Wealth is the many fortunes that billions of people have never gotten a glimpse of. In contrast, poverty has drenched the lives of over three billion people; 270 million of these people are Indigenous. The 15 percent of the world’s indigenous poverty resides in Canada. Issues such as land usage, lack of employment, internal conflicts, poor education, and racism are well known factors of poverty. The Indigenous peoples of Canada are predominantly controlled by the issues derived from poverty. Since the 1800s, the ways that First Nations used their land was forever changed by the Europeans. Specifically, the British people arrived with the intention of colonization which led to treaty negotiations. The moment that the First Nations signed treaties was the moment that they were experiencing the true nature of poverty. It is because the Europeans had taken out most of their people and so as their resources. As a result, most of them were forced to adapt in European ways of modern medicine and agriculture. In addition, the British parliament introduced the Indian Act of 1876 which specified small tracts of land called reserves. Many First Nations were forced to relocate on reserve lands. These reserves were poorly set up and had a limited amount of land. Therefore, the First Nations had limited resources which made poverty to flourish even more. The ways that land was used were not the only things affected by poverty, but so as the modern day of employment. Unemployment is some of the fruits of destitution. Today, Aboriginal peoples of Canada have a low educational attainment. This is due to the fact of difficult family and personal circumstances that are rooted by poverty. Furthermore, the white tended to view Aboriginals as infer... ... middle of paper ... ...ues will be the vehicle to destruction of the surviving Aboriginal communities. Works Cited Aboriginal Issues. (2007). Retrieved November 19, 2013, from Centre for Social Justice: www.socialjustice.org/index.php?page=aboriginal-issues Aboriginal Mental Health and Substance Use. (2009). Retrieved November 18, 2013, from heretohelp: www.heretohelp.bc.ca/factsheet/aboriginal-mental-health-and-substance-use Aboriginal People. (2011). Retrieved November 20, 2013, from Statistics Canada: www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-402-x/2011000/chap/ap-pa/ap-pa-eng.htm Laboucane, R. (n.d.). Canada's Aboriginal Education Crisis. Retrieved November 18, 2013, from http://www.aaandc-aandc.gc.ca/DAM/DAM-INTER-HQ-EDU/STAGING/texte-text/edu_dfnea_guide_1355149831546_eng.pdf Walker, Y. (n.d.). Aboriginal Family Issues. Retrieved November 19, 2013, from Australian Insitute of Family Studies.
In Canada, access to health care is ‘universal’ to its citizens under the Canadian Health Care Act and this system is considered to the one of the best in the world (Laurel & Richard, 2002). Access to health care is assumed on the strong social value of equality and is defined as the distribution of services to all those in need and for the common good and health of all residents (Fierlbeck, 2011). Equitable access to health care does not mean that all citizens are subjected to receive the same number of services but rather that wherever the service is provided it is based on need. Therefore, not all Canadians have equal access to health services. The Aboriginal peoples in Canada in particular are a population that is overlooked and underserved
Despite the decreasing inequalities between men and women in both private and public spheres, aboriginal women continue to be oppressed and discriminated against in both. Aboriginal people in Canada are the indigenous group of people that were residing in Canada prior to the European colonization. The term First Nations, Indian and indigenous are used interchangeably when referring to aboriginal people. Prior to the colonization, aboriginal communities used to be matrilineal and the power between men and women were equally balanced. When the European came in contact with the aboriginal, there came a shift in gender role and power control leading towards discrimination against the women. As a consequence of the colonization, the aboriginal women are a dominant group that are constantly subordinated and ignored by the government system of Canada. Thus today, aboriginal women experiences double jeopardy as they belong to more than one disadvantaged group i.e. being women and belonging to aboriginal group. In contemporary world, there are not much of a difference between Aboriginal people and the other minority groups as they face the similar challenges such as gender discrimination, victimization, and experiences injustice towards them. Although aboriginal people are not considered as visible minorities, this population continues to struggle for their existence like any other visible minorities group. Although both aboriginal men and women are being discriminated in our society, the women tends to experience more discrimination in public and private sphere and are constantly the targeted for violence, abuse and are victimized. In addition, many of the problems and violence faced by aborigin...
“In about half of the Dominion, the aboriginal rights of Indians have arguably been extinguished by treaty” (Sanders, 13). The traditions and culture of Aboriginals are vanishing at a quick pace, and along it is their wealth. If the Canadian Government restore Native rights over resource development once again, Aboriginals would be able to gain back wealth and help with the poverty in their societies. “An influential lobby group with close ties to the federal Conservatives is recommending that Ottawa ditch the Indian Act and give First Nations more control over their land in order to end aboriginal poverty once and for all” (End First). This recommendation would increase the income within Native communities, helping them jump out of
The over-representation of Aboriginal children in the Canadian Child Welfare system is a growing and multifaceted issue rooted in a pervasive history of racism and colonization in Canada. Residential schools were established with the intent to force assimilation of Aboriginal people in Canada into European-Canadian society (Reimer, 2010, p. 22). Many Aboriginal children’s lives have been changed adversely by the development of residential schools, even for those who did not attend them. It is estimated that Aboriginal children “are 6-8 times more likely to be placed in foster care than non-Aboriginal children (Saskatchewan Child Welfare Review Panel, 2010, p. 2).” Reports have also indicated that First Nations registered Indian children make up the largest proportion of Aboriginal children entering child welfare care across Canada (Saskatchewan Child Welfare Review Panel, p. 2). Consequently, this has negatively impacted Aboriginal communities experience of and relationship with child welfare services across the country. It is visible that the over-representation of Aboriginal children in the child welfare system in Canada lies in the impact of the Canadian policy for Indian residential schools, which will be described throughout this paper.
