Essay On Aboriginal Youth

Aboriginal youth living on reservations today, are living with the controls and limitations that may be detrimental for their further or current success in education, as in a comparison to the rest of Canadian youth who have access to a wide array of resources provided to them. This may include more teachers, which have a higher standards of testing, “the teachers who are trained exclusively in provincially accredited teachers colleges aren’t trained properly…to teach in our schools and our kids have been suffering for way too long as a result” (Barrera, J. ATPN National News, para. 21). There seems to be multiple sub-categories that Aboriginal youth within Canada today are confronted with; isolation, depression, suicide, racism, bulling, hate crimes, poverty, substance abuse, crime, and mistrust of the education system due to colonialism, lack of a support systems and a lack of confidence to further their education with the absence of empowerment in their current environment. This is a systemic cycle that has certainly not been resolved and continues to be a hardship for the First Nations society. Considering these multifaceted elements that add to First Nations adolescent barriers of the non-equal educational opportunities or privileges as other adolescents in Canada. Therefore what are the next steps to prevail for the Aboriginal peoples, is there anything that can be held accountable or done?

The Stolen Generation has left devastating impacts upon the Aboriginal culture and heritage, Australian history and the presence of equality experienced today. The ‘Stolen Generation’ refers to the children of Aboriginal descent being forcefully abducted by government officials of Australia and placed within institutions and catholic orphanages, being forced to assimilate into ‘white society’. These dehumanising acts placed these stolen children to experience desecration of culture, loss of identity and the extinction of their race. The destructive consequences that followed were effects of corruption including attempted suicide, depression and drug and alcohol abuse. The indigenous peoples affected by this have endured solitude for many

Did you know that in 2006, the number of aboriginal people in Canada surpassed one million? This means that the aboriginals represented 3.8% of the total population in Canada. Even though this number is much smaller than the non-aboriginal population, they have an impact on Canada, in the north and south. Unfortunately, some of the aboriginal groups do not have a stable way of living and the Canadian government is very selective when helping them. Overall, I want to be able to help the First Nation people receive the funding they need to have a thriving economic workforce.

How often do we stop to think about the minorities of this country and how they become involved and are treated in the criminal justice system? I surmise; only some of us will concern ourselves with such details. For some like myself; we might work with individuals of the Aboriginal community or have interacted with members of this group whether through school or work. Canada “had an Aboriginal identity in 2011 of 4 % or 1.4 million people” (Kelly-Scott and Smith, 2015). Of this total there is a gross overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in Canada’s Criminal Justice System. This overrepresentation of Aboriginals in the CJS comes as a result of socio economic factors, sentencing reforms, systemic discrimination, education and employment and victimization of Aboriginal women. In partial fulfilment of this course, this paper will address the leading factors which has led to the overrepresentation of this group in the CJS.

Aboriginal people represent less than 3% of the total population in BC. Yet, they account for more than 9% of all suicides in BC (Chandler). The numbers of suicides amongst aboriginal youth are even more alarming – nearly one-fourth of all youth suicides in BC are committed by aboriginals and more than half of all aboriginal suicides are committed by youth (Chandler). The fact that indigenous communities in Canada have the highest rate of suicide of any culturally identifiable group in the world implies that these alarming statistics may not solely be a result of aboriginal communities belonging to a minority cultural group. I will attempt to build a speculative hypothesis behind the significantly high suicide rates amongst aboriginal

The role of elders in today’s society is to pass down cultural and spiritual information as well as make decisions for their communities and provide support to their families and communities. Elders are addressed as “aunty” and “uncle” as a sign of respect, however “Aunty” and “uncle” is not exclusively used to address elders. From my experience Elders of Aboriginal communities are quite different from elders of other communities for example to be known as an elder in an Aboriginal community is not entirely based on age, but rather long and dedicated service to the community. Aboriginal Elders also tend to have say over what happens within their communities and are often relied on by government agencies and bodies as sources of information

Over the past 230 years, Aboriginals have protested in many different ways to gain rights, which they believe they are deserving of. Through aims of what they wanted to achieve, the processes they went through brought them disappointment over the poor results of some actions and pleasure over the success of others. Over those years, very few periods of protest have been as revelational or effective as the protests occurring between 1938 and 1972. During this period many different groups of Aboriginals have fought for the common cause of being recognised as people rather than interferences caught in the midst of Australians expansion as a nation.

