FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Minority Group, Indian Act, Nuclear Family

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Olga Sutherland

Document Summary

Race: a system of classifying people based on physical characteristics such as skin colour. Ethnicity: term used to specify a group of people who share a common cultural heritage. In canada today, the aboriginal population is divided into 4 categories: north american first nations registered under the indian act, north american first nations not registered under the indian act, metis, inuit. Minority group: any group that holds less power. Dominant group: a group that has the greatest power but not necessarily the greatest numbers. From the first aboriginal people who arrive thousands of years ago, the area that is now. Canada has been populated with waves of immigrants. The social structure and cultural norms and values have changed with each passing wave. To aboriginal people, the family signifies parents and children living together in a household as well as extended family. The traditional means of teaching proper behaviour and community held values is through storytelling.