Inuit

far below average. This is largely due to the fact that their communities tend to be overcrowded. Concerning this issue research showed that, “in 2006, 31 percent of all Inuit and 26 percent of First nations on-reserve lived in crowded homes, compared with 3 percent of non- Aboriginal populations in Canada. The rate of TB in Inuit Regions was 17.9 times higher than the Canadian population.” (Public Health Agency of Canada). Constantly being around so many people leads to someone else’s diseases,…

Residential schools in Canada were government funded, religious schools that were created in order to assimilate First Nation, Inuit and Metis children into Euro-Canadian culture. From 1880-1996, 150 000 Indigenous children were taken from their families and forced to attend these schools (qtd. Bowers and Mitchell). Due to generations of emotional, physical and sexual abuse from the staff at residential schools. Residential schools stand today to remind Canada of its dark history, which should…

from organic materials, and multiple attempts to create humans. Motif #1 Chaos First, nearly all cultures used Chaos to start out their Myths. For example, the Egyptian, Yoruban, Hindu, Judeo-Christian, Babylonian, Norse, Chinese, Incan, Mayan, Inuit, and Maori cultures all used chaos to create their myths. Next, the signs of chaos started off as the water and the sky.…

American history Name Course Institution Tutor Date 1. Who were the Earliest People in North America according to archeologists? 1. The First Nations 2. The Inuit 3. The Métis 4. The Native Americans 5. The Alaska Natives the first three groups of people are the found in Canada, these are the first nations, the Inuit and the metis people. They are famously known as the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. What do these mean? BCE: it means Before the Common Era. CE: it means Common Era.…

1. Canadian films have long been compared to American films and described in the sense of being “not American”. There have been many ways we historically separate Canadian films from American films, and it has mostly been through showing the differences between the two. Canadian films, historically, must have Canadian elements to be considered uniquely Canadian. This could mean Canadian actors, a Canadian director, Canadian funding, or, most prominently, a Canadian setting. Specifically, as Jim…

The environment people live in everyday are being populated. People that work in factories are causing population for people in the neighborhood because they want to make money. Environmental racism is something that people are forced to deal with everyday. To begin with, there are many people who are involved in this. For example , according to an article about these issues in…

I’m a military child, and as such, it’s always an awkward thing when someone asks me: “Where are you from?” I don’t really know, I can’t pinpoint an exact place where I can say: “I’m from so-and-so.” I can tell you where my family spent a lot time though, where the memories are the deepest, and the places I felt a strong connection to. Alaska is such a place. There’s nowhere in the world like Alaska, and I can say that with extreme clarity because my father has been everywhere. He’ll say…

“The Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities (AHSUNC) Program is a community-based children’s program funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada. AHSUNC focuses on early childhood development (ECD) for First Nations, Inuit and Métis children and their families living off-reserve” (Howard, 17). In our class text, Aboriginal peoples in Canadian Cities a chapter discusses an alternative education called the Wiingashk School. “It is operated within the Friendship Centre…

Emotion is one of the most difficult aspects of the human condition to explain in its totality, yet its existence is thought to be one of the most fundamental parts of being human. The study of emotion has taken many forms, shifting the focus from facial expression, to language, to cultural history and beyond, varying not from discipline to discipline, but also from person to person. Strictly speaking, though the vague idea of emotion as a conscious experience of feelings resulting from…

near Maidstone, Saskatchewan. Any spills could be devastating to cities and their water resources, and greenhouse gas emissions would increase from burning and producing oil which will increase climate change effects and also endanger the lives of Inuit people by increasing the risks of avalanches and mass ice blocks melting. Although this pipeline is beneficial to Canada’s economy, it can have horrible environmental and social effects and the most important part of our country is our people.…