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    managerial style, business language and approach to agreements whether you’re standing in Calgary, Alberta or Chicago, Illinois. There is an exception to this general principle however. Doing business in indigenous communities and with indigenous peoples in Canada is almost unrecognizable from models used across North America. Indigenous culture is different, the values are different, and the measure of time is different. This paper will briefly highlight some of the intricacies of managing business

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    Discuss how residential schools have impacted the aboriginals? In the article titled, “Residential Schools and Aboriginal Parenting: Voices of Parents”, Jean Lafrance and Collins elaborate that residential schools have compromised aboriginal family systems, eradicated aboriginal cultures, and led to inequity.“The effect[s] that residential schools had on aboriginal parent’s’ parenting” are thoroughly evident in the passage. Predominantly, “aboriginal children were treated badly right from the beginning

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    There is a concern involving the Canadian government addressing Indigenous health care problems. Discrimination against Indigenous people in terms of health care is on the rise because there are many people who treat these First Nations people with less than second-class treatment . Indigenous people are being discriminated against because of the assumption that all their issues are because of alcohol consumption. In 2015, Michelle Labrecque, an Oneida woman, was discriminated against in terms of

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    Over the years there has been an immense power struggle between the treatment towards Canadians living in urban centers and the Indigenous population. It is not uncommon for Indigenous people to receive poor and unjust treatment. Many historical records and news outlets show the contrast in accessibility to water, the cleanliness of water supply, and the political influence in water quality to both populations. In 2000, an outbreak involving dangerous strains of E. coli pathogenic bacteria invaded

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    will tell my friend that we are all responsible, and it’s a fact and an debated opinion. Partaking in Canada’s systems and institutions is us directly contributing to the modern-day dehumanization and genocide that is happening towards Indigenous people today. Indigenous Canadians are not being treated equally; they’re treated worst. Only recently after several years of disappearance, the Canadian government has begun to discuss and bring awareness towards the murdered and missing Indigenous woman

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    Drawbacks of Canadian Immigration Policy Explored A famous computer scientist, Grace Hopper once told his story: “I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, 'What are you?'”[ Grace Hopper. "Grace Hopper Quote." BrainyQuote. August 23, 2005. Accessed January 14, 2016, 1.] The history of Canadian immigration has been a mirror of Canadian attitudes and values, which reveals ethical and ethnical issues. To clarify, the ethical and ethnic drawbacks

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    righted. However, this couldn't be further from the truth, especially for the women of the First Nations. These indigenous women have suffered sexual exploitation and oppression under colonialism, and have continued to suffer at the hands f their own people based on trends set during this violent and subjugated period. Traditionally, women played an important role in many of the First Nations communities. They were highly esteemed as advisors to the men, and thus held a high social standing before the

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    Colonization efforts that were overtly racist against indigenous individuals majorly disrupted traditional indigenous communities in an almost inexhaustible list of ways. This resulted in a sustained long-term trauma that affected generations of indigenous people in Canada and, with current policy, will continue to affect future generations. Academics largely

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    well-educated Cree can become a scholar and write articles in English to address the intellectual problem of Cree culture. And if this person feels a lack of empathy engaging in poetic narration he or she still have access to consult the old Cree people. Besides, western scholars are open to new thoughts and incorporate creative space into indigenous scholarly writing system. In Zadie Smith’s essay “Generation Why”, her view about social

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    and non–Indigenous People in King’s “Totem” In the short story “Totem” by Thomas King, the relationship between the totem pole and the museum workers is predominantly negative. The relationship between the totem pole and the museum workers is depicted as being overpowering, authoritative, and entitled when the workers unceasingly try to remove the totem pole from the museum. Ultimately, the totem pole symbolizes the struggles, resilience, and perseverance of the Indigenous people in Canada. In King’s

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