Marginalization of Aboriginal women
A Brief History of the Marginalization of Aboriginal Women in Canada Aboriginal women in Canada frequently experience challenges and discrimination that are not necessarily shared by non-Aboriginal women,…
Reserves
…are they perhaps breaking down somewhat. Cole Harris Making Native Space, xxi. What are Indian Reserves? Map of Indian reserves in British Columbia, courtesy of Natural Resources Canada. Click to…
The Residential School System (2009)
…state-sponsored education have fostered mistrust of education in general, making it difficult for Aboriginal communities and individuals to break the cycle of poverty. In the 1980s, residential school survivors began…
Powley Case
…were harvesting their meat for winter.1 The pair were subsequently charged with unlawfully hunting moose and possessing game hunted in breach of the Game and Fish Act. The Powleys pled…
The Indian Act
…The United Nations Human Rights Committee found Canada in breach of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. When the Canadian Human Rights Act was passed in 1977, Section 67…
Bill C-31
…upheld the Indian Act, Lovelace took her case before the UN Human Rights Committee, which, in 1981, found Canada in breach of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights….
The Residential School System
By Erin Hanson (2009), with updates and revisions by Daniel P. Gamez & Alexa Manuel (September 2020). The original version of this article has been archived, but may…
Aboriginal Rights
…Press, 2000.) 161-171. Mainville, Robert. An Overview of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and Compensation for their Breach. (Saskatoon: Purich Publishing Ltd., 2001.) Monture-Angus, Patricia. “A First Journey in Decolonized Thought:…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
This section is excerpted from a discussion paper by Karrmen Crey about Aboriginal identity in the classroom. This paper was initially written for the What I Learned in…
Sixties Scoop
…of their Caucasian caretakers results in an identity crisis unresolvable in this environment. In many cases this leads to behavioural problems, causing the alternative foster or adoption relationship to break…