Woodlands Class Action

News & Updates

2012

Mar 28 Woodlands Claims Decision Update March 2012 (223 KB)

2011

Oct 19 The Province: Former Residents Cheer as Tainted Woodlands Demolished (223 KB)
Oct 19 Vancouver Sun: Good Riddance, Say Woodlands Survivors (180 KB)
Oct 18 The Record: Woodlands Survivors Deserve Recognition (29 KB)
Oct 18 CTV: Woodlands School Survivors Watch as Building Demolished (82 KB)
Oct 18 CBC: Last Woodlands School Building Facing Demolition (29 KB)
Oct 18 The Globe and Mail: Ex-Residents Cheer as Former BC Residential School is Torn Down (129 KB)
Sep 13 IMPORTANT NEWS - Court Hearing and Deadline Update, September 13, 2011 (56 KB)
Aug 18 IMPORTANT NEWS - Court Hearing, September 12,2011 (512 KB)
Aug 2 Vancouver Sun: Extend Compensation to All Victims: Dix (41 KB)
Aug 2 Metro: All Woodlands Victims Deserve Restitution: Dix (41 KB)
Aug 1 CTV: Remaining Woodlands Abuse Survivors Should be Compensated: NDP (41 KB)
Aug 1 News 1130: Woodlands Survivors Appeal for More Compensation (41 KB)
Aug 1 24 Hours: Abuse Victims at Woodlands Call for Compensation (41 KB)
Aug 1 Metro: Dix Urges Relief for School Abuse Survivors (41 KB)
Aug 1 Global: All Woodlands Survivors Should Receive Compensation: Dix (41 KB)
Aug 1 The Province: Morality Question Raised Over Government Decision Not to Compensate All Woodlands Abuse Survivors (41 KB)
Jan 20 Schedule set for resolving some of the first claims (41 KB)

2010

Apr 8 CTV.ca: School abuse survivors still hope for compensation. (54 KB)
Feb 25 The Courier: Woodlands survivors left out of settlement hope for moral persuasion (97 KB)
Feb 25 Georgia Straight: Woodlands School survivors denied justice
 (97 KB)
Jan Klein Lyons eNews - Settlement achieved for former Woodlands residents
5 Jan Bob Geddes “survived” Woodlands. Now he's being denied compensation for the abuse he suffered there (938 KB)

2009

17 Dec The Province Editorial - They all deserve compensation (35 KB)
16 Dec 'Do the right thing' and ignore Woodlands settlement cutoff: Lawyer (38 KB)
16 Dec Globe - Settlement cutoff date outrages ex-Woodlands residents (1.1 MB)
15 Dec Globe and Mail - Settlement with Woodlands survivors leaves out Pre 1974 pupils (702 KB)
15 Dec Province - Victim of Woodlands school abuses misses cutoff date by a mere 10 days (1.2 MB)
15 Dec Vancouver Sun - Province to pay victims of abuse at Woodlands (979 KB)
Nov Court Ruling Excludes Pre–August 1, 1974 Residents From Lawsuit (19 KB)
13 May Canada.com: Woodlands decision 'morally bankrupt' (31 KB)
5 Jan Woodlands Class Action Moves Ahead (905 KB)

2004

Aug Woodlands Project Report, Report of the Public Guardian and Trustee (905 KB)

2001

Aug The Need Know, Administrative Review by Dulcie McCallum (479 KB)

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