Aboriginal Children In Canada Essay

The history of birth control in Canada has encountered significant obstacles. For those willingly seeking it, contraception often required strenuous effort, leaving many unsuccessful. Whether it be government laws or societal views, birth control, particularly through sterilization, was no easy task. However, several individuals found loopholes in the eugenics program, thus granting them access to birth control through sterilization. Unfortunately, those who did not pursue sterilization may have…

Sex workers have a hard time narrating their own stories and therefore expressing their agency in the matter. Street or outdoor have even less agency when it comes to being able to tell their own stories or narratives. “Who gets to speak and who is silenced, or who gets to tell the story of the sex trade, (…)” (Jeffrey 147) is a big issue when it comes to learning who has agency and who is able to act upon their agency. How does whore stigma and stigma against street or outdoor sex workers…

The Government of Canada is committed to creating the most favorable conditions for Canadian businesses to compete internationally. Free trade agreements (FTAs) and foreign investment promotion and protection agreements (FIPAs) between Canada and our trading partners are creating new opportunities for Canadian businesses. Canada has trade agreements with countries from Americas, Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa. Canadian firms take advantage of…

When explaining the disproportionate over-representation and the incarceration of Aboriginal peoples in the criminal justice system, there are several theories and factors to consider. For several decades, the Criminal Justice System has mistreated Aboriginal peoples in numerous ways, subjecting them to racial profiling, unethical racialization and erroneous incineration. In order to help prevent such things from continuing, understanding is key. Thorsten Sellin’s culture conflict theory sheds…

Sports has been an important aspect in aboriginal culture for many years. It dates back all the way back to the beginning when they played lacrosse to settle wars and conflicts between nations. Sports not only settled conflict but was also an integral part to making changes throughout history for the aboriginal culture and inspiring its youth into what it is today. Athletic heroes like Jim Thorpe, Tom Longboat and present athletes Jordin Tootoo and Ted Nolan helped inspire youth of today. By…

Implications for the public Suicide of a young person is a devastating and shocking moment in life. There should be much more attention given to is as it is a complex phenomenon and effects many young people in Canada. There are a few ways in which suicide can be prevented individual and communal level. If an individual level would only act as a band aid and help a few individuals communal level would help to lower the number of suicide in total. The difficulty lies in identifying clearly what…

INTRODUCTION What exactly are residential schools? And how did they impact Indigenous children and their families? This essay will attempt to answer this question by exploring the historical context and the consequences of residential schools in Canada. For more than a century, Indigenous children were forcibly taken away from their homes and families, stripped away from their culture, and forced to attend a boarding school far away from their communities. These residential schools were…

Adam J. Barker focused on the use of terminology as the main idea. Indigenous Writes talked about the proper terms to use when referring to both the Indigenous and the non-Indigenous. On the other hand, Settler primarily looked at those who colonized Canada, discussing the terms to utilize and the injustice that surrounds their identity. Despite their differences, both of these pieces gave a unique perspective and some deep thought into things we do not tend to think of in our everyday lives.…

A Wendigo is a half-beast creature appearing in the legends of the Algonquian peoples along the Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes Region of both the United States and Canada. The wendigo is a “cannibal monster who roams the northern forest, preying on unsuspecting passers-by” (Waldram 2004:181). In Cree and Anishinaabek narrative traditions Windigo may appear as a monster with some characteristics of a human, or as a spirit who has possessed a human being and made them to go windigo, to become…

murdered and missing children. I believe this is an important step in taking this horrible issue to a higher level of importance. The fact that there are so many missing aboriginal women and that so many have been murdered to an alarming high incidence rate is horrifying. The individual stories I have heard are also horrible. The number of victims has grown and the government is only now acknowledging that a closer look into this atrocity needs to take place. The inclusion of aboriginal…