Aboriginal peoples in Canada

lullabies, which are usually learnt in early childhood, to get them to sleep. Stories that are told to children by non-Aboriginal individuals are usually meant for entertainment purposes and do not carry any deeper value, nor are they given any cultural or spiritual importance. For many Aboriginal groups, however, stories and songs have a much greater significance. “Aboriginal peoples’ communities are often founded on stories that are characteristically sustaining: communicating the epistemologies and

Aboriginal societies have existed for at minimum ten thousand centuries on land that is now Canada. Numerous aboriginal populations in Canada lack adequate housing, education and basic facilities. These living situations lead to high states of substance abuse, child death, child negligence, suicide and violence — mostly domestic and sexual cruelty of indigenous women and kids. Aboriginal women faced organised and institutional labelling and inequity that stop their access to permitting facilities

the largest population of Aboriginal people living in Canada (Manitoba Education and Training, 2017, para. 1). According to the 1996 census data, in 1999 it was approximated that 50% of Aboriginal youth in Winnipeg aged 18-24 years old did not have a high school diploma; a significant difference compared to the 20% of non-Aboriginal youth in Winnipeg who did not have a high school diploma (Silver, 2002, p. 8). According to Richards (2009), Aboriginal students in Canada tended to perform lower educationally

A. Macdonald may not be worth doing something about but maybe having a good discussion about. Changing the names of monuments and things named after historical figures from the past because of racism is not ideal because of how things were and how people thought in the past which cannot be judged by our present eyes but maybe, the reasons for their wrongdoings could be well understood now for humanity to never make the same mistakes and move forward into a better future where our past is understood

of diabetes Aboriginal people are faced with. It is a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy; when your body is unable to produce an adequate amount of insulin to cope with fluctuating hormones and a growing baby (Harris, Bhattacharyya, Dyck, Hayward, & Toth, 2013). Although gestational diabetes mellitus (GMD) is seen throughout Canada, the cases are much higher in the countries’ Aboriginal population

believe that if they left Canada in the first place, they could make their own laws without having to forcefully agree to the Constitutional Act. Even though Quebec is in Canada, they are not recognized as well as the English-Canadians because they are the ones who lead/control everything going on in the country no matter how many prominent people come from Quebec or how many Quebecois soldiers risk their lives at war for Canada. Canada has brought more harm to Aboriginals because they have purposely

Indian Residential School (Legacy of Hope Foundation, 2001). In the 1880s all the way to the 1990’s roughly 150,000 aboriginal children where removed from their communities and homes to attend the residential school system set up by the government and operated by the Christian churches (Government of Canada, 2015). The purpose of these residential schools was to isolate Aboriginal children from their families and assimilate them into the dominant culture (First Nations Study Program, 2009). As the

disorder. It can stem from different factors such as personal, social, financial or historical well-being. ("Mental health and wellness," 2013) According to STATS Canada, suicide is the leading cause of death among Canadian aboriginals between youth and adults under 44 years old. (Kirmayer et al., 2007, p. xv) The rate of suicide among aboriginal Canadians is three times higher than that of the general population, and the rate for Inuit youth is eleven times higher than the national average. These are

Within the Aboriginal ways of knowing it is suggested that “land is the heart of Creation, a realm where humans are among a vast array of creatures” (Belanger, 2014, p. 7). In essence, the Aboriginal people have looked upon the earth as a source of resources that may be utilized but must be honored. This is further substantiated by Belanger when he states that “human beings began to measure their existence in terms of how well they ensured the land’s health and safety, as opposed to how well they

groups without addressing the devastating effects of Indian residential schools on the Aboriginal community in Canada. During the past two decades, the Canadian government acknowledged the implications and has taken responsibility for the outcomes of these residential schools. Much has been done through the framework of transitional justice in order to facilitate reconciliation with the indigenous community in Canada. Despite the government’s amends, I will argue that the reconciliation efforts were