DEVS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: World Food Programme, Immigration Policy, Indian Act
5 Apr 2016
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Governmental (state to state mulilateral; immigraion policy; development aid) There are two pov"s for canada: canada is loved by all, they are peacekeepers, canada is chaoic, please leave. Helpful ixer self image (1970"s-1980"s) help refugees cdn idenity crisis* Global north believes to be beter than the south. Beyond just natural resource exploitaion or extracion of surplus value from indigenous labour. Pm sh: we are one of the most stable regimes in history . Land: possessive individualism vs. guardianship, setler colonialism. Reserve system: obtain land, labour pool (africa, lain america, facilitate acculturaion/conversion (everywhere) Civilizing mission: bufer/protecion, create possibiliies for entering civilizaion, assimilaion process of people ataining diferent social paterns. Coercive tutelage: indian agent powers, enforce school atendance, recommend fate of chiefs, jusice of the peace in criminal maters, control movement of reserve. 1950"s, gov. t begins slow process of shuing down the schools. Over 150 thousand aboriginal children died throughout nearly 140 schools. Nuns/teachers were not trained to teach/ food sucked.
