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1.9;a1 Notice
Were you an inpatient who resided at CPRI in London
Ontario between 1963 and 2011?
A Lawsuit May Affect You. Please Read this Carefully.
You could be affected by a class action lawsuit involving the Child and Parent Resource
Institute, formerly known as the Children's Psychiatric Research Institute ("CPRI"), which
is located in London Ontario.
What is this case about?
The lawsuit says Ontario failed to properly care for and protect people who lived at CPRI.
The lawsuit says inpatients of CPRI were emotionally, physically, and psychologically
traumatized by their experiences at CPRI. Ontario denies these claims. The Court has not
decided whether the Class or Ontario is right. The lawyers for the Class will have to prove
their claims in Court.
Are you included?
You are included in this lawsuit if:
• you were an inpatient who stayed overnight at CPRI, between
September 1, 1963 and July 1, 2011, except for any time when
you were in the Glenhurst or Pratten 1 wards; and
• to be included in the lawsuit, a former inpatient must have been
alive as of February 22, 2014.
Who represents the class?
The Court has appointed Koskie Minsky LLP to represent the Class as "Class Counsel". You
don't have to pay Class Counsel, or anyone else, to participate. Instead, if Class Counsel
achieves money or benefits for the Class, they will ask for lawyers' fees and costs, which
would be deducted from any money obtained, or to be paid by Ontario. You may hire your
own lawyer, but you may have to pay that lawyer.
What are your options?
Ar this stage of the case you have a choice whether you want to stay in the case or get out
of it.
Stay in: To stay in the Class, you do not have. to do anything. If money or benefits are
obtained, you will be notified about how to ask for a share. You will be legally bound by
all orders and judgments, and you will not be able to sue Ontario about the legal claims in
this case..
Staying in the Class will not impact the support services you receive which are funded
by Ontario.
Get out of the Class: If you want to keep your rights to sue individually over the claims in
this case or do not wish to be parr of this Class you need to remove yourself. If you remove
yourself, you cannot get money or benefits from this lawsuit if any are awarded. To ask to
be removed, send a letter to the address below, postmarked no later than October 20, 2017,
that says you want to be removed from Templin v. HMQ, and include your name, address
and telephone number on the letter or send an E-mail to CPRI@crawco.ca including
your name, address and telephone number. You can also get an Opt Out Form at www.
ClassactionCpri.ca. You must mail your removal request or Opt Out Form postmarked
no later than October 20, 2017, to: CPRI Class Action Administrator, c/o Crawford &
Company Inc., 3-505 Weber St. N., Waterloo ON N2J 3G9, or send a written removal
request by email at: CPRI@crawco.ca, which must be received no later than October 20,
2017.
How can I get more information?
Go to www ClassactionCpri.ca, call toll-free 1-866-640-9989 (TTY: 1-877-627-7027) or
write to CPRI Class Action Administrator, c/o Crawford & Company Inc., 3-505 Weber St.
N., Waterloo ON N2J 3G9, or by email at: CPRI@crawco.ca.
Alice Munro Festival
of the Short Story
Michael Ondaatje
and Jane Urquhart
headliners of 2017
Alice Munro Festival
This year's Alice Munro Festival of
the Short Story starts things off with a
screening of the 1974 documentary The
Clinton Special: A Film About the Farm
Show by Michael Ondaatje. The film
documents the creation of the now leg-
endary collective theater play The Farm
Show.
In 1972 Toronto's Theatre Passe
Muraille Company moved into the
farming community of Clinton, Ontario
and area, and made a play out of the
stories and events of the people of that
region.
The following spring, the company
took its play, "The Farm Show;' on a tour
of the farming communities of south-
western Ontario, sometimes perform-
ing in auction barns and town halls.
The screening will be followed by an
onstage discussion with Mr. Ondaatje
and Paul Thompson, director of The
Farm Show.
The Clinton Special screening takes
place at 7:30 pm on Friday, June 2 at
Blyth Memorial Hall. Tickets are $15.00
and are available through The Blyth
Festival Box -Office, 1-877-862-5984 or
www.blythfestival.com.
The story of The Farm Show and its
impact on Huron County and Cana-
dian theatre continues with a program
called The Drawer Boy from Stage to
Screen on Saturday, June 3.
The Drawer Boy, an award winning
play by Michael Healey revisited the
creation of The Farm Show. Set in 1972
on a farm near Clinton, Ontario the
play follows three characters: the farm's
two owners, Morgan and Angus, and
Miles, a young actor from Toronto
doing research for a collectively created
theatre piece about farming.
A new film adaptation of the play was
shot during the late summer of 2016
using many of the original locations in
Huron County. As a thank you to the
community where the story takes place
and film was shot, the film's Director/
Producer, Arturo Perez Torres and
Associate Director/Producer, Aviva
Armour -Ostroff will be on hand to
share the process of adapting the play
for the screen, before the film debuts
on the film festival circuit in 2017. This
special event is by invitation only and
anyone wishing to attend is asked to
contact the Blyth Festival Box Office to
reserve their space.
Filmmaker, Rachel Thompson will
also be screening her new documen-
tary Theatre Beyond Walls with Paul
Thompson that tells the incredible
story, Paul Thompson, and a theatre
company that provoked a cultural
movement in Canada, which includes
The Farm Show.
Governor General Award winning
author, Jane Urquhart will read from
her national bestseller, A Number of
Things: Stories About Canada Told
Through 50 Objects at the Short Story
Contest awards luncheon on Saturday,
June 3.
Ms. Urquhart will be joined by the
books illustrator Scott McKowen.
Together they will share some of the
remarkable stories of the fifty objects
and places that tell a powerful narrative
about Canada in our sesquicentennial
year.
A new partnership between the Fes-
tival and the Maitland Trail Association
will see author Kyo Maclear go off the
page and into the field as she and local
guide Roger Goddard, lead a birding
walk along the Maitland Trail on the
morning of Sunday, June 4. Maclear's
national bestseller,
Birds Art Life, follows her year-long
adventure following a Toronto musi-
cian that is also a bird lover and pho-
tographer. The memoir celebrates the
particular madness of loving and chas-
ing after birds in a big city.
Other programming highlights for
2017 include:
Grandmothers, Sisters, & Aunties: The
Female Voice in First Nation Storytell-
ing, a panel of three acclaimed Cana-
dian First Nation authors: Lee Maracle,
Cherie Dimaline and Falen Johnson,
discuss how their own work and the
voices of other indigenous female
authors is contributing to the oeuvre of
CanLit.in the 21st century.
Screening of the 2015 documentary
film, Al Purdy Was Here with director
and producer, Brian D. Johnson. The
documentary looks at the legacy of
Canada's unofficial poet laureate. In
1957 Al Purdy and his wife built an
A -frame cabin on Roblin Lake in Ontar-
io's Prince Edward County that
becomes a mecca for the early pioneers
of Canadian literature.
Our annual Books & Brunch event on
Sunday, June 4 at The Livery in Goder-
ich will have an all -Canadian theme in
celebration of Canada's 150th, panelists
Merilyn Simonds, Marni Jackson and
Eva Crocker will share and discuss their
favorite Canadian short stories and
authors.
The 2017 Alice Munro Festival of the
Short Story includes a series of master -
classes that allow emerging writers of
all levels to learn from and network
with the guest authors as well as read-
ings and panel discussions.
Program details, including box office
information, for the festival can be
found on the website www.alicemun-
rofestival.ca.
The Alice Munro Festival of the Short
Story is supported by the Ontario Arts
Council, Township of North Huron,
County of Huron, Capital Power, Dave
Peers State Farm and Howick Mutual
Insurance Company