Media Advisory: Closing ceremony for Vancouver IAP Hearing Room
GATINEAU, Quebec, Aug. 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dan Shapiro, the Chief Adjudicator in the Independent Assessment Process (IAP), will host a closing ceremony for the Vancouver IAP Hearing room on Wednesday August 7, 2019.
| What: | Closing ceremony for Vancouver IAP Hearing room |
| When: | Wednesday August 7, 2019 |
| Where: | 1166 Alberni, 8th Floor |
| Vancouver, BC | |
| Time: | 3 pm |
More than 500 hearings were held in the Vancouver hearing room, which opened in November 2009.
The IAP was set up in 2007 under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement to compensate former students who suffered sexual, physical or emotional abuse at Indian Residential Schools.
As of June 30, 2019, the Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat has resolved more than 99.9% of the 38,258 applications for compensation under the IAP. Only 40 claims remain to be resolved.
The Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat expects to complete its work and close by March 31, 2021, subject to Court approval.
Contact:
Michael Tansey
Senior Communications Consultant,
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
(613) 851-4587 (cell)
(819) 934-1444
michael.tansey@irsad-sapi.gc.ca
michael@tancom.ca
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