The Role Of Violence In The Jane And Finch Community

Pamela George’s murder occurred in 1995, and one would like to wish that our society were more advanced than this. It is disheartening to see that these kinds of race issues are still popping up today, when we like to boast what a compassionate, melting pot of a society Canada is. This article has influenced my thinking in that it has made me more aware of the situations regarding Aboriginals in our society that are still occurring today. It has also opened my eyes to the harsh living situations and the harsh treatment of Aboriginal people to this day.

Canadian Criminals are a major part of Canadian society. In our country if you were not the direct victim of a crime you tend to forget the members of society that take pleasure in causing societies grief. As in the case of James Hutchinson and Richard Ambrose, whose crimes were committed in December of 1974.1 They were convicted of killing two Moncton City Police officers. Today, years after the murders were committed Ambrose and Hutchinson are still the center of a major controversy that has plagued our parole system. In order to fully understand the controversy that Ambrose and Hutchinson posses you must look at the

Finding Dawn is an important film which sheds light on the issues of the missing First Nations women in British Columbia. What this film raises on a deeper level, however, are the major social prejudices and the systemic racism that exists in Canadian society. The film illustrates the deep historical, social and economic factors that contribute to the epidemic of violence against Aboriginal women. It highlights the disturbing, worldwide culture of exception that allows murders of women, especially those who are poor, indigenous, or sex workers, to go unsolved and unpunished. Although the releasing finding of the missing Aboriginal women is still unresolved, the family members and the compassion community continue to honor their lives after their death. For instance, on

Jane and Finch is a small neighborhood in the city of Toronto that many people assume is dangerous and that has a negative image because of the way media is constantly portraying this neighborhood. Although there are many other cities in Canada that have high crime rates and poverty, the media still seems to target Jane and Finch more in some way. Many people from other communities get shocked and terrified when one says that they are part of the Jane and Finch community. However, the people that are part of the Jane and Finch community continue to ignore the media image around them and what others think of their neighborhood and continue to fight for a better life. Actually, the Jane and Finch community is the best community to live in because there are many diverse people, there are community gatherings, and the schools have many more specialized programs and opportunities than other schools.

The media is biased towards public incidents, but one community is in the media’s eye. For the past decade, the media pressed Jane and Finch on numerous occasions that has left a bad image of it. Jane and Finch is "known" for its extreme violence which has led the public to believe it is a dangerous community. Furthermore, the community's view differs from the media's negative perspective. This community has drastically improved throughout the years and has turned into a better community and to this day, the media and the public contradict it. Jane and Finch is the most positive community in Toronto because support is available to youth, it has a low crime rate and the graduation rate is high.

Throughout my years living in Oakland I have seen violence and distress within my community. What most people hear about Oakland is never really anything positive; it’s mostly always negative. Oakland is known to have a history of gang violence, drug abuse, high school dropouts, teenage pregnancies, and social injustice. Within my research I find myself asking this question, ‘Why is there so much violence in Oakland? And what is the major contributor of this hardship that my community faces? Throughout my research I have learned that social injustice is a major contributor to Oakland violence, followed by the News media shown on television that also helps Oakland have a bad reputation. Most of the violence created in Oakland also comes from

Even though Canada is one of the most developed countries in the world, there are still major human right violations that occur on a regular basis. The most prominent violation that occurs is the violence and discrimination against the indigenous women who live in Canada. Native women are seen as less by others for multiple reasons, mainly because they are native, Canadian women whose ancestors have always lived there. Also, there are stereotypes, corruption, and racism in the police force. Even though this is a massive problem it is possible to stop if we raise awareness, provide recourses to victims, and fix governmental corruption. Overall with this monstourus problem looming over Canada there

According to the Toronto police, an Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy was a necessary investment in wake of increasing gun violence among poor (primarily black) youth in the city of Toronto, which peaked to its ultimate high in the year 2005 known as the ‘year of the gun’. A media spectacle of the Toronto’s gang violence primarily involving young black men from poor inner suburban

