SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Critical Discourse Analysis, Justin Trudeau, Postcolonialism

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1
• Professor: brown

Document Summary

Canada has its own colonial history it was a british colony. Canada won its independence (both economic and political) such that it was able to develop as a rich and powerful nation in its own right. However, when we consider canada"s indigenous population, perhaps the post in post- colonial has not yet been realized. Canada"s indigenous peoples are among the most marginalized in the country economically, socially, and politically with indigenous women being the hardest hit (native women"s association of canada, n. d. ). There is a long history of internal colonial action in canada with regard to the treatment of indigenous peoples. Residential schools are often cited as horrific examples of colonial actions within canada: indigenous children were taken from their families, made to live at these schools, and forced to learn. Their histories were denied to them: they were not allowed to see their families, use their first language, or practise their culture.