Inuit

One hundred or so years ago, many believed that assimilation of First Nations in Canada was a good policy. No one was aware about the horrid conditions of residential schools at the time. 93,000 residential school students are still alive today. They are the limited survivors of a cultural genocide that many did not even realize had occurred in Canada until very recently. The last residential school did not close until 1996, and to this very day Indigenous society is taut with corruption as a…

Aboriginal communities to declare states of emergency. A report from 2010 states that “the suicide rate for children under 15 in some Ontario First Nations is more than 50 times the national average”. Whereas Nunavut does not fare any better as, “Inuit in Nunavut take their own lives nearly 10 times more than other…

In his play Where the Blood Mixes, Kevin Loring illuminates the origins and implications of the legacy of residential schools which remains prevalent in Indigenous communities in the twenty-first century. Loring strives not to diminish the experiences of residential school survivors, but to reconstruct how individuals in the twenty-first century view and represent survivors of residential schools. This goal is achieved through Loring’s depiction of characters that are sad, but loving and funny…

A person’s race determines where they will live, due to environmental racism, which is the placement of low income communities specifically minorities in hazardous environments. Environmental racism is what caused African American, Henley Clark and his family to move into homes in the shadows of refineries. Leaving them to inhale noxious fumes and become witness to the destruction of nature. Realizing that predominantly rich white residents didn’t want them around, they had no other option but…

Although uncommonly known today, human zoos were an abnormal phenomenon that unexpectedly got popular. They were swept under the rug by businessmen who flooded the headlines with other things to overshadow and hide the outbreak of hate against human zoos. People forgot about them and soon they were an unknown form of entertainment, especially after racial equality campaigns began to have some precedent. However, even before it became an equal rights problem, it was still controversial for its…

n Hettinger’s (2012/1998) essay, he defines anthropocentric value as nature that is valuable for the use of humans (pg. 119). In addition, he defines anthropogenic value as the noninstrumental valuing of nature (Hettinger, 2012/1998). Moreover, this essay will include a brief discussion on the difference between anthropocentric and anthropogenic value. Furthermore, I will follow with an example of an anthropogenic value that is not anthropocentric. According to Hettinger (2012/1998), the…

There are about 300,000 persons with Multiple Sclerosis in North America. I first heard about MS my first year of college. I read a book named living with MS. It described In great detail how her life was affected by MS and her determination to not let MS define her, So what is MS? MS, is also known as multiple sclerosis. It is the degeneration of the myelin sheet; it’s a disabling disease of the central nervous system that interrupts the passage way of information inside the brain, and between…

Seal and polar bear hunting have long since been a popular pastime and cultural practice for Canada’s indigenous populations. However, as outlined by the newspaper article “Greenpeace side sweeps the Inuit,” if not properly controlled, it can also lead these species to even further endangerment (Sopuck R., 2007). When caught, polar bears can often be sold for large sums and can provide a source of income for Indigenous groups (Sopuck R., 2007). While this practice has been a long-held cultural…

Agency of Canada. (2010). Population-Specific HIV/AIDS Status Report: Aboriginal Peoples. Retrieved from http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/aids- sida/publication/ps-pd/aboriginal-autochtones/chapter-chapitre-2-eng.php Health Canada. (2012). First Nations & Inuit Health: HIV and AIDS. Retrieved from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/diseases-maladies/aids-sida/index-eng.php Public Health Agency of Canada. (2010). Population-Specific HIV/AIDS Status Report: Aboriginal Peoples. Retrieved from…

Canadian aboriginals have experienced an increase in racial discrimination as racial tensions have become amplified in Canada from the persisting effects of the relocation of the indigenous people in 1953. This paper will explore the lasting effects of forced relocation the indigenous people in regards to the Blauner Hypothesis and the deconstruction of the productive family unit. More then 40% of indigenous people are unemployed and experience much higher rates of suicide, alcoholism, and drug…