SOCI 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Visible Minority, Infant Mortality, Indian Act
12 Jun 2018
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English French= being able to function in the community
Work experience= economic contribution
Age= young adults can pay taxes for long period of time
Arrangement employment=work from day one, have finances
Adaptability= how easily you absorb your surroundings
After 9/11 -2002 immigration act changed and wanted highly skilled, educated experienced and
fluent in English and French. (only wanted the best of the best)
Aboriginals have a high chance of living in poverty, aboriginal children have the highest chance
¼ are living in poverty in Canada and are most vulnerable
-food security is an issue in communities like Iqaluit, the artic bay and Nunavut, due to the price
of food and living (milk is 12$,)
more than half living in Canada are visible minorities, the most in Vancouver (58%) or Toronto
(62%)
racialized persons or communities; a person or community of persons other than aboriginal
people who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour
*black history month, Asian heritage month and national aboriginal history month*
tokenism: the practice of including one or a small number of members of a minority groups to
create the appearance of representation, inclusion and non-discrimination
racialization: the way in which society makes the concept of race seems real; used to
differentiate groups of people as unequal
The socioeconomic conditions of Canada’s Aboriginal people are a complete tragedy. Canada
speaks about inequalities in other countries, however, the conditions on many Indian reservations
is comparable to third world countries.
Aboriginals are the most socially and economically disadvantaged group in Canada. Aboriginal
people, for example, have lower family incomes, lower rates of labour force participation, higher
rates of unemployment and poverty, higher rates of infant mortality and shorter life expectancies.
There are three different explanations for the state of Aboriginal communities in Canada that we
will address. They include the early position of the federal government, the Culture of Poverty
theory and the Conflict perspective.
The Federal Government’s (Early) Position:
Throughout the first half of the 20th century, policy on Aboriginal people was that they were
different and inferior. Government policy was to get Aboriginals to assimilate into Canadian
society.
The federal Deputy Minister on Indian Affairs stated the following in 1920:
Our object is to continue until there is not a single Indian…that has not been absorbed
into the body politic, and there is no [longer an] Indian question.
The government of the day tried to force Aboriginals to conform to and outlawed many of their
traditional customs. For example, children were forced into residential schools, they were denied
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Document Summary
English french= being able to function in the community. Age= young adults can pay taxes for long period of time. After 9/11 -2002 immigration act changed and wanted highly skilled, educated experienced and fluent in english and french. (only wanted the best of the best) Aboriginals have a high chance of living in poverty, aboriginal children have the highest chance. Are living in poverty in canada and are most vulnerable. The socioeconomic conditions of canada"s aboriginal people are a complete tragedy. Canada speaks about inequalities in other countries, however, the conditions on many indian reservations is comparable to third world countries. Aboriginals are the most socially and economically disadvantaged group in canada. Aboriginal people, for example, have lower family incomes, lower rates of labour force participation, higher rates of unemployment and poverty, higher rates of infant mortality and shorter life expectancies. There are three different explanations for the state of aboriginal communities in canada that we will address.
