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Canadian Aboriginals, 2006.
This paper discusses aboriginals in Canada today and their land claims.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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The paper explores the situation which confronts aboriginals in Canada in the early years of the twenty-first century. Particularly, the paper provides a brief profile and/or portrait of Canadian aboriginals during the present age, as well as offering a critical assessment of Bone's aboriginal/non-aboriginal fault line. Moving forward, the paper also offers a critical commentary on aboriginal land claims and ponders their importance to the future status of aboriginal peoples in Canada. The paper concludes that Canada's modest aboriginal population faces a number of challenges, but the land claims process may also provide it with a number of opportunities otherwise unavailable.
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Canadian and Aboriginal Rights, 2007.
This paper explores whether aboriginal rights can coexist with other rights in Canada.
1,567 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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The paper explains that when Europeans colonized the land, the native inhabitants become a class of citizens that were treated as different and inferior to the conquering classes. The paper relates that as liberal western democracy attempts to establish equal rights for all citizen groups and as native groups learn how to press their claims, competing claims for land and treasure have been raised. The paper explores whether aboriginal rights can coexist with other rights and posits that coexistence is possible and even necessary, within the systems of government that Canadians have developed.
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"When the European colonizers established colonies throughout the North American continent, they came into contact and conflict with the native inhabitants that had dwelt in the land for centuries. Their initial contacts were colored by curiosity and concern on the part of both natives and colonizers. However, as colonies were established and the European hunger for land proved incessant, concern became alarm and even progressed to war in many cases. Colonizers were viewed as invaders by natives and the natives were viewed as uncivilized savages by colonists. The colonists' push across the continent resulted in land being contested and treaties being formulated, altered, and broken."
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Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian Institutions, 2005.
An analysis of the high proportion of Aboriginal people in Canadian institutions.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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The paper examines the over-representation of Aboriginal people in Canadian correctional institutions. It outlines the statistics of those incarcerated compared to the non-Aboriginal population and explains the causes behind this, which include demographics, racism, discrimination and social issues. Sources include government commissions and reports covering primarily the Western Provinces.
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"This paper will briefly address the question as to why there is a disproportionate number of Aboriginal (native) people in Canadian institutions and demonstrate that multiple factors including population demographics, over-policing, and social conditions are partly to blame. For the purposes of this paper, the scope of Canadian institutions will be limited to jails and correctional institutions as opposed to hospitals or psychiatric institutions etc. The Problem Stated The evidence for the high proportion of aboriginals in jails and correctional institutions in Canada has been well researched and has been the subject of extensive public enquiries and commissions."
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Aboriginal and Canadian Sovereignty, 2002.
The argument that Aboriginal sovereignty can coexist within Canadian sovereignty.
2,790 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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This paper examines how, since the 1980s, the idea of Aboriginal sovereignty has been a subject of growing debate in Canada and how centrally at issue is the dispute over Aboriginal rights. It discusses how there is a contrast between traditional Aboriginal values and those of modern-day society and how within Canada there exists a prevailing tension between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals on many levels. It analyzes how the government is in need of serious revision and why some Canadians feel that the only solution to the crisis the Aboriginal peoples presently find themselves in is some form of Aboriginal sovereignty. It shows how these Canadians believe that the best way to address the crisis is to have First Nations peoples control their own destiny through self-determination in order to confront current challenges successfully and ultimately lead to a greater state of well-being for its peoples.
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"In addition to the Indian Act, which was subsequently amended multiple times, other influential policy documents were developed including the Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy (1969), also known as the White Paper and Citizens Plus (1970) which ?presents a counter-policy written by the Union of Alberta Indians, a treaty Indian group, in reaction to the federal document? (41) and called for Aboriginal self-determination. The White Paper?s aim ?was to outline a strategy that would integrate Indian peoples into mainstream society? (43). Conversely, ?The guiding principles for economic development, proposed in Citizens Plus, suggest a reliance on a combination of government assistance and private enterprise [in order to] make reserve communities into centres of profitable and productive private industry? (49)."
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Aboriginal Canadian People, 2008.
This paper discusses issues of health and homelessness among the aboriginal people of Canada.
