Aboriginal peoples in Canada

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    Reconciliation In Canada

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    As Tom Mulcair, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada said in a speech to representatives of the Enoch Cree Nation and the Assembly of First Nations: “There is a Canada where clean drinking water is simply taken for granted, it's a fact of life, and families live in the comfort of quality, affordable housing. And there's another Canada, where the basic right to clean drinking water remains out of reach and families live in homes that are overcrowded and unsafe.” (CBC News, 2015)…

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    Canada advances as one of the most powerful nations thriving in equality. The federal government announced that it will assist Afghanistan in creating a more peaceful environment for the Afghan people. However, as Canada embraces international challenges, struggles remain within the peaceful nation. First Nation Chief Phil Fontaine’s criticism of the federal budget brings back the light of a hidden issue of the Canadian government: the Canadian Colonial oppression of the Aboriginal people. He…

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    result of these searches, the area now known as Canada along with the rest of North and South America was settled by Europeans, with the British and the French settling in Canada. However, the British and the French were not the first people to settle in Canada. Prior to them, several groups of people, referred to today as Aboriginals, Native Americans, First Nations, or Indigenous people, lived in the area. With the arrival of the Europeans, the Aboriginals were treated poorly in many ways,…

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    affecting Aboriginal society is by observing the residential school system which continues to have tremendous negative effects on Aboriginal society. To understand how the residential school system has affected today’s Aboriginal society we must observe the harsh conditions many Aboriginal children experienced while in residential schools and link that to why crime rates and incarceration is higher in Aboriginal society then in the rest of Canada. The European settlers who colonized Canada and…

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    Non Aboriginal Culture

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    Aboriginal peoples have a prolonged history which includes spiritual and cultural traditions. Most of which were taken away upon the arrival of European settlers. Many of the issues that the Europeans brought on are still influential today. The forced introduction of European cultures and values and the dispossession of aboriginal lands caused a period of spiritual, social, and physical destruction. The aboriginal peoples have been discriminated and have been segregated from others due to coming…

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    Citizen Ethnicity

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    adequate housing remains an inaccessible right for millions of aboriginals worldwide. Access to one’s standard living is a human right. Unfortunately, not everyone has access to housing. Considering the fact, that certain equalities stand in between; making equality harder to achieve. For one, ethnicity matters the most for standards of living.Specifically speaking, Canada lacks access to housing for aboriginals and almost, 52.6 % aboriginals are forced/willingly live on reserves with…

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    period dark history that about the first nation, which is aboriginal people. In the 19s century and 20s century, the government established the residential school for the first nation’s children to learn the European culture. This decision has changed many aboriginal children’s whole life; it almost kill a few generation. It is clear to see it bring first nation’s people a huge damage. At the first, when European settlements immigrated to Canada, they thought their culture and civilization were…

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    schools in a variety of settings and to conclude, I will talk about how we can all be a part of reconciliation and why is it important for all Canadians to have a role. My thesis is that First Nations residential schools touched so many First Nations people in such a negative way and which continues to harm generations that have followed the residential school survivors, that to get reconciliation correct gives First Nations…

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    lives of many Aboriginal People and it is crucial that all people understand and are educated about this piece of history. Since residential schools were the engines of cultural genocide, understanding them is the key to gaining perspective into and fixing many contemporary Aboriginal issues. If all people are not educated on residential schools, there will continue to be a burden on Aboriginal communities and discrimination over contemporary issues that many Aboriginal societies and people…

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    get to learn about Aboriginal Canadian culture and how to incorporate that culture into my classroom. As I have decided to remain and attempt to find a job in Northern Ontario, I now recognize the importance of my understanding Aboriginal culture. With the likelihood of having both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students in my classroom, helping to provide them all with an understanding of the key concepts behind Aboriginal life, Aboriginal worldview, Aboriginal identity, Aboriginal learning, and…

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