This final paper will be focused on the lives of Aboriginal women past and present. I would like to delve into the history of how their culture switched from a matriarchal society to Aboriginal women losing respect and gaining stereotypes. Through this paper I would like to learn about how these stereotypes have come about, why they exist, and what is being done to stop them. I would like to take in this information for myself, as an educator, to teach children of all cultures that any type of stereotyping is wrong and to teach anyone I can about the knowledge I have gained by writing this paper. To initiate my learning and teaching, I will be using a number of sources. First, to discuss the different stereotypes Aboriginal women have faced
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It is run by the Canadian Association for the Advancement in Women in Sports and Physical Activity (CAAWS) and is described as “a national project to increase sport opportunities for aboriginal girls and young women through collaboration, capacity building and leadership development” on their website at changemakers.net. I will be describing both Christine’s presentation as well as the Team Spirit website later on in this paper and discuss how both of these programs could benefit young Aboriginal women. Finally, I will also be looking at an Article written about the murder of Pamela George, an Aboriginal woman who was killed by two men while selling her body to support her family. This is article, Pamela George: a victim of history and economic racism, by Ron Bourgeault (1997) describes the events that happened on that night of April 18th 1995. This article also gives a description of the trial and what faced the two men that committed this crime. This article will assist me in talking about the excessive violence that is put upon Canadian Aboriginal Women, and a program called sisters in spirit that has been put in place for this specific issue. Although I would rather not end my paper on a negative note, violence against Aboriginal women is something that still exists in Canada today, and what happened to Pamela George in 1995 is something that all of us should never forget. Sisters in …show more content…
Men have been seen to be stronger, smarter, and have almost always had the upper hand; The White Ribbon Campaign is a campaign to stop violence against women by reaching out to men across the country. While writing my original proposal for this term paper I planned on using The White Ribbon Campaign to support my ideas about violence against women, however I have recently learned about a campaign called Sisters in Spirit. This program is dedicated specifically towards aboriginal women, they have the same goals as the white ribbon campaign in that their main objective is stopping violence against women, they are just geared specifically to women of Aboriginal background. I decided to look more into programs like these when after reading about what happened to Pamela George. While reading this article by Ron Bourgeault (1997), I realized why the white ribbon campaign simply is not enough to stop violence against Aboriginal women. Pamela George was a woman, an Aboriginal woman, a mother of two; she was prostituting in Regina on April 18th 1995 when a man picked her up in his car, unknown to George, with another man hiding in the trunk. In short, the two men attacked George and left her lying face down in the mud to die. After discussing this story in class, as well as reading this article by Bourgeault, I have realized why we need a program like sisters in spirit to promote the end of violence against
It is run by the Canadian Association for the Advancement in Women in Sports and Physical Activity (CAAWS) and is described as “a national project to increase sport opportunities for aboriginal girls and young women through collaboration, capacity building and leadership development” on their website at changemakers.net. I will be describing both Christine’s presentation as well as the Team Spirit website later on in this paper and discuss how both of these programs could benefit young Aboriginal women. Finally, I will also be looking at an Article written about the murder of Pamela George, an Aboriginal woman who was killed by two men while selling her body to support her family. This is article, Pamela George: a victim of history and economic racism, by Ron Bourgeault (1997) describes the events that happened on that night of April 18th 1995. This article also gives a description of the trial and what faced the two men that committed this crime. This article will assist me in talking about the excessive violence that is put upon Canadian Aboriginal Women, and a program called sisters in spirit that has been put in place for this specific issue. Although I would rather not end my paper on a negative note, violence against Aboriginal women is something that still exists in Canada today, and what happened to Pamela George in 1995 is something that all of us should never forget. Sisters in …show more content…
Men have been seen to be stronger, smarter, and have almost always had the upper hand; The White Ribbon Campaign is a campaign to stop violence against women by reaching out to men across the country. While writing my original proposal for this term paper I planned on using The White Ribbon Campaign to support my ideas about violence against women, however I have recently learned about a campaign called Sisters in Spirit. This program is dedicated specifically towards aboriginal women, they have the same goals as the white ribbon campaign in that their main objective is stopping violence against women, they are just geared specifically to women of Aboriginal background. I decided to look more into programs like these when after reading about what happened to Pamela George. While reading this article by Ron Bourgeault (1997), I realized why the white ribbon campaign simply is not enough to stop violence against Aboriginal women. Pamela George was a woman, an Aboriginal woman, a mother of two; she was prostituting in Regina on April 18th 1995 when a man picked her up in his car, unknown to George, with another man hiding in the trunk. In short, the two men attacked George and left her lying face down in the mud to die. After discussing this story in class, as well as reading this article by Bourgeault, I have realized why we need a program like sisters in spirit to promote the end of violence against