1,480 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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This paper explains the complex interaction of the social determinants of health, which have resulted in the very poor health status of the aboriginal Canadian people. The author points out that the broadest issues, which impact on native communities, include little control by natives over their own economy, their ability for self-government and unfair decisions about use of resources. The paper relates that these issues are linked with the loss of native language and culture, especially because of the government's and religion's involvement in residential schools. The author underscores that homelessness for Native people is sometimes viewed as a problem that the poor bring upon themselves; however, the mainstream society forgets that native people have lost their resources. The paper concludes that native people are capable of solving their own problems as long as they are given some degree of support, autonomy and justice.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Practice Experience and Issue
The Root Issue Explaining Native Homelessness
Analysis of Practice and Community Connections
Conclusion
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"During the project, we learned that all the Native people on reserves live under conditions of poverty and despair. It is to escape those conditions that many Aboriginal women as well as young males leave reserves. Aboriginal homeless women are faced with racism and discrimination. Unlike other Canadian women, there are very few Native women who have an income; instead they exist on a welfare allowance which often does not meet basic needs. Because of the extent and complexity of the issues facing Native peoples, I learned that it is not possible to approach these issues without nursing theory and theoretical frameworks."
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Aboriginal Housing Issues and Homelessness, 2005.
A discussion of Canadian aboriginal housing problems in urban areas and the reserves.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 9 sources, $ 133.95
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The essay discusses aboriginal housing issues and homelessness. The paper looks at both issues in both urban areas and the reserves. The paper argues the point that the practices of the Canadian government resulted in poverty that in turn has led to housing issues for its aboriginal population.
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"Aboriginal Housing Issues and Homelessness Housing is a fundamental human need. In general it can be argued that Canadians are well housed. However, not everyone has access to affordable housing. In The Canadian Housing System, James McKellar et al state, Although, overall, Canadians are well housed, a minority of households are unable to obtain market housing that is suitable, adequate, and affordable without paying more than 30 percent of their income (McKellar et al 11). This means that three major issues occur in terms of housing. These are obtaining housing, obtaining affordable housing and obtaining adequate housing."
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Aboriginals in Vancouver, 2007.
This paper examines the Aboriginal population of Vancouver.
1,571 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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The paper presents a variety of statistics and reveals that members of Vancouver's Aboriginal population are likely to be younger, poorer and less well paid than their non-Aboriginal neighbors. The paper discusses the services and institutions that serve or support them and notes how problems are sometimes exacerbated by the fact that agencies are not status-blind, causing some Aboriginals to fall through the cracks. The paper highlights how there remains substantial work to be done before equality among all Vancouver residents can be attained.
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"Approximately 4.4% of the population of Canada identifies as at least partly Aboriginal. This proportion is steadily increasing, due to the fact that the Aboriginal population is growing faster than the non-Aboriginal population - and this trend is intensifying. For example, Statistics Canada notes that during the 20th century, the number of Aboriginal people increased by a factor of 10, while the total population of Canada increased by a factor of only 6. In addition, this difference became much more marked in the second half of the century. In the first half of the 20th century, the total population of Canada more than doubled, growing by 161%, while the numbers of Aboriginal people grew by just 29%."
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Social Determinants of Health for Aboriginals of Canada, 2008.
An analysis of the social determinants of health among the Aboriginal population in Canada.
2,490 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper explains how social determinants of health are linked and identifies the pathways by which they come to influence health. It focuses on Aboriginal people in Canada and how they are more affected by the social determinants of health than any other population in the country. It then discusses policy options to improve the quality of these social determinants of health. Finally, the paper discusses the barriers to implementation of the policy options.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Aboriginal Status
Income
Pathways
Social Exclusion
Gender
Policy Options for Improving Quality of Social Determinants of Health
Barriers to Implementation of Policy Options
Conclusion
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"First Nations people have been exploited and oppressed during their colonization. Their socioeconomic conditions are the worst in Canada and lead to poor health. Policy options to help these people have been devised but, for the most part, their implementation seems very unlikely. What is needed is a major ad radical change in government orientation away from the priorities of globalization. That pressure is based in transnational corporations. The future depends on how well the government can be pressured in the opposite direction."
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Creating a New Trust, 2008.
This paper discusses creating a new trust between the Canadian police and Aboriginal women of Canada.
