Acceptance And Denial In Canada

Although polar opposites acceptance and denial are severely intertwined with Canada. In 2017 playing cards are often just used for fun when you at the cottage or at home. They can also represent the experiences of Canadians past, present, and future with two simple words: acceptance and denial. This is because many Canadians feel acceptance or denial from their cultures.
The artifact showed above are Russian playing cards. Russian playing cards represent acceptance because it can tie back to the story of Canada early in the years. The playing cards show acceptance because they are a different culture than Canadian one. Canada has welcomed and accepted multiple people over the years because they are coming from bad situations rooted from political
The playing cards represent denial because in the history of Canada multiple cultures and people were denied and were not accepted. This is relevant in history and in the present. For example, in history the Metis leader Louis Riel said “we must make Canada respect us.” He said this because the Canadian government was not accepting the Metis religion and culture, and he wanted them to. The Metis were not respected by the government or some people around. This shows denial because their culture was denied and not respected like it should have been. Another example can be when multiple Indigenous children were sent to residential schools, so they could be converted. In the an article titled Childhood Marked by Humiliation it read “taught that everything about them were bad or wrong.” This can represent denial because the Indigenous culture was denied, and the Anglican was accepted. They were suppose to “take the Indian out of the child.” This was horrible because a lot of Indian pride, culture, and was respect was lost. They were abused, mistreated, and were not treated like humans. Finally, denial can be represented in history because the French were often disrespected because the English thought they were better than the french. In the Nelson 8 textbook it said “the French Catholics could not depend on the federal government to defend them.” The French were never treated with full respect until very recently. This was because their culture was not accepted and they were suppose to be like the English. This is relevant in the earlier years of Canada. For example, the Royal Proclamation (process of assimilation), JAM went with Ontario’s opinion of Riel, and before Canada was formed the government was made up of only the English. This can show denial because it shows denial in the French and the English because they never respected each