Source Based Questions
Source I: Why do Canadians need a constitution?
To ensure equal protection for everyone
Which pieces of legislation changed and enhanced the rights of Francophones in places where they were a minority in terms of accessing government services and education in their language?
Canadian Charter of R&F, 1982
Which Collective Rights group is covered under the language section of the act?
Francophones
The term Metis refers to someone of what heritage
typically European Father and Indigenous Mother
This document protects the fundamental freedoms and legal rights of Canadians.
What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Source II: In response to this demand by the Metis, the Canadian government did what?
Included them as aboriginal people in the Constitution granting them collective rights, but did not provide for permanent settlements or autonomy.
What rights preserve the identities of certain groups in Canada?
Collective Rights
Which Collective Rights groups are NOT within the Indigenous category?
Francophones, Women, LGBTQUIA+
This person was a key player in the Manitoba Act in 1870
Louis Riel
This fundamental freedom allows you to practice any religion you choose.
freedom of religion
Source III: According to the source, the speaker suggests that Indigenous rights are defined as "inherent collective rights". Inherent suggests that Indigenous people...
Are born with these rights and free to choose these rights
This is the year that the Indian Act ended
None- It is ongoing
Indians were concerned about" non-native agricultural settlement and diminishing buffalo herds." What fear is that sentence most likely referring to?
starvation/food scarcity
Queen Elizabeth II & Pierre Trudeau
This level of government is responsible for education and healthcare.
provincial
The system of governance used within many traditional FNMI tribes
sefl-governance
To receive full and equal benefit of the law, some individuals require...financial aid, special provisions, extensive resources, legal representation
special provisions
The government's goal of “absorption of Indian culture” into broader Euro-Canadian society can be best described as a policy of:
assimilation
This policy forced Indigenous children to attend schools away from their families.
Residential Schools
This person represents the King in Canada.
Governor General
These three groups are recognized as Indigenous peoples in Canada’s Constitution.
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit?
This section of the Charter allows governments to temporarily override certain rights
the Notwithstanding Clause
The reason that Euro-Canadians felt that they had the right to impose their values and culture on Aboriginal people was because of their belief in their cultural superiority that is known as:
Ethnocentrism
This is the highest court in Canada.
Supreme Court of Canada
These are the three branches of government in Canada.
legislative, executive, and judicial branches