The residential school era in Canada started after in 1879‚ Prime Minister John A. Macdonald commissioned Nicholas Flood Davin to report on Indian industrial training schools established in the U.S. His report recommended the establishment of Indian Residential schools similar to those based on the “Carlisle model”. Davin was convinced that day schools were not sufficient enough in assimilating Indian people to Canadian society‚ and therefore he strongly advocated the establishment of off-reserve
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“Thousands of Canada’s aboriginal children died in residential schools that failed to keep them safe from fires‚ protected from abusers‚ and healthy from deadly disease” (Kennedy). There were about 130 schools in every province and territory except Newfoundland‚ Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick with about 150‚000 attendees‚ segregated by gender (CBC News). Residential schooling caused tension and intergenerational suffering among native communities in Canada. Events of physical‚ sexual‚ and
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this the education of Status Indians (Metis and Inuit were put into the system later) fell under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Federal Government. During 1830’s-1900’s the Canadian government and various Christian churches created the Indian Residential School System (IRS). The IRS was a compulsory education system created to assimilate First Nation‚ eventually Metis and Inuit children through means similar to the Colonial English and the Prussian compulsory education systems. These children were
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Ageism: The Aged and the Elderly Senile‚ decrepit‚ wrinklesare words that might pop into some people’s heads when they think about the aged and elderly. Ageism is defined as a social construct that discriminates or holds stereotypical ideas about people of a certain age group (Blythway‚ 1995). While ageism can affect anyone‚ this paper will focus mainly on the discrimination of the aged and the elderly. Most people want to live long lives‚ consequently growing older as a result. The only
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Prevention 2013 Residential Placement Census‚ on average there is an estimated 54‚000 being detained in the U.S (Justice‚ n.d.). Furthermore‚ based on the latest Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement indicates that approximately 2‚524 juveniles were being detained in juvenile justice facility because they were in violation of status offenses‚ such being truant‚ running away‚ or violating curfew (Justice‚ n.d.). Additionally‚ when incorporating juvenile offenders in residential placement due
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Residential school happened in the past‚ but still affect us in today’s world. Globalization and Residential school’s go hand in hand in the history books. Globalization created the residential schools‚ Euro-Canadian culture was the Canadian government’s foremost concern‚ they created religious schools which accustomed the indigenous children. The church easily made it into a cultural genocide. The children were hominem abused; physical‚ sexual‚ and psychological. The children were malnourished for
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lands which encompass Canada have been strained due to the hitherto existence of the Indian Residential School system. Following the passage of the Indian Act in 1876‚ the first residential schools were established across Canada; with many being placed under the direction of several Christian churches that received funding from the Canadian government’s agency of Indian Affairs. The objective of the residential school system was to assimilate indigenous children into Canadian society through the forced
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During the 1800’s‚ children were taken away from their families and friends from orders of the federal government. The government was working upon a system that isolated children from their families‚ traditions‚ language and culture. The purpose of residential schools was to take Indigenous children and "to kill the Indian in the child" (Erin Hanson)‚ meaning to rip the Aboriginal identity out from the children. The government wanted all Indigenous children to be taught a culture that they thought was
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average‚ and suicide. Residential schools powerfully damaged Aboriginal people in a way we cannot ignore. Aside from the dangerous downfall issues that residential schools caused‚ they physically‚ emotional‚ and sexually abused children and confused them by telling them that everything they knew‚ did‚ spoke‚ and were was wrong. This confusion then put a wedge between those
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