SOWK 3060 Lecture 11: lecture readings
Indigenous Social Work
What are the attributes of Canadian culture? What does it look like? Whose stories does
‘Canadian Culture’ represent?
• Canadian Culture is the ‘Norm’. Canadian culture is seen as neutral; or devoid of power.
In other words, Canadian cultures is the norm by which other groups are observed or
measured.
• In describing whose vantage point is the assumed perspective through which Canadian
experience is viewed, what is at stake is the defining of the term ‘Canadian culture’.
• Canadian culture is seen as neutral or devoid of power. In other words, Canadian culture
is the norm by which other groups are observed or measured.
• In describing whose vantage point is the assumed perspective through which Canadian
experience is viewed, what is at stake is the defining of the term 'Canadian culture'.
White Nations: “The myth that Canada was and is a 'white' country has no foundation in fact,
yet it is part of our national consciousness. Writer Adrienne Shadd refers to this as an ‘insidious’
myth. People tend to forget that Native peoples were here first” (James, 1999).
Who are Indigenous People? Indigenous people are defined as people “who identified
themselves with being North American Indian, Métis, or Inuit” (Anderson, 2003). Contact with
Europeans Nations: Before 1492, all of the people groups in North, Central, and South America
were Independent Sovereign Nations. Each nation had its own language, culture, spiritual
traditions, system of governance, economy. After 1492, these people groups found themselves
threatened by diseases or warfare, while some of the nations became economic allies with the
European newcomers.
Document Summary
Canadian culture" represent: canadian culture is the norm". Canadian culture is seen as neutral; or devoid of power. In other words, canadian cultures is the norm by which other groups are observed or measured. In describing whose vantage point is the assumed perspective through which canadian experience is viewed, what is at stake is the defining of the term canadian culture": canadian culture is seen as neutral or devoid of power. In other words, canadian culture is the norm by which other groups are observed or measured. In describing whose vantage point is the assumed perspective through which canadian experience is viewed, what is at stake is the defining of the term "canadian culture". White nations: the myth that canada was and is a "white" country has no foundation in fact, yet it is part of our national consciousness. Writer adrienne shadd refers to this as an insidious" myth.
