Unit 2: Indigenous Rights: Cases & Examples

Question 1

Who said that “reconciliation is not a one-day affair”?

A) Justice Murray Sinclair
B) Chief Dan George
C) Dr. Cindy Blackstock
D) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Answer 1

A) Justice Murray Sinclair

Question 2

What is the name of the organization that was created in 2007 tasked with creating an historical record of Residential Schools Systems?

Answer 2

(TRC) Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

Question 3

What is the name of the organization created in 2007 that was tasked with creating a historical record of the Residential School System?

A) Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC)
B) Indian Residential School Survivors Society
C) Assembly of First Nations
D) National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Answer 3

A) Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC)

Question 4

Who made the following statement regarding the purpose of Residential “Schools”?
“Their education must consist not merely of training of the mind, but of a weaning from the habits and feelings of their ancestors, and the acquirements of the language, art and customs of civilized life.”

A) A government education official
B) A church representative
C) A residential school principal
D) An Indigenous leader

Answer 4

A) A government education official

Question 5

Where did Jordan’s Principle originate from?

A) The tragic story of a First Nations child who faced delays in care due to jurisdictional disputes
B) A Supreme Court of Canada ruling on Indigenous healthcare rights
C) The signing of a treaty agreement between Canada and Indigenous communities
D) The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Answer 5

A) The tragic story of a First Nations child who faced delays in care due to jurisdictional disputes

Question 6

What does the term “Jordan’s Principle” refer to or mean?

Answer 6

An principle or measure to ensure First Nations children can access public services free of discrimination”

Question 7

What term refers to a measure or principle to ensure First Nations children can access public services free of discrimination?

Answer 7

Jordan’s Principle

Question 8

What term originated from the tragic story of a First Nations child who faced delays in care due to jurisdictional disputes?

Answer 8

Jordan’s Principle

Question 9

What term refers to a power dynamic where settlers establish control over Indigenous lands and people through ongoing domination using social, political, and economic systems designed to displace and marginalize Indigenous communities while benefiting settlers?

Answer 9

Settler Colonial Relationship

Question 10

What does the term “Settler Colonial Relationship” mean?

Answer 10

Refers to a power dynamic where settlers establish control over Indigenous lands and people through ongoing domination using social, political, and economic systems designed to displace and marginalize Indigenous communities while benefiting settlers?

Question 11

What policy introduced in 1989 by Pierre Trudeau aimed to eliminate Indigenous status, culture, and way of life, advocating a “blank slate” approach to assimilate First Nations into non-Native Canadian society?

Answer 11

The White Paper

Question 12

What policy introduced in 1989 by Pierre Trudeau aimed to erase Indigenous status, culture, and way of life, promoting a “blank slate” approach?

A) The White Paper
B) The Indian Act
C) The Native Claims Settlement Act
D) The Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Answer 12

A) The White Paper

Question 13

What term refers to an act of making distinctions, exclusions, restrictions, or preferences based on someone’s race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin?

Answer 13

Racial Discrimination

Question 14

Define the White Papar, written format

Answer 14

Policy introduced in 1989 by Pierre Trudeau aimed to erase Indigenous status, culture, and way of life, promoting a “blank slate” approach.

Question 15

What term refers to an act of making distinctions, exclusions, restrictions, or preferences based on someone’s race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin?

A) Religious Discrimination.
B) Disability Discrimination.
C) Indirect discrimination
D) Racial Discrimination

Answer 15

D) Racial Discrimination

Question 16

Define the term Racial Discrimination, Written Format

Answer 16

Racial discrimination is the act of making distinctions, exclusions, restrictions, or preferences based on someone’s race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin.

Question 17

What act, established in 1876, gave power to the federal government and its representatives, such as the Indian Agent, to enforce policies like requiring a pass to leave the reserve?

A) The Indian Act
B) The Treaty Act
C) The Residential Schools Act
D) The First Nations Governance Act

Answer 17

A) The Indian Act

Question 18

What is the Indian Act?

Answer 18

The Indian Act, established in 1876, gave power to the federal government and its representatives, such as the Indian Agent, to implement and enforce policies like requiring a pass to leave the reserve, while also consolidating various laws affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada and aiming to assimilate them into Canadian society.

Question 19

Which legislation enforced disenfranchisement of any First Nations person admitted to university, removed their Indigenous status, and prohibited First Nations from voting?

A) The Citizenship and Rights Act
B) The Indian Act
C) The Higher Education Act
D) The Voting Rights Act

Answer 19

B) The Indian Act

Question 20

Which act created the band council system, allowing the federal government to control First Nations governance and restrict traditional forms of self-government?

A) The Governance and Administration Act
B) The Tribal Leadership Act
C) The Indian Act
D) The First Nations Council Act

Answer 20

C) The Indian Act

Question 21

Which legislation prohibited First Nations from speaking their native languages, practicing traditional religions, and banned ceremonies like the potlatch?

