Notices to Self Represented Claimants

This section contains notices for self-represented claimants in the IAP. The notices encompass a variety of topics ranging from the IRSAS Completion Strategy to the Handling of documents related to St. Anne’s Indian Residential School.

If you are a self-represented claimant and have questions about the IAP, please call your Claimant Support Officer or the IAP Information Line at 1-877-635-2648.

Notice to Self-represented claimants: Possible Interruption of mail service

October 22, 2018

In case of a full labour disruption in mail services, the Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat (IRSAS or the Secretariat) has made arrangements so that hearings under the Independent Assessment Process can continue and your expense claim is dealt with quickly....more

Notice to self-represented claimants: Deadline Extended for Reconsideration of Dismissed IAP Claims

July 13, 2017

June 1, 2018 is the last date you can request to have your claim re-admitted to the Independent Assessment Process (IAP) if your claim has been dismissed through the Incomplete File Resolution (IFR) procedure....more

Notice to self-represented claimants: Administrative Splits

April 24, 2017

In a decision released on November 29, 2016, the Honourable Madam Justice B.J. Brown of the Supreme Court of British Columbia has set deadlines for claimants who wish to have a Court review a decision in the Independent Assessment Process (IAP)....more

Supreme Court of British Columbia sets timelines for Court review of IAP decisions

December 8, 2016

Changes to Hearing Logistics for Self-Represented Claimants

January 7, 2016

Effective January 1, 2016, the minimum timeframe between the date a hearing is set and the date a hearing is held will be reduced for certain self-represented claimant files. The minimum timeframe for scheduling is now as follows...more

Chief Adjudicator introduces policy on participating in teleconferences

November 12, 2015

If a self-represented claimant does not participate in a scheduled teleconference, it can delay the scheduling of a hearing or the resolution of a claim. Recently the number of postponed teleconferences has increased....more

Accessing Public School records in Canada

October 27, 2015

In some IAP cases, a claimant may have difficulty in proving their attendance at an Indian Residential School. There are many possible reasons for this -- records may have been misplaced, destroyed in a fire or other calamity, or, in some cases, names may have changed. Incomplete or poor record keeping could also be to blame...more

Freeze Lifted: Estate Claims can only proceed in specific circumstances

February 2, 2015

A freeze on estate claims in the Independent Assessment Process has been lifted following decisions in several important IAP cases by Chief Adjudicator Dan Shapiro....more

Improvements in Interpretation Services at IAP hearings

December 8, 2014

The Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat (IRSAS) has introduced changes to improve the quality of interpretation at Independent Assessment Process (IAP) hearings....more

Handling of documents related to St. Anne’s Indian Residential School

July 2, 2014

In January, an Ontario judge ordered the Government of Canada and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to release a large number of documents related to St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ontario. The documents are from OPP investigations and criminal trials in the 1990s. Some of these documents might affect your IAP claim....more

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