Sociology 2144A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Assembly Of First Nations, Canadian Indian Residential School System, Indian Act
6 Feb 2017
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Chapter 8: an overview of indigenous educational attainment in canada. Research indicates that low levels of education in specific populations are correlated with factors such as ses, ethnicity, geo, and parental educational attainment. Low educational levels have been tied to colonialism. A brief history of colonial education policy in canada: first contact to 1996. 17th century france originally colonized canada had the goal of (cid:858)fra(cid:374)(cid:272)izatio(cid:374)(cid:859) of. White and peters point our the recollects trained small groups of boys to lead the transformation in beliefs systems within communities. In 1632 jesuits were in control of educations the indigenous populations. By the 18th these schools closed due to indigenous resistance to french culture and. Christianity as well as the political situation in north america. French began to see assimilation as unimportant in comparison to fur trade. War of 1812 brits saw relations with indigenous people as important for military relations than assimilation.
