SOSC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tuberculosis, Robert Pickton, Domestic Violence
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*medical project due on: march 15th 2016 in paper copy in lecture. Health isn"t about the absence of disease but about the spirit and the body. Health is linked to your socio-economic status; health is political, rooted in history of your people. The truth and reconciliation established 2008, to response to the chargers of abuse for the residential school legacy. The commission collected oral histories from talking to indigenous people about the residential school. Colonialism: is a system of economic, political, social and cultural domination of one group of people over another. Colonialism in canada was in attempt to assimilate non-european culture to european culture. Colonialism includes: transfer of land (through force or strong handed), the imposition of european civilization, changing the political system to euro- centered and democratic. Also, all european cultural practice were to be in place of indigenous cultural practices. Within indigenous culture there were multiple tribes, which included 11 language families. mental and body wellness.