Vocabulary
Ideas, interests, experiences, and sense of belonging shared by a group of people to form a ___________.
Collective Identity
What is the Indian Act?
It was a law put in place by the government in 1876 to assimilate the Indigenous peoples.
Collective Rights
Rights belonging to a group of people
Was the welfare system in the Indian Act sufficient?
In the Indian Act, whilst there was a welfare system, it did not supply enough of certain resources to the Indigenous peoples.
The act of absorbing an ethnic group's culture into the dominant culture of society.
Assimilation
What is the Indigenous Welfare System?
The Indigenous Welfare System is one in which the Government of Canada makes annuity payments to the First Nations, to stand by the treaties they signed.
A system/place in which different groups, with different values/cultures, coexist with each other:
Pluralism
What is an exception to Section 23?
(It only applies to Francophone schools, where French is taught as the first language)
What is welfare, in the context of this unit?
Money provided by the government to promote the health, happiness, and fortune of the person/people.
What does Section 23 of the Canadian Charter and Rights state? State two of the three conditions.
A parent who is a Canadian citizen can exercise their right to give their children education in French, if the parent's first language is French, the parent received education in French, or another child is/was receiving education in French.