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system that is operated to care and educate aboriginal children in Canada. The majority of students in residential schools are aged under 16 years old, so they are easier to manipulate with the commands of teachers than adults. Although the schools’ primary objective of civilizing First Nations children seems to be implemented in a good manner, they are actually depriving those young people of their human rights. The government of Canada holds the perspective that young people are more easily…

For this research paper I will look at the history of residential schools in Canada and how they affected aboriginal culture, individuals, and communities. A key component will be to assess the Canadian government’s reasons for cultural genocide and how the term genocide can be applied to this situation. This paper will assess how the government has tried to amend the treatment of aboriginals in these schools through a public apology and reimbursement programs, but also how the legacy of…

Residential schools were a very terrible time in Canada’s history, negatively affecting over 150, 000 young Indigenous people between the ages of 4-16 (Green 2012). At the time the government believed that if they taught the natives their ways, native traditions would diminish as time crept by. Many Indigenous children in this period of time would never have normal lives (Residential school essay 2012). Residential schools are religious government funded schools, in which the main purpose of…

Public Policy of Globalization in Canada To a great extent, public policy impacts various aspects of our lives to the point where our economic welfare is heavily determined by the fiscal policies of the government. Moreover, public policy impacts our social concerns whether it be healthcare and education or welfare and housing. Nonetheless it’s reinforcement by the government plays an essential role in shaping the direction of our public health. From the topic of public policy, numerous other…

Though the Order-in-council PC 1003 formed the legal basis for the working class Canadians; it had contributed to the different experience to the working class men and the working class women. During the World War II, the Canadians labour relations suffered a state of dissatisfaction. The codes of PC 1003 put the labour relation to the rest by including the certification of the union and with the introduction of the concept of the grievance. The major cause that put the Canadian working class…

Canada is home to 11 Indigenous language families with over 60 unique dialects spoken, all of which are considered to be critically endangered. According to the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Aboriginal language families in Canada “are among the most endangered in the world” (as cited in “Language and culture”). In Canada, the establishment of residential schools began in the 1870s to “Christianize and civilize” Aboriginal children (Canada, Indigenous…

The title of the secondary source is called The Genocide Question and Indian Residential Schools in Canada and the authors of the article are David B. MacDonald and Graham Hudson. The main point of this article is to question whether residential schools were a form of genocide towards Indigenous peoples of Canada. The United Nations Genocide Committee’s is used to interpret claims of genocide. This article looks at the different interpretations of the term genocide. The article then takes those…

colonization was to assimilate and integrate Indigenous people into Canadian society. As a result, there wouldn’t be any Aboriginal culture left in Canada. Acts such as the British North American Act was set out to break their culture and identity apart. 1 This process of colonization has not only affected the Indigenous people of Canada, but also Canada as a whole. Therefore, Canadians are working together to fix these problems by reconciliation. The reconciliation efforts has been adequate…

civilized individuals, completely negating their cultural influence on them . Residential schools were the product of the hidden cultural bias of the Western educational system, and this bias was exposed when approximately 100,000 Indigenous children in Canada, from 1860 to 1996 were forcefully separated from their families and placed in residential schools. Additionally, children were not allowed to speak…

Currently in schools across Canada students are mainly studying literature from American and British based cultures. So far, through out my 3 years of high school english courses, a majority of a course was spent reading and studying Shakespeare. These pieces of literature were written over 400 hundred years ago and take places in settings and cultures that todays students don't connect with. While I do agree that many of Shakespeare's work had messages and situations that transcend, many of…