POLS 2300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Telefilm Canada, Cbc North, 1969 White Paper

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2300
• Professor: Nanita Mohan

Document Summary

2-3 million or about 7-9% of national population (highest estimate) Social and economic conditions of aboriginal canadians tend to be less considerably favourable than those of general population: evidenced by regular reports of substance abuse and high rates of suicide among young. Stats canada states that aboriginal employment is about 70% of non-aboriginal canadians and only 8% of aboriginal canadians have graduated from university compared to 23% for other. Change came about in the 1960s regarding labelling of the aboriginal community. A belief called communitarianism was becoming more prevalent (the belief that communities and communal identities are essential to individual dignity and the maintenance of truly democratic societies: associated with black civil rights movements. By late 1970s, the term indian had lost preference for "native/aboriginal/first nations (intellectual and political shift) First nations peoples carried connotations of communal status and rights as well as prior claims.