SOC 603 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: British Subject, First Nations, Indian Act
19 Oct 2016
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Today in canada we have legal protection for victims of discrimination and a constitutional guarantee of equality rights for all. Era of the charter and human rights codes. Studies have documented racial disparities in income, health status, services, civic participation and in the labour market. Employment and income disparities persist for racialized people in toronto and canada, regardless of education. Racialized canadians earn an average of ,385 per year compared to ,332 for other canadians, or 81 cents to the dollar. Racialized canadians are three times more likely to live in poverty. Aboriginals in canada (three types) (cid:1005),(cid:1008)(cid:1004)(cid:1004),(cid:1010)8(cid:1009) had a(cid:271)o(cid:396)igi(cid:374)al ide(cid:374)tity i(cid:374) (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)(cid:1005), (cid:1008). (cid:1007)% of ca(cid:374)ada"s populatio(cid:374) Average age of an indigenous person in this country is only 27 years old, in comparison to 40 for the general population. Fastest growing demographic is aboriginal people because of the low median age, they will have children and increase the indigenous population in this country.
