John A. Macdonald Research Paper

The British North America Act of 1867 and the subsequent Indian Act of 1876 gave the Canadian government, under prime minster John A. Macdonald, full control over the nation’s Aboriginal people. The government used this power to establish boarding schools for Aboriginal children. An estimated 144 residential schools operated at different times between the late 1800s and 1996 throughout Canada. These schools were established with the purpose to enhance assimilation of Aboriginal children into the Canadian culture of British and French heritage. However, despite these misguided government attempts lasting more than a century, the Aboriginal culture and civilization could not be eradicated, and the residential school system as originally conceived proved to be a failure.

Canada before working towards becoming a just society was a very discriminative place. During the events of World War One,WWI black and Chinese Canadians were prevented from joining the war along with aboriginals. Women were treated the same at the time, it was common for most women to stay at home wives and take care of the children. This was the stereotypical family at the time and was believed to be the ideal family too. Canadians thought poorly of minorities and even claimed it was to keep them safe, the aboriginals were an example, Canadians claimed the enemies might believe that they are savages which was a reflection of how they truly felt. Minorities were clearly being treated worse than the majority, they were seen as inferior and only good for

John M. Stephen was born in Missouri in 1814 and moved to Texas in 1831 with his family, he served during the Texas Revolution and was paid 24 dollars for his service. He married Maranda E. Walker in 1837 in Washington County, Texas by his bride's uncle, Gideon Walker. Stephen received a land grant for his military service and in 1854 he moved a black family to the post oak grove, now Stephenville, to open a store to trade with the Indians for honey, hides, and buffalo hams. In 1855, he returned with the first 30 settlers after he agrees to give them land if they signed an agreement that they would build and improve it. Among the settlers were his wife and two sons, brother and future son-in-law. In 1856, John M. Stephen offered to donate

Born on the 21st of May, 1930, Malcolm Fraser was born in Toorak, Victoria. He was taught in the Melbourne Grammar School, from 1943 to 1948, then was taught in Oxford University, located in London, from 1949. Graduating from Oxford University in 1952, Malcolm Fraser took his career path to becoming a cultivator. He married Tamara Beggs on the 9th of December 1956 and Tamara’s named was changed to Tamie Fraser. They had four children whose names were Mark, born in 1958, Angela, born in 1959, Hugh, born in 1963 and Phoebe, born in 1966. Around the same year as Phoebe was born, Malcolm Fraser was declared the Australian Army Minister, from the 26th of January 1966 to the 28th of February 1983. Being the Australian Army Minister, Malcolm Fraser had argued about the controversial Vietnam War debate. It was about the needs of sending young Australian men, who were under 20 years old were sent to Vietnam.

Joseph Brant was well known North American Indian political and military leader in the 18th century who is an influence figure. Brant was born in 1742 near what is now Akron, Ohio and died in 1807 Burlington, Ontario. “He was given the Mohawk name of Thayendanegea, meaning "he places two bets." “He took over the role of clan Mohawk Chief from his father after his death. Joseph father had a good relationship with the British army and Joseph did the same by supporting the British in wars. Brant learned and spoke English, Greek, Latin while attending private school and also converted to the Anglican Church. Joseph Brant's sister, Molly, met and married William Johnson, a British agent for Indian Affairs, who helped Joseph introduce to influential

Residential schools first opened in the late 1880’s with the last one closing in the later 1990’s. The Canadian government was responsible for the initiation of residential schools while it was the churches (Anglican, Presbyterian, United, and Roman Catholic) responsibility to educate and oversee the overall running of the schools. Hanson (2009) writes “The purpose of residential schools was to eliminate all aspects of the Aboriginal culture.” It is through looking at the history of residential schools and facing the assimilation forced upon Aboriginal children and their families, along with the abuses endured that a reconciliation between all involved with the uprising and running of these schools that all can come together in moving forward

Racism has brought about many challenges in our society and it has changed in a negative way because every day as the Aboriginals, Blacks, Asians, Middle Easterners increase in Canada, so are the most racist people. It has undergone very little positive change in the society. In fact, we are doing way worse than our ancestors did because we cannot just function without being backward minded prejudiced people and this is very bad. By doing this, we are telling our children that it is okay to be racist against their Aboriginal, Black, Asian and Middle Easterner classmates.

