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"By every measure, our Canada is one of the safest, healthiest and most prosperous places in the world. Sitting on our backyard decks, barbecuing steaks for dinner, we’re a very long ways from the other Canada." Scott Gilmore Document 8

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"The commission heard testimony of the effects that over 100 years of mistreatment had on 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis children. It is a moving and tragic historical account of what happened to indigenous children, many of whom were physically and sexually abused in residential schools. " - Susana Mas (Document 6b)

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"The residential school system was never about what they wanted the children to learn. It’s what they didn’t want them to learn" - Jacjie Hansen of Amnesty International (document 6c)

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"He revealed that he noticed a few First Nations people regularly drinking on a corner in Toronto and that’s why he propagated the stereotype. It didn’t matter that he probably regularly passed seven others who were on their way to school or work who neither drank nor did drugs." -Tamara Ainscow (document 2

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Doc 8 : "The Canada most people don't see" my Scott Gilmore, June 2017 Guiding Question:   While you read, try to locate Scott Gilmore's thesis (his message to us readers).    Restate (in your own words) the main idea that he delivers in this disturbing and passionate editorial.
Main ideas:
-Horror stories about indigenous people and the justice system (courts, police, judges).
-Hard truths about their living conditions
-Contrasts between our conditions and theirs
-Comparison to developing countries (Russia, Sudan)
-Politicians and media sugarcoating to cover up real problems.
Thesis:
We live in a country of peace and wealth, while indigenous people people live in a country of fear, brutality and poverty.

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Document 7b Document 7b:  A blog post (video and article)
Guiding Question:   Explain (with supporting details) the most serious social problems facing Indigenous people in Canada.
Main Ideas:
- poorer health
- lower levels of education
- inadequate housing and crowded living conditions
- lower income levels
- higher rate of unemployment
- higher rate of incarceration
- Higher death rate amongst children and youth due unintentional injuries
- Higher rates of suicide
Answer to the guiding question:
The most serious social problems facing Indigenous people in Canada are their poorer health : they don't have all the right elements for a good health system. They have lower levels of education: many of them drop out of school very early. They have inadequate housing : there's way too many people living in house then there should be. They have lower income levels: the average Indigenous person makes a lot less then non Indigenous. They have a higher rate of umemployment and a higher rate of incarceration. They have a higher death rate amongst children and youth due unintentional injuries and higher rates of suicides.

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Document #6c

“Seven generations of healing” Conversation with Christy Jordan-Fenton about the lasting effects of the residential school system" by Jacjie Hansen of Amnesty International

Guiding Question:  According to activist Christy Jordan-Fenton, how did the residential school system cause the deep social problems within Indigenous communities today?

Answer:
A lot of the deep social problems within the Indigenous communities were indeed caused by the residential school system. It isolated and separated the children from their culture and language, to teach them a whole new one and a

"Canadian" way of living. Abuse and violence was common in those schools, so when the children came back, they would also continue that violence and punishments and raise their children in very harsh ways. The loss of indigenous culture is a huge consequence of those schools.

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Document #6b "

Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report points to 'growing crisis' for indigenous youth" by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Guiding Question:   Explain the Truth and Reconciliation Report ... the one we see in the above editorial cartoon?

Main ideas:
- Residential schools
- Child welfare system
- high youth incarceration
- 3200 deaths recorded
- No compensation
- No justice

Answer :
The Truth and Reconciliation Report was a report that addressed many issues in today's indigenous communities, and possible solutions. The main focus of this report though, was the younger generations. One of the main points was the state of the child welfare system and the indigenous youth in prison. Another big point was the residential schools, and the damage that they had done, and also how little we did to compensate the affected people, and what we should do to help these people in the future.

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Document 4a and 4b
"I'm not the Indian you had in mind" by Thomas King.
G uiding Question:  What is Thomas King's main message (theme) about modern Indigenous culture?
The main theme of this poem is misrepresentation of the indigenous communities. Everyone has these stereotypes of the indigenous people engraved in their brain because we see it so often. It's on the tv shows we watch, it's portrayed on the news, it's just about everywhere, but it's not accurate. These ideas that we have of them is not at all what they live, and this poem calls out these misrepresentations and says "I'm not that Indian".

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Document #5,
"A Seat in the Garden", by Thomas King.
Guiding Question: What does the character of Joe tell us about society's attitude towards Indigenous people?    Explain with details from the story.

Main theme of this short story is racism existing everywhere in society.
Joe does not trust the Indian man because he is indigenous. When the innocent man tries to talk to Joe, he doesn't even try to listen or understand him because of his aboriginal blood in his veins. Joe even tries to attack him. This shows that the society in general was really tough towards the aboriginal community. People looked down on them for no reason.

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Document #2 "What does it take to break stereotypes about First Nations" by Tamara Ainscow

Guiding Question: In our society, what are the most common stereotypes about indigenous people?

Main points:
-Sixties Scoop
-Discrimination against First Nations
-Sterotypes, Racism
- First Nations=
Stupid, Drunk, Lazy
Spiritual Beings, One with nature
Are primitive Savages
-"Get over it"
-How do stop Stereotypes

Answer:
The most common stereotypes about indigenous people are that they are stupid, drunk, lazy, spiritual beings that do ceremonies and that they live like primitive savages.

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Document #3, "Stereotypes about Natives in Canada", by Wab Kinew.
Guiding Question:   In our society, what are the most common stereotypes about indigenous people"?

Main ideas:
- stereotypes
- alcohol
- why don't you guys get over it
- long hair
- 7 billion dollars
- taxes
Answer to guiding question: The most common stereotypes about indigenous people are that they're always drunk, that they just can't get over their history, their long hair, the 7 billion dollars that the government pays them and how none o them pay taxes.

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Poverty
Lower Education
Prisons
Inadequate housing
Unemployment
Health
Suicide rates
Water quality
Abuse (Domestic, Substance)
Sexual assault
Teen pregnancy
Cycle of disadvantages
Invading Tribes

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Document 1: "How to Talk about Indigenous people", by Ossie Michelin.

Guiding Question:   What is the difference between the words, "indigenous" and "First Nations" and "aboriginal"?

Indigenous is a general term.... internationally accepted.
Wanna be more specific???    Use one of these 3 terms:
1.  First Nations
2.  Metis
3. Inuit or Inuk
If you do not know what nation a person belongs to.... ask them.
"Aboriginal"is an OK word.   But it is slowly fading away

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Topic 3: Living Conditions in Indigenous Communities Today 

Documents 7 to 8

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Topic 3: Living Conditions in Indigenous Communities Today 

Documents 7 to 8

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Topic 2: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Report

Documents 6a and 6b

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Topic 2: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Report

Documents 6a and 6b

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Topic 1: Stereotypes

Documents 1 to 5 BELOW

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Topic 1: Stereotypes

Documents 1 to 5 BELOW

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