MASH UP FOR FINAL EXAM Flashcards
Evelyn Kallen’s book “Social Inequity and Social Injustice” holds the opinion that all injustices are socially constructed and maintained through violations of human rights on the grounds of race, gender, sexuality, etc.
Human rights approach is based on what?
based on common humanity of ALL not just one group or person
-There are 3 categories of people in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
Founding Peoples: They have the most rights and protections. Mostly European descent (French and British)
They are guaranteed what rights and what does that mean?
“positive” rights.
Meaning the state or government will get involved to enforce and protect these rights (Catholic Schools are protected (no other religious denomination of school is protected) and the French and English language (again, no other languages are protected under this right – just look at all of our packaging!)
-There are 3 categories of people in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
Indigenous peoples are guaranteed what rights and what does that mean?
collective rights but these are “negative” meaning they are not to be interfered by the state or government. The term “negative” does not mean “bad” here – it means a “lack of” (lack of state interference)
For example: self-governance, hunting and fishing rights, land rights, etc.
In terms of Ethno-Racial minorities, until WHEN was it only preferred nations and who were they
until 1967, Northern and Western Europeans
In terms of Ethno-Racial minorities, in the 1970s and 80s what was the change
change in source countries
when was it that 80% of people were from Europe
1950s
What type of refugee is designated by UN and had access to a range of programs and full participation rights ?
Define Protection Refugee?
convention refugee
in need of protection – no documents, must pass screening and eligible to work; has some access to provincial and municipal services
What % of the population is Indigenous
are they the fastest growing population in Canada (due to high birth rates and reinstatement of status?
4.3% and YES
How many Indigenous language families and many dialects?
Approx how many First Nations governments or bands. This does not include Metis or Inuit.
What type of inequalities do they experience
11 and 600 and structural
The Indian Act of WHEN ended Indigenous self-governance and put WHO in charge?
This meant the federal government had WHAT?
1876
the federal government
control over their culture, as well as social, economic and political activities.
Up until WHEN, any status Indian who voted in the Canadian election lost WHAT
1960
their status and rights.
Education for Indigenous peoples was forcefully segregated - predominantly in the late WHEN
19th until the mid-20th century
Health care, education and social welfare for Indigenous Peoples are all the responsibility of WHO
Provinces only cover WHICH
the Federal Government.
provinces cover child welfare
The three main political plights of Indigenous peoples are:
End WHAT that is the legacy of the Indian Act;
Allow First Nations governments to control WHAT – not the federal or provincial government
WHAT-governance is the goal
paternalistic relationship
social programs
Self-governance
In 2016 what % of the population was women over 65+
56%
t/f - Women do not continue to over-represent lower status jobs and lower paying jobs (and underrepresented in the highest-paid occupations)
false - they do
t/f - 2.4 million women in Canada are in poverty (below the LICO)
true
Disabled women earn 13K or 15K per year (well below lico)
13K
T/F - The average income for Indigenous women is $21, 733 (compared to $30K for Indigenous men)
true
The Charter of Rights was used to challenge traditional marriage laws and by WHEN, most provinces allowed same sex marriages
By WHEN, it became legal to marry in ALL provinces.
2003
2005
In In 1981 or 2000 there was significant support and change from the UN for disabled persons.
1981
There were 3 goals written by the Special Committee on the Disabled & Handicapped in Canada. These goals were given to the UN:
R & d
Empowerment to participate in WHAT about their lives and future
WHAT providing the means to participate
Respect & dignity
decision making
Accommodations
Since the WHEN , more and more policy moves have been implemented in Canada:
The Canada WHAT equity act (1986)
Disability is included in the WHAT legislations
80s
employment
human rights
Rioux and Samson detail two approaches that have shaped social policy for disabled persons:
Which one is -
assumes disabled people have an “abnormality” that can be fixed through medical intervention
Disabled people are considered as “other” and considered as having little to contribution to society
The focus is on what the disabled person “can’t do” – the goal here is to live as “normally” as possible.
o The biomedical model
**They think the person doesn’t contribute and wants to ‘fix’ them
Rioux and Samson detail two approaches that have shaped social policy for disabled persons:
Which one is -
A focus on the social and economic conditions that impede full participation in social, political and economic life”
The government should intervene and provide accommodation for social and physical barriers that allow disabled persons to participate.
Human Rights model
**The state should intervene so people can participate
social policy is urban focused - what does that mean?
overlooks major differences between urban and remote communities (Think of Ford and his ignorance on our issues here in Thunder Bay and his complete lack of concern for Northern communities).
These northern / Hinterland lands have been exploited for their WHAT. This usually causes a boom in the economy, but when the resources dry up and are depleted, so too does the employment. This can also affect the environments of these communities.
natural resources
There has always been some inequity among provinces since WHEN.
As of late, there is an upward trend of interprovincial income inequality. This causes WHAT
WWII
an internal migration from poor provinces to richer ones (which in turn, perpetuates the inequality). Think of the oil boom in the early 2000s and how many from the east coast moved away.
