Government
The Legislative branch of the Canadian government includes the following two bodies.
What is the Senate and the House of Commons?
A judge may choose for a young offender to perform this type of work to help their neighborhood if they are found guilty of committing a crime.
What is community service?
Smallpox and tuberculosis had relatively minor impacts on Indigenous society when the British and French made contact with them. True or false?
What is false?
Collective rights help protect the fundamental rights of these lesser populations in Canada - the opposite of a majority.
What is a minority?
A jury must have this exact number of jurors in order to operate in the courtroom.
What is 12?
This Canadian government branch includes the courts.
What is the judicial branch?
These two "R" words are used to demonstrate what the YCJA intends to do for offenders.
What is rehabilitate and reintegrate?
Hunting and fishing rights have been included in collective rights struggles for this specific group of Aboriginal people.
Who are the Metis?
Collective rights are the same as human rights - true or false?
What is false.
True or false - some young offenders have the ability to choose between a judge or jury to determine their fate.
What is true.
A person hired by a group in order to influence MPs and government officials is known as a:
What is a lobbyist?
The Youth Criminal Justice Act replaced this legislation back in the early 2000s.
What is the Young Offender's Act?
Many Indigenous communities participate in this kind of assembly designed to understand why offenders committed crimes.
What is a sentencing circle?
Collective rights are recognized by this level of government (municipal, provincial or federal).
What is federal?
An example of a justice advocacy group would be:
What is the John Howard Society or Elizabeth Fry Society?
The total number of votes cast in an election is know as the:
What is the popular vote?
This type of document can prevent youths from getting jobs in the future, volunteering for organizations and traveling to other countries.
What is a criminal record?
One of two examples of legislation which affects Indigenous peoples in Canada.
What is the Indian Act or Numbered Treaties?
This term refers to attempts to "absorb" others into a different cultural group.
What is assimilate?
This aggressive concept led to Indigenous rights being taken away dating back to colonial days.
What is imperialism?
This government official resides at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Ontario.
Who is the Prime Minister?
The YCJA applies to this age range.
What are ages 12-18?
The name of the youth who died from exposure in Saskatoon after being taken for a "starlight tour" by two police officers.
Who is Neil Stonechild?
These 3 groups have collective rights recognized by the government of Canada.
What are Aboriginal, Francophone and Anglophone?
This term refers to when a jury is removed from all outside contact to deliberate.
What is sequester?