APA 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Food Desert

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 3122
• Professor: Martin Camiré

Document Summary

Demographics: 4. 3% of canadian population (inuit, first nations, metis. ) Concentrated in 4 provinces (ontario, bc, alberta, mb. ) Age: young population (opposite of rest of canadian population. ) Total incomes are increasing, but aboriginal still much lower (starting off @ disadvantage to maintain healthy lifestyle. : income divided by gender and type of aboriginal group: females make less in both groups. Aside from metis men, all aboriginal groups make less than non-aboriginals. [reason for gender wage gap: men traditionally take higher paying jobs, spend more time @ work vs females spending more time @ home and not involved in more dangerous/harder labor jobs. Based on society, evolving for equality but gap still exists due to certain biological traits. Living in isolated communities where they need to live off government allowance which is the same for both genders. Both genders have low education and the same access to low-paying jobs. ) Education: high school: aboriginal men highest dropout rate, followed by women.