The 60s, a time most people remember to be full of partying, overrun with tacky Afros, high Hippies, and cheap Lava Lamps. However, even in the happiest of times, no matter how peaceful the world seems, you can always count on a minority being mistreated, which during the 60s was happening right here in Canada, specifically in Residential Schools. These institutions were designed to assimilate native children into Canadian society, but in reality, they more often than not became host to the mutilation of the native people’s rights, all in the name of the gods that every man, women, and child of Canada worshiped. Richard Wagamese’s book Indian Horse focuses on this aspect of Canadian history. The story follows the life of Saul Allen, an Ojibwa

To the right of the title is a picture of John A. Macdonald, who was essential to Canadian history. He was the first prime minister of Canada, and

Timothy J. Stanley (2012) reveals that Canada’s first Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald, held extreme white supremacist views in hopes of creating an Aryan Canada. This Aryan race was a constructed idea of people who were believed to be the most beautiful and perfect in the world, creating a race of superiority and pureness. MacDonald, and many others after him, believed that to be a part of this Aryan race, one must be of the white race. Although white skin colour was the main criteria to fit into this category, not all those with white skin were seen equally. Macdonald’s idea of Aryan was the ideal white British citizen, including those from British colony countries , such as Western Europe and America.

This idea may have some validity as Ryerson was a elite member of society, who would benefit from a docile population. Another reason McDonalds idea requires serious consideration is that that time period had already seen civil unrest, in the form of rebellions that had taken place in 1837-38(Burke/FSM 11). The threat of possible uprising or civil unrest was one that the elite class would fear as they would be the people to lose their authority and positions. Another concern was that on continued Americanization of the educational system, thereby teaching the youth about non loyalist ideas. The threat that the poor population was become Americanized was on the forefront of many minds as the War of 1812 as it had happened in many people’s lives, and people were concern the poor were being taught by lay teachers from America, or other non loyalists who opposed the monarchical system of

I have known Pierre Fitzgerald Merritt since he was born. He has also been around KAPPA’s all his life. He learned one of the great maxims of KAPPA at an early age. Pierre wanted to attend Melrose High School to play football, however he didn’t live in the district. He called and asked me if I knew anyone at Melrose. I told him the principal was a member of KAPPA and I would call him. I called Brother Bridges and was told to have Pierre call him. Pierre was admitted to Melrose the following day. From that day he knew that KAPPA men aid one another whenever, wherever and however necessary.

In my early tween years, I had won a National Canada Day Poster Challenge set by the Government of Canada to show what Canada means to me. I spent hours after school on trying to make this poster represent my identity, my history, and how I see the future of Canada. My little heart exploded when my art teacher broke the news, and I remember sitting on a stool in front of the poster smiling giddily as my father talked to the Minister of Canadian Heritage about what would come next. I visited the nation's capitol for the first time with my family the coming summer, and the experience was unforgettable. We toured the Parliament, the Peace Tower, and we saw my poster hanging in the Children's Museum of Ottawa on that trip. It was the first time

In my opinion, I think it is absolutely not fair to say that Ryerson’s primary concern was the maintenance of the status quo, because prior to his appointment as the superintendent of education, the upper Canadian society, like every other in then dominion of the British, was highly stratified along socioeconomic lines. This stratification directly or indirectly affected the children- children from economically well off families seemed to have the prerogative to be educated in good schools with qualified teachers and good facilities. While their counterparts from poor homes had to endure child labour and bad weather conditions as they helped their parents with farm work to be able to sustain the family.

Sir John A. MacDonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada. He is greatly acknowledged today on the many accomplishments he had achieved during his run. Even though he was a great leader, there were still many ways he was famously known for. Down below is a comparison and contrast of John A. MacDonald's characteristics from the movie, "John A.: Birth of the country", and from the book, "Louis Riel: A comic-strip biography”.