The Negative Effects Of Imperialism In Canada

In source one, the speaker, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, is pointing out that the imperialism enforced on the Aboriginals of Canada in the past still negatively affects the native population in Canada today. As is shown when Smith says, “Imperialism frames the Indigenous experience. It is part of our story, our version of life today,” she portrays that imperialism has long term effects on a society as a whole, not only economically, but emotionally as well. This imperialism that the Europeans enforced was an effect of globalization, otherwise the explorers and colonies would not have been in Canada at all. The Natives in Canada did not benefit from the imperialism and did not greatly benefit from the trading that came with globalization. Overall, the cons outweighed the pros for the globalization and imperialism from the perspective of an aboriginal. An example of how heavily imperialism over First Nations has permanently affected them is the loss of traditional Aboriginal language. …show more content…
In source one and two, the focus is directed onto the negative effects of imperialism and how it is still affecting native culture today. In a slightly different approach, the speaker in source three focused on imperialism, but rather than pointing out only negatives, they chose to say that imperialism did have some positives for some cultures. In addition to the subject of imperialism, the subject imperialism as an effect of globalization is brought up as well. An example of this is in source three when the speaker says “historical globalization was a mixed blessing for most nations.” This subject of globalization also comes up in source one, two, and three in an indirect way. This is because the imperialism against the aboriginals in Canada and India, could not have taken place without globalization causing Europeans to travel to those