Core Concepts
A framework that considers all aspects of an individual's identity that can lead to power, privilege, and/or disadvantage in society
What is intersectionality?
Child-welfare policy that continued the legacy of residential schools, mass removing Indigenous children from their homes and placing them in foster care with non-Indigenous families
What was the Sixties Scoop?
Movement that formed in response to Bill C-45 (Harper governments removal of environmental protections).
Used social media and the hashtag gained a lot of traction for the movement
What is the Idle No More movement?
Residential Schools are an example of a forced form of _______
What is assimilation?
A type of government social welfare: federal redistribution through taxation and tax policy
What is Fiscal Welfare?
In response to the MMWIG inquiry, this art installation highlights police and government negligence in regards to Indigenous women's rights
What is the Red Dress Project? (No More Stolen Sisters movement)
Housing, education, urban planning, and infrastructure are all examples of this
What are the social determinant of health?
A healthcare service that is mostly provided privately, but is inspected and monitored by provincial government.
What is long-term care?
In 2008, this commission was formed to address the atrocities committed against Indigenous populations in Canada, particularly to address the legacy of residential schools
What is the TRC (Truth & Reconciliation Commission)?
A form of commercial social welfare where a government works together with a private company to deliver services
What is PPP (Public Private Partnership)?
Resulting law that was created after the provincial and federal government disputed who would fund home care for a child in a timely manner
What is Jordan's Principle?
This international policy that establishes minimum standards for the human rights obligations of countries towards their Indigenous populations
What is UNDRIP?
(United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)
In 2015, PM Trudeau promised to launch a national inquiry into this particular issue.
What is MMIWG?
Provinces and territories must extend health care coverage to their residents that are temporarily away from the province/territory (ex. vacation)
Hint: This is a principle of something else
What is the portability criterion of the CHA (Canada Health Act)?