2,046 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that Aboriginal women in Canada suffer a long-standing distrust of Canadian police that compromises their safety and citizenship. The writer notes that like all Canadians, First Nations women need police support to deter violence and injustice against them. If they cannot turn to the police, a fundamental democratic right that they are entitled to is not functioning properly. The writer points out that this problem has been written about by Aboriginal women's groups, Canadian policing organizations, and even Amnesty International. The writer maintains that the mainstream Canadian police continue to fail Aboriginal women because they lack the imagination necessary to conquer the problems that Aboriginal women face. Or, perhaps provincial police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have a good idea, but they lack the courage to employ it. The writer concludes that in either case, all Canadian citizens would benefit from new police initiatives that work for everyone.
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"It is exceptionally difficult, even in mainstream Canadian society, for a woman to extricate herself from a situation of domestic abuse. This requires financial and legal support. It means walking away from someone she once loved, or may still love. It means turning your life upside down while working with the police to ensure her safety. This is critical: without police support, a woman is open to harassment and assaults from not just her former spouse, but from anyone."
"But what if she distrusts the police? What if the police are, in her view, just another brutal gang that may well take advantage of her? A woman in peril cannot be expected to choose the protection of an untrustworthy bunch of thugs over the thug she intends to extricate herself from. That would be compounding her problem, rather than reducing it. As one Aboriginal writer noted in The Manitoban Online, even Native women who had been severely brutalized by family members still felt less safe when police were seen on the reservation."
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Aboriginal Education in Canada, 2005.
A thorough study of the integration process of Aboriginal Canadians in the education system.
4,102 words (approx. 16.4 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 110.95
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This paper explores interactions among formal learning, informal learning, and life conditions and opportunities experienced by Aboriginal people in Canada. It explains that Aboriginal people have many capacities, in the form of skills, knowledge and experience that are given little place or recognition in conventional educational and economic activities. The writer concludes that their educational experiences and desires suggest that all Canadians could benefit from greater integration among community realities, formal learning, and informal learning capacities.
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Abstract
Introduction
Literature Review
Conclusion
References
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"A great deal of attention has been given in recent years to what is commonly described as an education gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians (Wotherspoon and Butler, 1999). According to 1996 census data, approximately one-third (35 percent) of Canadians aged fifteen and over, compared to more than half (54 percent) of the comparable Aboriginal population, never graduated high school, while 16 percent of the national adult population, and only 4.5 percent of the Aboriginal population, have college degrees (Statistics Canada, 1998). Aboriginal dropout rates are reported to be double those for the general population, and Aboriginal school leavers are about half as likely to return to school later in life (Gilbert et al. 1993: 23)."
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The Canadian Political Environment, 2007.
This paper is an extensive overview of the historical and current Canadian political environment.
3,250 words (approx. 13.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper explains that the attitude of Canadian public, which expects its government to solve its problems, grew out of the need to re-integrate soldiers after WWI and to deal with the ills of the Great Depression. The author points out that this attitude resulted in the state now having an enormous involvement in matters such as health care, unemployment insurance and social welfare benefits. The paper relates that the history of Canada since 1867 has been a process of steadily securing more and more sovereignty and power; however, new forces, chiefly globalization, are now at work and raise the specter that Canada could see its domestic writ subordinated to the writ of trade agreements, such as NAFTA. The author reports that land and governance issues appear to be the paramount concerns of the Canadian aboriginal people.
Table of Content
Changes in State since its Founding
Relationship between State and Society
Citizens' Trust in Government
Challenges to Canada's Sovereignty
Democratic Deficit
The Traditional Canada Political Culture
Traditional Functions of Canadian Political Parties
The Power of the Prime Minister
Canadian Elections
Canada's Constitution
The Parliament
Public Opinion Polling and the Media
The Role of Regionalism
Quebec and Federal-Provincial Relations
Canada's Aboriginal People
The Diminishment of the Welfare State
Influence of Big Business on Politics
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"Most evidently, Quebec changed federal-provincial relations in the 1960s when it began to opt out of the conditions attached to federal grants, established its own pension plan, and argued for a larger voice for itself internationally. In that regard, the decision to give Quebec control over social programs has understandably made it easier for other provinces to demand the same thing. ... it is clear that other provinces are sufficiently compelled to argue for rights of their own, too. So, basically, the Canadian response to Quebec nationalism or to the new Francophone "consciousness" of the 1960s has been to give Quebec exceptional status and powers."
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Canadian Residential Schools, 2006.
