BIOL499A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Indian Residential School System, Grip Strength, Domestic Violence
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Chapter 3: the social determinants of health and illness; age, sex and gender, and. Isolation and assimilation: an apology from the government of canada. June 11, 2008: canadian prime minister stephen harper delivered a formal apology to former residents of indian residential school system and aboriginals of canada. In summary of the speech: during the 1870s, the federal government developed and administered the indian residential. School system with two (2) primary objectives in assumption that aboriginal cultures and beliefs are inferior and unequal, to kill the indian in the child . 1. remove and isolate children from the influence of their homes, families, traditions, and cultures: assimilate them into the dominant culture, there were 132 schools in each territory (except nl, nb, and pei) mostly in joint ventures with. Anglican, catholic, presbyterian and united churches that prohibited first nations, inuit and. M tis languages and cultural practices: negative consequences caused some children to die or never return home.