Residential Schools In Canada

EQUAL FUNDING FOR ALL CANADIAN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

When it comes to Canadian elementary and secondary schools money has never been a problem. Both public and catholic schools get equal findings.However, it is in the best interest of Canadians to abolish the catholic education system and give that funding to the aboriginal schools. By having both a public and catholic education system, it creates a separation between all the Canadian citizens. Canada is known for being a multicultural country, therefore, catholic members of the nation should not be glorified by given money to host their individual schools which excluded members of other religions, especially when they money given as funding happens to be the citizens tax money.
However Canada tries to hide a dirty little secret, and that happens to be residential school. Residential schools came to into effect in the early 1870s and the last one was not close until 1996.("The Residential School System."). As mentioned earlier, the charter was no created until 1982, this means Canadians were breaking the first section of the charter, which are the fundamental freedoms ("Rights and Freedoms in Canada."). Residential schools were designed to "kill the Indian in the child"("The Residential School System."). Contrary to what the public believed back in the 1870s, these schools were not always the best for the children, they were taking from their families and force to follow a religion and language that was not their own.("The Residential School System.") Canadian aboriginals were subjected to all kinds of abuse while attending these schools. ("The Residential School System.") Emotional, Psychological, physical and most importantly sexual abuse were found in almost every school.("The Residential School System.") Many Canadians are under the notion that residential schools were designed to teach aboriginal children about catholic religion, this is not the truth.The truth is that residential schools were also underfunded compared to the white schools.("The Residential School System.") and although the children were taught Christianity, the children were groomed to became house maids or farmers.("The Residential School System.") The majority of children who were sent away at the age of 18 only had a fifth-grade education. ("The Residential School System.")this type of Trauma had to be endured by many generations of Canadian aboriginals. The so call " free" education came with a deadly price.In 1907, medical inspector P.H. Bryce reported that 24 percent aboriginal children were dying in residential homes, this number did not counter in the number of death of children