The needs of Aboriginal youth are not being met in mainstream systems. Undoubtedly, with the high dropout rate of “7 out of 10 first nation youth drop out of school” (Donovan, 128), the school system is failing them. Across Canada only “23 percent of the Aboriginal population has their high school diploma” (Donovan, 129). Aboriginal people make up the youngest and fastest growing segment of our population, and yet many still have significantly less education than the general population.
As a conclusion summary to the ideas that were represented in this essay, the aboriginals in Canada were and are still are to certain degree victims of a predigest government.
Economically, they have operated with a system of barter and sharing. Many still expect the wealth of the community to be shared; what we might interpret as begging, they feel to be a natural consequence of wealth sharing. Unlike the incredible selfishness of many in the United States, with the "I earned it without the help of anyone else" attitude, many indigenous people seem to share more freely, believing that they are gifted when they have more then another. A person is admired not for what they own, but for their skill in hunting and providing for themselves and for their community. This ability to share might be a lesson to learn for survival that Americans have somehow lost.
Prior to the arrival of the Europeans in Canada in the mid- to late 1600s, Aboriginal people were the original inhabitants of the Canadian land. In Canadian history, we forced our Aboriginal people to adapt to the European-Canadian culture and values. Prior to overthrowing their land and culture, the Aboriginal peoples were thriving off the natural land materialistically and financially. In years to come in response to the mistreatment of them, the Canadian government would implement what is known as the Indigenous and Northern Affairs act [1966] this act would aim to establish financial rights and benefits for the aboriginal demographic. Today in the 21st century Canada is comprised of over 1.4 million indigenous peoples (Aylsworth
The sustained focus upon assimilation of real natives that govern the conditions of entry of the welfare system includes eligibility criteria, compliance and non-compliance. The welfare conditions are developed and implemented by the dominant group from the logic of their standpoint to govern and maintain their embedded privilege over indigenous people and abolishing the ‘irrelevant’ culture (Stanford & Taylor 2013, p.488). The government implemented new assimilation policy in mid of the twentieth century to include Aboriginals as citizens of the land. In order to receive welfare benefits, they had to certify their rights backed by citizenship. The sweet-coated notion of welfare inclusion was required certain conditions to oblige. The hidden agenda of the concept was to end of indigenous identity which means a full spectrum of change from traditional Aboriginal culture to European culture (Murphy 2013). It has been determined the conditional inclusion to assimilation policy which gives attention to the eradication of colour(white prejudice) and assimilation through socio-cultural alteration and centring on the inculcation of Western norms and values rather than interacting between indigenous and non-indigenous cultural system. The concept means the biological language of blood and caste was shrunken and was overtaken by the socio-cultural language of behaviour and culture (Murphy 2013, p.209). The authority had developed classificatory regulations for eligibility for of the policy in getting welfare for the indigenous population. The eligibility criteria include the complete change of behaviour and compliance to certain behavioural patterns suggested by the dominant culture. The obligation are as follows; the requirements of living according to European standards, having personal and civic qualities of ‘character’ and ‘development’, possessing and being known by a ‘surname’, a
In today 's society, there is 1 in 7 people living in poverty which is costing Canadian citizens’ money as they are paying for taxes. There are many standpoints in which people examine the ways poverty affect society such as Marx’s conflict theory. Marx’s conflict theory goes over how social stratification being inevitable and how there is a class consciousness within people in the working class. Another way that poverty is scrutinized is by feminization. Feminization is the theory that will be explored throughout this essay. Poverty will be analyzed in this essay to determine the significance of poverty on the society and the implications that are produced.
Poverty is a leading contributor of unhealthy infant births and directly leads to unnecessary death caused by lack of quality healthcare and malnutrition. Poverty also contributes to lower life expectancy because some families are not able to provide their families with the necessary health care they need and provide them with enough nourishment to live a healthy life. Studies also show that “in 2013, 45.3 million people (14.5 percent) were living in a poverty stricken area” (Feedingamerica.org). The percentage has gone up increasingly. Poverty also has a huge impact on why some teenagers choose to drop out and go straight to work. In most cases poverty is the dominant reason why some individuals experience high stress levels , use illegal
Poverty is scarcity or the condition of one who lack that certain amount of possession. Absolute poverty is the depreciation of basic needs for example food, water, shelter… therefore it is said to be a state of not having enough.
We exist in a world where the United States is one of the most prosperous nations; however, we are struggling with poverty amongst our people. Poverty is a state after people lack the acceptable means of money or material possessions. There are some who may argue that there is no reason why people should be below the poverty line if the government is providing welfare assistance. What some may not be aware of or understand is that these government programs are not always effective and they can also be inconsistent, leaving people who need the support helpless and frustrated. Poverty can be viewed as an ongoing consequence of how the welfare systems are structured. There essential elements that are leading many individual as well as families into poverty include the employment opportunities, inability to meet welfare of high standards of living and costs of living, and the inadequate education.
Throughout the last few years, poverty has struck every inch of the United States. The social, moral and economic issues that result from poverty divides us as a nation. One of the most controversial issues is how the many media outlets portray poverty and destitution. News conglomerates such was Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN use propaganda to sway public opinions on important issues and stories. While many networks rightfully portray poverty with a negative connotation, others will shy away from the issues and concentrate on more “glamorous” stories.
Some of the poorest nations on the globe were former colonies that have been affected by slave-exporting which people used as resources for the benefit of colonizing other countries. These slaves had conditions created by the importers of slaves, which prevented these people from possessing property and money and pursuing education. Due to these conditions, the absolute poverty was passed down from generation to generation, forming chronic