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Essay Title:
Despite
efforts made by settler Canadians to enact reconciliation, there is still much
work to be done by institutions and individuals alike when it comes to
addressing indigenous rights across Canada.
Using
this title, take and defend your stance.
Be
sure to include:
· A Title (Showing your stance).
· An Introduction (including Thesis
Statement & Organization of Essay)
· 2-3 main body paragraphs (containing
CREE: claim, reason, evidence, explanation)
· A conclusion
· A reference list.
Use the following 2
sources (The link and the file attached).
“150
Acts of Reconciliation for the Last 150 Days of Canada's 150” by Crystal Fraser
& Sara Komarnisky:
http://activehistory.ca/2017/08/150-acts-of-reconciliation-for-the-last-150-days-of-canadas-150/
Attachments area
The
progress of Canada’s indigenous reconciliation reveals that there is still much
work to be done
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Institutional
affiliation
Date
The
progress of Canada’s indigenous reconciliation reveals that there is still much
work to be done
The relationship between the indigenous people and the settler Canadians has never been based on equal individual rights; this is despite the national constitution recognizing the existence of these rights in 1982. Indeed, the process of revealing the darkest chapter of Canadian history is still in the initial stages. There was a lost generation in Canada where for more than 100 years, 100,000 indigenous children attended residential schools run majorly by churches. The primary goal of these schools was to civilize children from indigenous tribes such as the Metis, Inuit and First Nations by breaking the linkage to their identities and cultures (Cromb, 2017). Children were subjected to sexual and physical abuse resulting in thousands of deaths, even though the last school closing in the 1990s, the harm caused is still apparent today. Despite the efforts made by settler Canadians to enact reconciliation the progress made reveals that there is still much work to be...
