Canadian Indian residential school system

“Cultural genocide”, that is exactly what happened when the white man colonized the Indian. To the outsider, Canada appears to be a ‘perfect’ country. From our free healthcare to our need to profusely apologize for bumping into inanimate objects, we are a nation envied by many. Our greatest strength lies in our diversity and multiculturalism. In our current Prime Minister’s words “diversity is at the very heart of Canada. It is who we are and what we do.” However, there is a part of our history…

tolerated if not carried out by so-called “professionals.” For instance, in 1919, a boy who ran away from the Anglican Old Sun school was shackled to his bed and whipped repeatedly with a horsewhip until his back bled. Indian Commissioner W.A. Graham tried to have the principal fired but was unsuccessful. In 1924, another similar incident occurred as a boy at the Anglican school in The Pas was beaten until his neck to his buttocks turned black. Graham said that there was no point in reporting…

Thomas King's The Inconvenient Indian provides a harrowing and sarcastic but ultimately very real, look at the history of Indigenous peoples in North America from the time of first contact to the present. King details the relationship between non-Indigenous peoples and Indigneous peoples, establishing a subversion of history in which this relationship has continuously exploited and dominated over Indigneous people. At times a deeply personal account on his own conflicted activism, and at other…

in particular social environments. As such, the use of sport as a means of social control for Aboriginal youth that targeted change in behaviour, destruction of culture, and reinforcement of Eurocentric values was not a mechanism confined to residential schools. Accordingly, the subsequent section will provide an examination of Aboriginal sport policy developments in Canada and sequentially analyze the overall implications of these manifestations using the Foucauldian notions of biopower,…

as well as her being part of the breathing space that is away from collective justice, limited the degree to which the violence done to her corpse could be recognize and the accused held responsible for his actions (150). This means that the court system could not lay severe sentence to the two men who murdered George, because they behavior is justified by social hierarchy that placing the perpetrators in a position that ascribes them as victims. This is because Pamela George exposed herself to…

protection or support and more likely to be in need of surveillance and control” (Chan, p.261). An example of a situation that occurred between the Aboriginal community and the criminal justice system was the incident with Frank Paul. According to Razack (as stated in Chan, p.260), Frank Paul was picked up by police for being drunk in public. He was eventually released but was brought back to the station for a second time, where the sergeant refused to keep him. Frank was left in an alleyway,…

Introduction & Research Topic The topic I will be researching is systemic disadvantages bestowed upon Canada’s Aboriginal peoples, and the reasons behind their innate inferiority in Canadian society. Research Question: Why is there a higher incidence of crime in Aboriginal communities in Canada? Literature 1: Crime and control in three Nishnawbe-Aski Nation communities: An exploratory investigation: The questions asked and answered in the article by Auger, Doob, Auger, and Driben (1992) pertain…

Liberalism is an ideology based on the liberty and equality of every individual in society, and has evolved throughout history because of the recurring rejection of itself as an ideology. From the perspective of the source, liberalism is the source of inequality in multiple aspects of society. It goes on to say that it is crucial to reject the principles of liberalism at every opportunity. However, in historical and modern examples, societies that reject the core ideals of liberalism often are…

Additionally, their social conditions have also played a huge part in their underrepresentation and participation in Canadian politics. Aboriginals, live in very poor conditions in their reserves. They do not have clean drinking water, their infrastructure is falling apart, there is no steady economy from the reserve and poor healthcare and education. “Although conditions of extreme poverty, poor health, insufficient housing, and impoverished social and health services still exist in many…

A good question is how well do people understand what consent? Everyone know the common sense general meaning of consent which is the act of saying 'yes ' and 'yes ' means 'yes ', but only a few know what it really consent means and to give consent which is Actively communicating and respecting boundaries during sexual activity. For example, some people believe that if a woman sends an explicit photo through email or text, this always means she is giving consent to a sexual activity and some…