FEM 2109 Study Guide - Final Guide: Settler Colonialism, Indian Act, Human Development Index

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 2109
• Professor: Mythili Rajiva

Document Summary

Is canada peaceful and safe for aboriginal women? . Canada ranked very highly in un hdi. What determines this? life expectancy, educational achievement, standard of living, etc. Aboriginal people have a huge gap, especially women. Major concern = high rates of racialized & sexualized violence against indigenous (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) i(cid:374)terge(cid:374)eratio(cid:374)al trau(cid:373)a. 3-5 times higher to be victimized than other women; why is that: value as hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s is less (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455)"re i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)ous, destruction of girls/women of a community, exotic/erotic from the other, two spirited/gender binary. Representations of aboriginal people in canadian history crucial to understanding current context (cid:862)no(cid:271)le sa(cid:448)ages(cid:863) Original position of aboriginal women vs. european women during first contact. Role of settler colonial history: settler colonialism changed this. Indian act 1876 stripped aboriginal women of political power. Legacy & ongoing forms of settler colonialism + canadian patriar(cid:272)hal (cid:272)ulture . Aboriginal women subject to even more inequality than men.