Assignment #1 GWST 2510B 9.0 Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies Isabella Desmarais-212061727 Leyna Lowe‚ Tutorial 3 October 23rd‚ 2013 Chosen Subtopic: Violence against Aboriginal women in Canada. Justification of Database Search: For this assignment I choose to search all databases in which were provided to me by the York Universities library link through the Women’s Studies tab. I found both of my scholarly journals on the ‘Women’s International’
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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.
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Aboriginal Culture Australian Aboriginal culture includes a number of practices and ceremonies centered on a belief in the Dreamtime. Reverence for the land and oral traditions are emphasised. Language groupings and tribal divisions exhibit a range of individual cultures. Australian Aboriginal art has existed for thousands of years and ranges from ancient rock art to modern watercolour landscapes. Aboriginal music has developed a number of unique instruments. Contemporary Australian aboriginal
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Aboriginal Joking The arrival of European settlers in the late eighteenth century marked the beginning of Aboriginal persecution for over a century. Residential schools‚ pressure to assimilate into a Eurocentric society‚ negative ethnic stereotypes‚ and the loss of land‚ culture‚ and family members are just some of the atrocities that were endured by the First Nations people. Now‚ almost three centuries later‚ many Aboriginal people are able to address these past injustices with humour.
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The Aboriginal Culture. The Indigenous aboriginal people are one of a kind they mostly reside in Australia both the mainland and the island Tasmania. The Aboriginals were indigenous to the continent and has resided there since the late 1700’s. There are over 400 different tribes within the Aboriginal culture and they all have different dialects‚ and languages. Communication amongst the Aboriginal people is much different they use terms such as full blood or half caste meaning not of the same
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There have been many initiatives and processes in support of the Aboriginal Spirituality and its approach to Reconciliation. The most predominant tradition through its campaigns and movements in asserting the Aboriginals is the Christian religious tradition. This can be seen through the ongoing support‚ the ACC‚ the media‚ protests and the formal apology for the abuse through the missionaries. This is highly effective as it recognises the wrongfulness and asserts the positivity in the process of
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wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders. Another on going issue as a result of European settlement is racism. Due to past discriminatory policies and legislation‚ Aboriginal people have been denied access and participation in education‚ access to information‚ training and employment and health‚ resulting in grief and substance abuse. It is important in a childhood education and care service to take into account these historical/contemporary issues and the culture of the Aboriginal/Torres
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I: Bibliography: Dugard‚ Jaycee. A Stolen Life. New York: Simon & Schuster‚ 2011. print. II: 1. based on a true life story/is a first person narrative “All I have is the tiny butterfly ring on my pinkie that my mom gave me.” (Dugard p.20) This quote from the story shows that the book is in first person because it uses the word “I”. It also shows that this is based on a true life story because Jaycee’s mother had given her a ring in that she remembers wearing in the flashback of this moment
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unique experiences of generations and immigrants The immigrant story is one we have all heard before. These stories show how individuals can come to America with nothing and end up giving their families everything they could imagine. It is hard work but that is the American Dream. But what does this dream really mean for immigrants and their families? Does the hard work of immigrants pay off? A lot of research says there are many social and economic changes between generations of immigrants. Education
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The Entitlement Generation or Generation Y? Whether or not today’s youth has really become the Entitlement Generation has been the focus of many debates over the past couple years. Those born in the mid 80’s and 90’s give off an aura of entitlement and this has raised many questions‚ including where is this idea coming from? Most believe it comes from the values and principles we were taught as children; however‚ some argue that the Entitlement Generation is learning their lesson. The great recession
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