did the schools receive any compensation regarding this?
The AHF was provided $350million to fund community-based healing projects addressing the legacy of physical and sexual abuse. An additional $40million was committed in 2005 to support the work of the AHF.
Canadian Indian residential school system
In January 1998, the government made a "statement of reconciliation" – including an apology to those people who were sexually or physically abused while attending residential schools – and established the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF). The foundation was provided with $350million to fund community-based healing projects addressing the legacy of physical and sexual abuse. In its 2005 budget, the Canadian government committed an additional $40million to support the work of the AHF.
where did residential schools take place in canada Such schools in Canada were mostly meant for the Indigenous Indians and were located at substantial distances from the Indigenous communities. was the government involved in this? Yes, the Department of Indian Affairs was responsible for this. how was language/culture getting affected by it? The schools aimed at suppressing the language and culture of the natives . As a result majority of the Indigenous languages existing today are "under serious threat of extinction". did anyone express any kind of sorrow regarding this system? The Vatican released an official expression of sorrow on the church's role in residential schools. what was this role? The residential schools were administered by Christian churches.
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Canadian Indian residential school system [SEP] Financial compensation
The Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development released its own report in April 2005 finding the ADR to be "an excessively costly and inappropriately applied failure, for which the Minister and her officials are unable to raise a convincing defence". Within a month of the report's release a Supreme Court of Canada decision granted school attendees the right to pursue class-action suits, which ultimately led to a government review of the compensation process. On November 23, 2005, the Canadian government announced a $1.9-billion compensation package to benefit tens of thousands of former students. National Chief of the AFN, Phil Fontaine, said the package was meant to cover "decades in time, innumerable events and countless injuries to First Nations individuals and communities".