Independent Assessment Process (IAP) Fact Sheets

• Claimants can choose the location of their hearing
  • Hearings can be in the claimant’s community or outside the community
  • The IAP is not a court process and the IAP hearing is not held in a court room
• Hearings are private and closed to the public
• Claimants have the right to have support persons attend the hearing; the Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat will pay for up to two support persons, as well as an elder or religious person
• Claimants can request to have an interpreter at their IAP hearing at no cost to them
• Can begin with a traditional ceremony, a prayer or song
• Claimants can take breaks as needed
• An opportunity for the claimant to tell their story
• The claimant will not have to come face-to-face with the person they have accused of abusing them
• The Adjudicator (decision maker) is the only person who can ask the claimant questions

For more information please call the IAP information Line 1-877-635-2648

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