Through my life, I have seen several different approaches to Indigenous people’s rights and importance in Australia. I have been fortunate enough to visit Ayers Rock and undertake a tour which allowed me to see Aboriginal culture in art and drawings as well as hearing Dreamtime stories from guides. I have also witnessed family friends who have been severely racist and disrespectful of Indigenous heritage and history. I also was lucky to work with some Indigenous students who were in Reception during my Professional Experience 1, and I was able to see first-hand how a culture clash can affect a student’s behaviour. I feel that even before entering this course, I have had the privilege of being able to observe both positives and negatives

Youth expressed their discontent with the current SRO on their school campus. Youth informed the researcher that the former SRO was more genuine with his interaction. For example, many of the youth responded, “He actually played football with the kids out there”, “Like he’ll talk and have a conversation with you”, and “He would talk to you. Like when you talk to a cop, there’s somewhat or a little bit of intimidation. With him [Burns], you don’t feel like that. You feel like you’re talking to a normal person.” Allowing SROs the capability to develop personal relationships with youth can ease the existing tensions and lessen the stigma surrounding police officers as a whole. Although SROs are easily distinguishable through their police

The ‘colonisation' of Australia by Europeans has caused a lot of problem for the local Aborigines. It drastically reduced their population, damaged ancient family ties, and removed thousands of Aboriginal people from the land they had lived on for centuries. In many cases, the loss of land can mean more than just physical displacement. Because land is so much connected to history and spirituality, the loss of it can lead to a loss of identity. This paper will examine the works of Tim Rowse and Jeremy Beckett as well as other symbols of identity that are available to modern Aborigines in post colonial Australia.

By understanding how individuals are impacted by being discriminated or exposed to the injustice of policing at a young age allows for better understanding of why this is happening. Then expand to apply intuitional changes beyond mentioned such as creating spaces for youths to talk about their views on discrimination on policing and create a sense of community within the schools allowing them to grow and continue their

What might be required for Indigenous Australians to develop effective governance to drive their own development? In answering this question, consider the conditions under which Australian Indigenous people are challenged to develop effective governance in the contemporary settler state and what might need to change.

Women generally and Aboriginal women in particular do not have access to adequate programs or services while they are in the federal prison system. A majority of programming offered in the federal correctional system is not geared towards the needs of women for reintegration into Canadian society nor is it culturally appropriate for Aboriginal prisoners. The Aboriginal community has also been provided in law with a right to provide custody and treatment of both male and female Aboriginal prisoners for long-term supervision, or in the short term for supervision, parole or after-care services or programming. Section 81 of the CCRA includes provisions that enable the transfer of an Aboriginal offender to the Aboriginal community in a

The Aboriginals also known as the Indigenous people are the first people’s inhabitants of mainland Australia (WIKIPEDIA). Historically, Aboriginals enjoyed better health before any invasions from non-Indigenous peoples. They didn’t suffer from any major illnesses though they did have other type of health issues, but their life was happier and content. Everything started to change after 1788 when non-Indigenous people introduced illnesses where the mortality rate of Aboriginals population started to increase, and this affected their life and the community (http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-facts/overviews/the-context-of-indigenous-health). There are various factors that contribute to the poor health status of Indigenous people, and this is part of the social determinants of health which should been seen in a broader context (1)(2). Factors such as employment, income, stress, gender, education, behavioral aspects, working and living conditions, social networks and support, are interrelated and complex, and are part of the social

Debates centering Aboriginal identity are important for we don’t know where we are going if we don’t know where we came from. Debates allow for further expansions and explanations on concepts of aboriginal peoples perhaps the average Canadian does not know. For example, I was out for supper with two colleagues (one who identifies as an Aboriginal woman and the other a Canadian Male). After long discussions, she was able to explain to him and myself that she as well as many others similar to her have a difficult identity crisis that she is faced with. I had come to learn through debates about aboriginal identity that through colonialism and assimilation that many aboriginal people are currently dealing with and identity crisis from the of language and culture.