A formal hearings process was part of the court-appointed Residential Schools Settlement Agreement between legal counsel for former students, legal counsel for the churches, the government of Canada, the Assembly of First Nations, and other Aboriginal organizations.What was this process called?

A) The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
B) The Ipperwash Inquest
C) The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
D) The Royal Proclamation on Aboriginal Rights

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

An official body tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing by a government, in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past.

Residential Schools Settlement

A legal agreement aimed at compensating survivors of the Canadian Indian residential school system, where Indigenous children were forcibly assimilated into European-Canadian culture.

Formal Hearings

Structured legal proceedings where evidence and arguments are presented to determine an outcome in disputes, often presided over by a judicial figure or administrative body.