Issued also in French under title: La dignité retrouvée, la réparation des sévices infligés aux enfants dans des établissements canadiens.

Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.

Includes bibliographical references.

Issues -- Why a report on institutional child abuse? -- What children experienced -- Residential schools for Aboriginal children -- Needs identified -- Responses -- Criteria of assessment, approaches to redress and guiding principles -- The criminal justice process -- Civial actions -- Criminal injuries compensation programs -- Ex Gratia payments -- Ombudsman offices -- Children's advocates and commissions -- Public inquiries -- Truth commissions and similar processes to address systemic human rights abuses -- Community initiatives -- Redress programs -- Maintaining a diversity of approaches to providing redress -- Commitments -- Prevention -- Reflections -- Recommendations -- Appendix A: Minister's letter -- Appendix B: Bibliography.