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through-out the history of our supposedly great country; Canada. This essay will examine the residential school system in depth. It will then relate the Canadian Government 's actions in response to residential schools, good and bad. From the late nineteenth century until well into the twentieth century, the Government of Canada worked vigorously to enforce their legislative "war against Indianness". The Canadian Government passed the Indian act in 1876, which defined

Nic Egli 1 Kim Campbell Significance Essay Canada is a home to many great, important, powerful and significant people, who some are more known than others, some have done good and not so good things. Putting aside the under appreciated people or the ones who made big mistakes, these people are all significant. For example, Lester Pearson who practically stopped World War Three, or Terry Fox who wanted to run around Canada with one functioning leg to raise money for cancer. Also Pierre Trudeau,

Ontario. Inequality is not naturally occurring; poverty is not an innate cultural trait that accumulates at the feet of the marginalized (Schick & St.Denis, 2005, p.304). Stephens, Nettleton and Porter stated in the Lancet (2005) “Aboriginal people in Canada suffer enormous inequalities in health and in accessibility to health

in Canada There are various aboriginal tribes in Canada such as; First Nation, Inuit, and Metis. I live near several large tribes, and attended a public high school that had a ratio of 47% aboriginal students. Their culture is very unique and has been honored with the privilege of getting to partake in many of their cultural traditions. It is greatly encouraged the expression of their culture within my community, as well as throughout Canada as both the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, collaborates

one that has been prevalent in Canada as early as the late 1800’s. Canadian First Nations were forced onto reserves by the Canadian federal government, therefore it is the responsibility of the federal government for developing a remedy for the harm they have caused. Background Since the first Europeans came to Canada hundreds of years ago, the First Nations have been seen and treated as inferior peoples and thus treated in a deplorable manner. In 1876 the Indian Act was first implemented and was

groups in Canada have been inhabitants of these lands long before any other arrived. Yet, these groups have been and are still disadvantaged in the political sphere, continuing to be severely underrepresented in Canadian governmental institutions. The Government of Canada needs to implement governmental arrangements that will meet the unique needs of Aboriginal groups, with responsiveness to their particular political, historical, and social circumstances (Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development

The Adaptive Nature of Canada?s First People The Canadian people have always prided themselves as champions of democracy and are universally respected for their record on human rights. Although holistically this could be argued, especially when compared to the United States and other Western states, the record concerning Aboriginals, both past and present, has yet to live up to their self-set standard. Defined simply as anyone who traces his/her ancestry back to pre-European colonization, there

To what extent has Canada affirmed collective rights for Aboriginals? To what extent has Canada affirmed collective rights for Aboriginals? Has Canada done their job properly by confirming collective rights for one of our main collective groups in Canada? From looking into some of the issues involving our Aboriginal peoples with the Government, it’s clear that the government has done a very weak job of affirming their rights. The government hasn’t completely affirmed the rights of our Aboriginals

Doing business in Canada is often synonymous with North American business practices. In most cases there is little difference in 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

The Indian Act was enacted in 1867 by the Parliament of Canada. The Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development administered the act. The act defines who an “Indian” is and the legal rights of the Aboriginal people in Canada. Regulation of the economic system between aboriginal people and the government of Canada is included in the Indian Act. It also includes the power the ministers have on the aboriginal people including children and disabled Aboriginals. If the laws are not obeyed