SOC211H5 Study Guide - Atlantic Slave Trade, Underground Railroad, Matrilineality
Document Summary
Canadian families esp in the large urban centres of toronto are very multicultural. At the time of colonization, 500 000 aboriginals inhabited the western hemisphere and lived in canada. Colonialism: shaped canadian families and immigrants that have come to this country. Racialization: process by which racial meanings are attached to particular issues. Defined as the economic & political domination of a region and its people for a foreign power. Europeans came to asia, africa & americas - 15-19th century. They were nomadic, semi- nomadic with collective work efforts - did fishing, hunting, gathering. etc. Harsh punishment wasn"t really used on children. Huron family 17th century based on - matriliny- female kin - headed by women - this created egalitarian relations. Inuits - kin relations were flexible, marriages monogamous, rigid division of labor by gender- men hunting & fishing, women - domestic, childcare.
