Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement
The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) is an agreement between the Government of Canada and approximately 86,000 Native Canadians who at some point were enrolled as children in the Canadian Indian residential school system, a system which was in place between 1879 and 1996. The IRSSA recognized the damage inflicted by the residential schools and established a $2 billion compensation package for all former IRS students and, in particular, those who had been abused or otherwise harmed. The agreement, announced in 2006, was the largest class action settlement in Canadian history. As of December 2012 a total of $1.62 billion has been paid to 78,750 former students.
The Laidlaw Memorial School and Junior College, Ketti
Throughout the years 1914 and 1915, more and more children were admitted, and three more bungalows in Kodaikanal, Fernhill, Blackburn and Preston were rented to accommodate the growing number of children. On May 23, 1915, the first birthday of the homes was celebrated with 33 children. On February 17, 1916, the second annual meeting of the homes was held in the Museum Theatre, Madras and was presided over by H. E. Lord Pentland. By the end of the year 1916, there were 66 children in the homes; this figure grew each year: