Notice of settlement of the Percival Indian Boarding Homes class action, for which Dionne Schulze acts as counsel for the Quebec subclass, was published on May 21, 2024. This class action seeks to compensate individuals placed with a family by the government of Canada, for the purpose of attending elementary or secondary school (whether in an Aboriginal or urban community), between September 1, 1951 and June 30, 1992.
Class members will be able to apply for compensation under the settlement agreement starting August 21, 2024, when claim forms will become available on the https://boardinghomesclassaction.com/ website. Class members will have until Monday, February 22, 2027 to submit their claims. If they instead wish to opt out of the settlement agreement, they will have until Monday, July 22, 2024 to do so.
Dionne Schulze was counsel for the late Kenneth Weistche, who was the representative plaintiff for the Quebec subclass members of the class action. Following his untimely death on November 24, 2023, his wife, Annie Trapper Weistche, replaced him. Since March 5, 2024, Annie Trapper Weistche is representative plaintiff for the Quebec subclass.