Indigenous Communities
True or false
Very few Indigenous people are incarcerated
False
Why do homeless counts vary
broad definition of homelessness
What is NOT a way to measure regional inequality
average income
housing prices
low income
unemployment rate
housing prices
Canadian governments have tried to alleviate the problems of poverty in various regions since
1950
1960
1930
1990
1960s
want to use broad definitions of homelessness that address the full spectrum of homelessness
Advocates
various issues are discussed as contributing factors to contemporary poverty among Aboriginals. Which is one that is NOT accurate.
-Appropriation of First Nations land.
-Aboriginal cultures and traditions were criminalized and banned
-Aboriginal people were denied basic human rights d. Abusive and cruel assimilationist policies and practices were widespread
-The lives of Aboriginals before first contact were as Justice McEachern described it, ‘nasty, brutish, and short’
-The lives of Aboriginals before first contact were as Justice McEachern described it, ‘nasty, brutish, and short’
LIKE WTF DOES THAT MEAN
there is a reliable estimate of how large our homeless population is?
t/f?
F
. One reason Canada has such significant regional inequality may be due, in part to
vast geography
homelessness became a large issue in what year?
1980?
1990?
2000?
1980
Prefers Restricted definitions of homelessness
Government and policy analysts
Reasons for Indigenous incarceration
2..
-The social circumstances facing Aboriginals are such that crime is a likely outcome
-The justice system in Canada is biased against Aboriginals
what approach states that inequality exists because different regions have different endowments in terms of natural resources such as lumber, coal, etc.
The staples approach
Number of Homeless population are men?
50%
70%
80%
70%
involve quick, direct action to be taken
Advocacy responses
How can we "fix" the problem of mass incarceration's of indigenous population
-acknowledge the reality of past and present colonialism
-The last vestiges of colonialism should be dismantled from the government of Canada
-Indigenous social inequality should be addressed by the development of a solid economic and resource base.
________ suggests that many of the traditional economic, political, and cultural aspects in a society get in the way of development and modernization.
Modernization Model
what involve moderate responses based on reliable and valid knowledge of the scope of the problem.
Government and policy responses
underdeveloped regions are the result of exploitation by business interests in modernized, metropolitan centre. Is what theory
Dependency theory