ruling of the Court will be binding upon you in terms of whether or not Stirland Lake and/or Cristal Lake should be added to the IRSS Agreement.
If you wish further information, please contact legal counsel for Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Windigo First Nation Council, Susan M. Vella, of Rochon Genova, LLP. She may be reached at:
By telephone at: 1.866.881.2292, Ext. 242 (toll free number);
By telephone at: 416-363-7627 (direct line); or
By mail directed to Susan M. Vella c/o Rochon Genova LLP, Barristers & Solicitors, 121 Richmond Street West, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2K1
