RESEARCH QUESTION Consider how Canadian colonial policy has affected Aboriginal sovereignty in the post-confederation Canada and modern day Canada; examine factors that influenced the right to exercise these sovereignty claims through a Foucauldian lens considering race and racialization.
METHODOLOGY
I will be evaluating my question as a within-case comparison, looking that the differences over time, in this instance post-confederation Canada (1867) and modern day Canada (1980’s-2016). I will utilize Foucault’s theory of disciplinary power to analyse tactics of colonial oppression over Aboriginal sovereignty. My comparison will identify factors such as colonialism, The Indian Act and residential school assimilation policies …show more content…
Over the last two hundred years, the indigenous people of Canada have struggled to maintain their sovereignty rights and their cultural identity. In this paper I shall assess Aboriginal sovereignty rights and freedoms in the post-confederation era of Canada and Canada in the modern day. By assessing the actions of the Canadian nation state and their policies during both time periods I will compare them under a Foucauldian lens, particularly Foucault 's theory of disciplinary power, and assess how these policies functioned to influence Aboriginal sovereignty rights. I will argue, through Foucault’s perspective, that despite a difference in the types of power relations and disciplinary tactics used over time, Canadian post-colonial policies in both time periods have acted in racialized ways and act to subjugate, regulate and surveil Aboriginal peoples thus denying Aboriginal sovereignty …show more content…
Monaghan connects Foucault 's ideas of bio-power to sovereign power stating that they are " conjoined and braided as opposed to opposite and distinct" (Monaghan
METHODOLOGY
I will be evaluating my question as a within-case comparison, looking that the differences over time, in this instance post-confederation Canada (1867) and modern day Canada (1980’s-2016). I will utilize Foucault’s theory of disciplinary power to analyse tactics of colonial oppression over Aboriginal sovereignty. My comparison will identify factors such as colonialism, The Indian Act and residential school assimilation policies …show more content…
Over the last two hundred years, the indigenous people of Canada have struggled to maintain their sovereignty rights and their cultural identity. In this paper I shall assess Aboriginal sovereignty rights and freedoms in the post-confederation era of Canada and Canada in the modern day. By assessing the actions of the Canadian nation state and their policies during both time periods I will compare them under a Foucauldian lens, particularly Foucault 's theory of disciplinary power, and assess how these policies functioned to influence Aboriginal sovereignty rights. I will argue, through Foucault’s perspective, that despite a difference in the types of power relations and disciplinary tactics used over time, Canadian post-colonial policies in both time periods have acted in racialized ways and act to subjugate, regulate and surveil Aboriginal peoples thus denying Aboriginal sovereignty …show more content…
Monaghan connects Foucault 's ideas of bio-power to sovereign power stating that they are " conjoined and braided as opposed to opposite and distinct" (Monaghan