Topic 4

Question 1

Assimilate

Answer 1

Become a part of the dominant culture/group

Question 2

Autonomy

Answer 2

Authority to make decisions

Question 3

Collective Identity

Answer 3

shared between people, often based on language, religion or race

Question 4

Collective Rights

Answer 4

Rights that apply to a certain group, language rights for example

Question 5

Entrenched

Answer 5

Written down so that it cannot be changed; deeply rooted in

Question 6

Ethnocentrism

Answer 6

Belief that Europeans are superior

Question 7

First Nations

Answer 7

Founding groups of Canada (Metis, First Nations, Inuit)

Question 8

Francophone

Answer 8

First language is French

Question 9

Indian -

Answer 9

European used this term when they first came into contact with people in North America

Question 10

Indian Act

Answer 10

Laws to deal with First Nations passed by the government (Residential Schools, Assimilation)

Question 11

Inherent Rights

Answer 11

Rights you have for being a citizen

Question 12

Official Language Minority

Answer 12

Group that speaks English or French but are a minority, in Alberta French would be the official language minority

Question 13

Patriate

Answer 13

To bring home (Patriated the constitution from Britain)

Question 14

Publicly Funded

Answer 14

Paid for by the government through taxes

Question 15

Reserve

Answer 15

Land for first nations use, do not have to follow all rules that apply elsewhere in Canada

Question 16

Scrip

Answer 16

document given to Metis that could exchanged for money or land

Question 17

Sovereignty

Answer 17

Independence

Question 18

What groups have collective rights in Canada

Answer 18

First Nations groups, Anglophones, Francophone

Question 19

What were the Numbered Treaties

Answer 19

The Numbered Treaties were a series of 11 treaties made between the Crown and First Nations from 1871 to 1921.

Question 20

What provinces are the numbered treaties in

Answer 20

Northern Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northern BC, Southern Ontario, NWT, part of Nunavut

Question 21

What are some problems with the Numbered Treaties

Answer 21

The First Nations did not fully understand what they were signing, and did not know the implications of “cede, release, yield up and surrender.”

Another problem was “outside promises”- promises made verbally but not written in treaties

Question 22

The Indian Act

Answer 22

It was created in 1876, and originally intended to assimilate First Nations people. It defined how First Nations had to conduct their affairs, it restricted the rights of First Nations to travel freely, act in politics, wear traditional dresses and participate in traditional ceremony.

Question 23

Bill 101

Answer 23

This bill was created in 1977, and made French the official language of the Government and the courts of Quebec.. When the Charter came along, several challenges were made to the law by Canadian Government. By 1984, it rules that section 23 of the Charter limited the power of bill 101 to regulate the language of instruction.

Question 24

What challenges to language minorities face

Answer 24

Language minorities face multiple challenges.

First, finding ways to continue talking in your first language can be hard. The majority of the population speaks the other language. It takes effort to speak your language.

Another challenge could be feeling normal. Going to school in a different language can be weird and make you feel different. Some may feel that they are losing their identity. Another challenge could be having to talk the other language outside of school and home, and having to be fluent in both languages.

Question 25

What language and education rights do people have in Canada

Answer 25

Citizens of Canada:

(a) whose first language learned and still understood is that of the English or French linguistic minority population of the province in which they reside, or
(b) who have received their primary school instruction in Canada in English or French and reside in a province where the language in which they received that instruction is the language of the English or French linguistic minority population of the province,

have the right to have their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in that language in that province.

Question 26

What are the religious reasons for schooling

Answer 26

The religious reasons for schooling were the following

The French came to Canada and they were Catholic
The British came to Canada and they were Protestant

Question 27

Alberta Metis Settlement Accord

Answer 27

political agreement between Alberta and the Federation of Metis Settlement Associations which described both parties’ intentions to develop a new land-based governance model for the Metis Settlements.