POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Human Rights Commission, Aboriginal Title, Potlatch
16 Dec 2015
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First aboriginal judge, in 2009 chair of indian residential. Anger is a spiritual sickness, when you forgive, you actually live. Church uses power to abuse others -> all types of abuse. Apology + regret, you have to admit your mistakes and conciliate. Background: video prepared by national event in edmonton in 2014 - > final opportunities to hear from survivors, educate canadian public. 89,000 made claims, have been abused physically or sexually in residential schools. Indian residential school system of canada the search for truth, the need for reconciliation. Murray sinclair, chair of truth and reconciliation commission of canada. No accountable to government alone but to other parties involved. Education was important to aboriginal people from the outset of confederation in. Had to be redrafted to add clause and further, her majesty agrees to maintain a school on each reserve hereby made whenever the indians of the reserve should desire it. recognised relationship between first nation and canadians.