A look at Canadian residential schools and how these schools were part of a government policy aimed at destroying the culture of the aboriginal peoples.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper presents a narrative about compensation for survivors of Canadian residential school. The paper argues that the Canadian government is guilty of attempted cultural genocide. For this reason the government should provide a great deal of compensation to aboriginal people.
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"The Canadian government is guilty of attempted genocide. Although the Canadian government has not attempted to physically wipe out a group of people, they have tried to destroy the culture of aboriginal people. This has been done through an aggressive assimilation program that was based on destroying the cultures of aboriginal people in Canada so that they would have to become a part of mainstream Canadian culture. A vital part of this assimilation program was the residential schools. For example, a Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples(RCAP) released in 1996 needed 178 days of public hearings in 96 communities to hear many of the cases of physical and sexual abuse in the residential schools."
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Policies on Aboriginal People in Canada, 2008.
An analysis of the position of the Aboriginal people of Canada within the Canadian federal government.
1,527 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper discusses the impact and consequences of the federal and provincial government policies on the Aboriginal people of Canada. The paper suggests that the impact and consequences of federal and provincial policies against Aboriginal peoples have made their self-government and full sovereignty as a third partner in Canadian government the only viable means of retaining their identity and tribal cultural values.
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"The Aboriginal peoples of Canada have "a long history of the denial of self-government" (Cassidy 99). The Federal government abetted by the provincial governments with strong economic interests in appropriating and developing Indian lands are no longer viable systems of politics or the delivery of social services. Although Chris Anderson, himself an Aboriginal academic, cautions against the reliability of data from "such a blunt instrument like the census" (Anderson 2), if a national tribal council were called with the specific goal of beginning to formulate the framework of a sovereign Aboriginal nation, it is possible that a census of all Indians could be an effective part of that framework. To achieve sovereignty, the links with federalism and provincialism have to be broken; status labels have to be discarded. There are too many "policy formation mechanisms" (Cassidy 97) set up "to deal with the challenges presented by Aboriginal governments" [to provincial ones], but the challenges are presented to the Aboriginal peoples by the provincial and federal governments, not the other way around. The question is not why the Aboriginal people do not have the land, but why the Canadian government has it. Sovereignty is the unknown form but the only true answer."
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The Canadian Arctic, 2008.
Discusses issues surrounding the Canadian Arctic such as an ongoing dispute over sovereignty, climatic change, Aboriginal needs, mineral exploitation and matters of defense capability.
3,155 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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The paper relates that Canadians refer to Arctic Canada as an inland waterway, an archipelago of islands separated by the Northwest Passage, which is claimed by Canada. However, the U.S. and European powers assert that the Northwest Passage is an international sea route. The author points out that, if Canada cannot control and supervise shipping, then there is the likelihood of great environmental damage and the inability of Canada to ascertain if dangerous vessels are traversing the passage. The paper explains that the Inuit, who occupy the area claimed by the U.S as international waters, back the assertion of Canadian sovereignty and the enlargement ot the federal military and civilian administration roles in the Arctic. The author concludes that Canada is committed to the idea that the internationalization of the Northwest Passage represents serious liabilities for Canadians in the region, the environment and geo-political factors.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Meaning of Canadian Arctic Sovereignty
The American Perspective
Security and Defense
An Arctic, not Canadian Arctic Shipping Route
Last Remarks
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"Prime Minister Stephen Harper's approach has repeated the sentiment of Professor McCrae, in Arctic sovereignty as something that Canada must 'use' or lose. Canadians living in southern areas, critical of the much increased military spending of Harper's government, are generally of kinds to forget the vital everyday roles played by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) with regard to the Arctic region. Part of this military investment involves a strong effort to build up the visible CAF presence in the high Arctic, while expanding Arctic capabilities in defense, communications, search and rescue, and civilian services."
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Residential Schools and Aboriginal Identity, 2005.
A discussion on aboriginal residential schools as depicted in Carol Geddes' "Growing Up Native".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper describes how Carol Geddes, in "Growing Up Native," depicts the trauma of residential school as a defining aspect of Aboriginal history in the Canadian north. Through a process of causal analysis this essay argues the thesis that while the residential schools were physically, culturally and psychologically damaging for generations of Aboriginal youth, an examination of the context will reveal that systemic racism was the ultimate cause of this trauma. The paper analyzes how the residential schools existed as instruments of both state policy and religious missionary motives within a mainstream Canadian society that considered Aboriginals inferior to whites.
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