CRI365H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Aptn National News, Canadian Indian Residential School System, Sixties Scoop

• School: UTSG
• Department: Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies
• Course: CRI365H1
• Professor: Mayanaand Jacqui

Document Summary

Indigenous and criminal justice lecture 4 pathways and connections to residential schools. Cindy blakstock the activist has taken on the cause of canada"s first nations children, who have been short charged by ottawa. Its proven to be the biggest challenge of her life. Aptn national news: child welfare system continuing assimilation begun by indian residential schools: trc june 2, 2015: As ottawa began shutting down its indian residential school system the rate of indigenous children taken by child welfare agencies began to rise. The trc found a direct link between indian residential schools and today"s high rates of indigenous children that have been put into the care of the state under the child welfare system. Canada"s child welfare system has simply continued the assimilation that residential school system started. As residential schools were on the decline the sixties scoop ramped up thousands of indigenous children were seized by child welfare agencies and placed into non indigenous homes.