Minority Groups In Canada

The source communicates that the government need to transition back to having a partnership with their citizens. The source states that we need to move back into a “people to people, culture to culture, nation to nation” relationship. This source explains the direction the government needs to take to begin in to start the healing process between themselves and minority groups in canada. The statement shows that there is different cultures within our nation and that one can not be more powerful than another. It is argued that if partnerships are not created between groups within a nation, especially the government, it allows for minority cultures to be marginalized and assimilated. Many people would have the same view as the author, who
Abused power leads to feelings of helplessness for minority groups. An example of an government abusing their power is residential schools in Canada. They operated from the 1830’s to 1996. In these schools young aboriginal children were taken away from their families and placed in schools that they then lived in. These schools were run by catholic churches. In these schools using their native language was punished. Physical, sexual, and psychological abuse was widespread in these schools. Students also died at these schools from malnutrition. Once they left the schools, many young adults that survived turned to alcohol to cope with their abuse. Many committed suicide because of their experiences. Residential schools destroyed cultures in attempts to assimilate first nations into the modern world. These schools are a direct example of globalization and eurocentrism. The aspect of globalization emphasized is missionary. Because the young First Nations were forced to adopt a new religion. A whole generation of Canadian First Nations quality of life was lowered. Government funded residential schools left First Nations people feeling helpless and unimportant to their country. Residential schools left mental impacts on First Nations and made them unable to participate in their
The main reason for the signing of the treaties varies between the two groups. First Nations believed that the purpose was to share their land and resources, they did not believe that anyone solely owned the land, including themselves. They also believed that the treaties were beneficial for all parties. But, the Canadian government felt that they negotiated for the rights to own land and forced first nations onto reserves. Translators were used to orally explain to first nations the terms of the treaties but many promises did not end up being written on the physical contracts. The Canadian government took prime, fertile, and arable land to themselves and left reserves on second rate land. First nations also felt cheated by the government when rather than access to schooling was provided to the youth, residential schools were built which forced harsh assimilation on young first nations. As time went on other breaches of treaties occurred. Such as the Indian Act. The Indian Act which was created after the treaties and could replace agreements made in treaties, It controlled how reservations were operated, and who was or was not considered a status indian, which could deny someone their treaty rights. The Indian Act also controlled religious ceremonies of First Nations and stripped them of many traditional ways of life. Treaties between First Nations and the canadian