Collective Rights Flashcards
1
Q
What are collective rights
A
Rights owned by a group of people
2
Q
Anglophone
A
A person whose first language is English
3
Q
Francophone
A
A person whose first language is french
4
Q
Why do we need french language schools
A
French or English minority populations have the rights
5
Q
Numbered treaties
A
Agreements between a queen and the FN
6
Q
What did the FN and the government want to do
A
Wanted to avoid war over territory unlike the US
7
Q
What was the BNA act about
A
The lives of the FN peoples without consulting them
8
Q
When were residential schools made
A
1879
9
Q
What did Canada’s government want to do
A
Provide education but also wanted to assimilate the FN
10
Q
What happened to the children
A
Removed from their families and lost connection to their language, culture and identity
