HSCI 319W Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Foster Care, Indian Register, Indian Act
17 Mar 2018
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Cannot sign contracts or get bank loans (cid:858)treated like childre(cid:374)(cid:859) More children in foster care than residential schools. Hudson bay company -> not owner of hudson bay territory: had right to settle and send in fur traders, trade goods. Previous policies enacted under indian act: gender discrimination, residential school system, bans on religious ceremonies (cid:894)did(cid:374)(cid:859)t co(cid:374)for(cid:373) to europea(cid:374)s(cid:895) Instead, got raised away from culture/language/extended families (lost connections forever: trauma of disconnection bear similarities to residential schools. Criminal justice system: no connections to stabilize them, get involved in criminal activity, disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system. Aboriginal women: more over-represented than men for federal sentences or custody. Outcome gaps: aboriginal offenders are routinely classified as higher risk, leads to late release from custody/jail. Individual, family, community, nation: self-determination, connections with land, culture, language, lost through colonization, residential schools, foster care, indigeneity as a health determinant. Research involving the first nations, inuit and metis peoples of canada.
