Aboriginal Issues

Research Paper: Aboriginal issues Elisse Ostrovsky Multicultural countries such as Canada are designed with good intentions;

uniting people of different cultures and giving refugees a safe place to live. Unfortunately this system creates inequality, often resulting with acts of discrimination within a society. The First Nations in particular have suffered from this and Aboriginal living has been made difficult by the Canadian society since the establishment of the state. At the present time, acts of discrimination toward Aboriginals have grown milder. Nevertheless, the importance of awareness on this topic is relevant to Canadian citizens so that the elimination of inequality can further its progress. Also, the widespread on such issues has its relevancy in regards to avoiding the repetition of past mistakes as well as improving ways of handling similar situations.

Aboriginal societies have a long history of unjust treatment towards them.

For the duration of the time of the European settlement in Canada, aboriginals were forced into an unwilling life style. Having been stripped of purity and their identity as a native culture they suffered from oppression, leading to

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