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    3.3 Option 3: The two eyed-seeing approach This policy option embraces the indigenous and non-indigenous worldview towards achieving health equity. A balanced consideration of indigenous and western knowing accentuates the policy such that both knowledge resources can be used to address the burning questions of health inequity centred around Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities. Although a critique of positivism and colonization previously emasculated and/or disallowed Indigenous ways of knowing

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    Even though Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain had huge impacts on history and Eastern Canada to this day, which one of them made a larger impact to discovery and exploration. One perspective on this issue is that Cartier was more important because he was the first to explore the St. Lawrence. Another perspective is that Champlain was more important as he set up many colonies and discovered many first nation ethnic groups. Jacques Cartier was the first explorer to travel and map the St. Lawrence

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    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. Throughout my career as a Child Protection Social Worker I have worked with Aboriginals from the Mi’kmaq population on numerous occasions; many of which were involved with the CJS at least on one occasion. The Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission in an article stated “national crime rates for Indian bands are

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    performance legacies at NSCAD were shown through in a multitude of angles. The performers actively critiqued NSCAD both positively and negatively. Bringing up conversations of occupation and settlement, we were reminded that we were on Mi’kma’ki, unceded Mi’kmaq Territory throughout the duration of the night, 1X1 brought up conversation of shared responsibility and difficult knowledges about Friendly Cove in west coast, about the destructive nature of capitalism, but also the active participation that we

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    Metepenagiag Heritage Park Metepenagiag Heritage Park is located in Red Bank. It celebrates the culture and traditions of the Mi'kmaq people - one of the first groups to live in New Brunswick 9. Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Site of Canada Beaubears Island Shipbuilding National Historic Site of Canada focuses on New Brunswick's past in the wooden-shipbuilding

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    Chrétien Le Clercq, was a Recollect Franciscan friar and missionary to the Mi'kmaq on the Gaspé peninsula of Canada in the mid-17th century. He was a chronicler of New France, who wrote two early histories, and translator of a Native American language of that region, adapting an apparently indigenous mnemonic glyph system into a writing system known as Míkmaq hieroglyphic writing. In the spring of 1676 he visited the Gaspé Indians; he spent the summer with the Micmacs of Restigouche, and in September

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    Personal Statement As an Indigenous Education Advisor, I’ve witnessed a shift in the commitment to educate non-Indigenous students about First Nation, Métis and Inuit people in post-secondary institutions. My experience in developing an Indigenous Awareness Week and conducting assessments to measure the learning outcomes of non-Indigenous students has led me to want to do research in this area. I would like to further look at long-term effects of Indigenous programming for non-Indigenous students

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    of uniqueness. Transportation from the island to the mainland has typically been somewhat of an issue, as the Northumberland strait between the landmasses freezes partially in winter, making travel difficult. The first peoples of the island, the Mi’kmaq, would make the crossing via canoe and carry the boat over the patches of ice. Once settlers inhabited the island it became necessary to have constant

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    Some areas of first nations people in canada were Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Plains, and the Eastern Woodland. In 1842 there were about 3727 first nations in Lower Canada that the government knew about but that didn't include the Hunting Indians of the Northern Interior. By 1867 there were thought to be roughly 125,000 first nations including about 10,000 Metis in the west and 2,000 Inuit in the north. The population of the first nations were not stable. The aboriginal demographics

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    Brunswick was the role that the RCMP had. In protests, the RCMP mandates priority of protecting the people and private property becomes skewed, where they tend to prioritize private parking. This in turn upset many people, to the point where the Mi’kmaq warriors become involved and even opened up their own chapter in Rogersville. The people of Rogersville wanted the RCMP to leave and have the protection from the warriors

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