Women no matter where they are in the world are too often victims of violence. They face higher rates than men both if it is sexual assault, stalking, or severe spousal abuse and usually the results are that women will end up extremely injured or dead. With young women suffering the highest rates of violence, Aboriginal women in particular face an increased risk of violence compared to non-Aboriginal women. Aboriginal women in Canada are three times more likely to experience crucial and severe violence compared to non-Aboriginal women. Most of these women end up missing and murdered. The predicaments of missing and murdered Aboriginal women has brought tremendous pain and suffering in homes, in families and throughout Aboriginal communities. Many sources and factors have contributed to hindering solving this issue. Media and discrimination have long been known to have played a huge role in this tragedy.

As humans we strive to live in a utopian environment, free of elements of aggression, greed, and violence. Most of us try to live a healthy and satisfying life, gaining from opportunities that we have sought and worked hard for. We take life as it comes, and we accept the challenges and difficulties that life puts out as we continue on no matter how hard it gets. However, there are a multitude of people who tend to think that life is just too hard and that they should be handed everything on a silver platter. Greed and violence begin to factor into their life as they continue in their set ways. They think that the world should revolve around their every need and that life is unbearably hard and unjustly unfair. These

“It’s security that is to blame.” claims Jane, Ben Orsiono’s daughter. “What does this signify to the rest of Ontario? Are they safe? What’s in it for their security?” The police however, claim that security isn’t the cause of the so-called “hate crime” but a flaw in the relationship between Ben and the suspect. Nevertheless, this wasn’t a sufficient conclusion for Ben’s family and the infuriated public who were demanding real answers.

Throughout The Shooting of J.J. Harper Elizabeth Comack discusses the shooting of First Nations man J.J. Harper. Comack discusses the ongoing problem with Aboriginal Peoples and the police and how the investigation into the shooting explains the distrust Aboriginals have for the police. She provides many different ways law enforcement failed in a fair investigation and how the Aboriginal People were treated in the aftermath of the shooting. Although Comack discusses the ways the police tried to cover up the case she does leave out some particular areas of concern, such as the high arrest rates for the Aboriginal community and why these rates are so high as well as what police and society need to work on to improve Aboriginal Peoples trust in the future. While Comack touches base on extremely important events following the shooting, she fails to elaborate on a few major issues that should be discussed when discussing Aboriginal Peoples distrust in the police.

THE POLICE criticism toward residents of a small inner-city Sydney suburb of Waterloo must signal the end of society and media depictions that has created an inability to deem the residents’ constant claim of police harassment and violence. It is time we should accept the grim fact that many existing attitudes towards the most disadvantaged people, Indigenous Australians, are part of this mayhem-like problem.

Is violence truly the only way to solve our problems? Growing up in a 'hood', if something didn't go the way a person wanted it to, they would resort to violence causing a commotion until the problem was solved. This shows how quick people would be willing to succumb to violence to get what they desire. "The Shelter" and "The Monsters on Maple Street", directed by Rod Serling are perfect examples of how we resort to violence in order to resolve our problems. The people of Maple Street resorted to violence by attacking each other throughout the episode and the neighbors in “The Shelter” resorted to breaking down the shelter door in order to get in. Both episodes teach us that in times of danger, human survival instincts kick in causing us to resort to violence and diminish any relationships we may have.

When I first moved to Canada, I was 6 years old and ready to indulge in what the world had to offer. The first neighbourhood I lived in was the Jane and Finch area. When someone mentions the words “Jane and finch” negative connotations tend to fill the mind such as gunshots, murder, killing, robbery and any other phrase that represent a dystopia. It is a numbing feeling to know that the rest of the world (at least my world) views me as a nuisance. Nonetheless, what I have noticed is that people write-off the fact that people—humans go through such trauma and sometimes can never recover. One of the most traumatic experiences I went through was seeing a life taken away not too far from me. Unfortunately, as a 6-year-old, my resilience far surpassed those who never had to indulge in living in a priority 1 neighborhood. One day, I was playing outside with my peers. The blue of the sky was as vibrant as