A) The Cultural Assimilation Act
B) The Anti-Cultural Practices Act
C) The Language and Religion Act
D) The Indian Act

Answer 21

D) The Indian Act

Question 22

Which act, created under British rule, was designed to subjugate Indigenous peoples and included laws such as banning Indigenous people from practicing their traditional religions and speaking their native languages?

A) The Dominion Act
B) The Indian Act
C) The Public Lands Act
D) The Prohibition Act

Answer 22

B) The Indian Act

Question 23

Which legislation established residential schools, created reserves, and prohibited Indigenous peoples from forming political organizations?

A) The Aboriginal Rights Act
B) The Reserve Creation Act
C) The Indian Act
D) The Cultural Integration Act

Answer 23

C) The Indian Act

Question 24

Which term refers to the concept where women and men enjoy the same status and have equal opportunity to realize their full human rights, contribute to national development, and benefit from the results?

A) Gender equality
B) Gender disparity
C) Gender identity
D) Gender bias

Answer 24

A) Gender equality

Question 25

“women and men enjoy the same status and have equal opportunity to realize their full human rights and potential to contribute to national, political, economic, social and cultural development, and to benefit from the results.”

What statement above is referring to what term?

Answer 25

Gender equality

Question 26

What term refers to the equal valuing by society of both the similarities and differences between women and men, as well as the varying roles they play?

Answer 26

Gender equality

Question 27

What term describes a system of power and control that positions cis-straight white males as superior and normative in their expression of gender and sexuality, leading to the socio-cultural, legal, and institutional marginalization of multiple gender and sexual identities that do not conform with heteronormativity?

A) Feminism
B) Cis-Heteropatriarchy
C) Gender Equity
D) Queer Theory

Answer 27

B) Cis-Heteropatriarchy

Question 28

What was the Sixties Scoop in Canada?

A) A policy that removed Indigenous children from their families and placed them in foster or adoptive homes with white, middle-class families.

B) A government initiative to improve education for Indigenous children.

C) A program that supported Indigenous communities in the 1960s.

D) A cultural exchange program between Indigenous and non-Indigenous families.

Answer 28

A) A policy that removed Indigenous children from their families and placed them in foster or adoptive homes with white, middle-class families.

Question 29

What is the purpose of Jordan’s Principle?

A) To ensure that Indigenous children have the same opportunities and support in public service as other Canadian children without any form of racial discrimination.

B) To promote cultural assimilation for Indigenous children.

C) To limit federal funding for Indigenous social services.

D) To remove Indigenous children from reserves for better education.

Answer 29

A) To ensure that Indigenous children have the same opportunities and support in public service as other Canadian children without any form of racial discrimination.

Question 30

What was the mandate of the independent national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls established by the Government of Canada in September 2016?

A) To investigate the systemic causes of violence against Indigenous women and girls and to make recommendations for effective action to address these issues.

B) To promote cultural assimilation of Indigenous women and girls.

C) To reduce funding for Indigenous social services and child welfare programs.

D) To evaluate educational outcomes for Indigenous women and girls.

Answer 30

A) To investigate the systemic causes of violence against Indigenous women and girls and to make recommendations for effective action to address these issues.

Question 31

What does MMIWG stand for?

A) The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
B) Memorials for Missing Indigenous Women and Girls
C) Mothers of Missing Indigenous Women and Girls
D) Monitoring of Missing Indigenous Women and Girls

Answer 31

A) The national Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Question 32

What does MMIWG stand for? (Write Answer)

Answer 32

The national Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Question 33

What is the mandate of MMIWG (The National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls)?

Answer 33

A) To investigate the systemic causes of Gendered violence against Indigenous women and girls and to make recommendations for effective action to address these issues.

Question 34

What term serves as a key indicator of gender inequality and often highlights economic barriers that disproportionately affect women and other marginalized gender groups in the workforce?

Answer 34

The Gender Age Gap

Question 35

The term that refers to the difference in average earnings between men and women, typically expressed as the percentage of women’s earnings compared to men’s, is:

A) Pay Scale Disparity
B) Occupational Segregation
C) Gender Wage Gap
D) Economic Gender Parity

Answer 35

C) Gender Wage Gap

Question 36

What term refers to the difference in average earnings between men and women, typically expressed as the percentage of women’s earnings compared to men’s?

Answer 36

Gender Wage Gap

Question 37

Define “Gender Wage Gap?” Written Format!

Answer 37

Gender Wage Gap: Refers to the difference in average earnings between men and women, typically expressed as the percentage of women’s earnings compared to men’s.

Question 38

What gap can be influenced by a range of factors, including discrimination, occupational segregation, differences in work experience, and disparities in access to higher-paying roles?

Answer 38

Gender Wage Gap

Question 39

A company has a leadership team composed entirely of men, despite the fact that there are numerous qualified women and gender-diverse employees with the same or higher qualifications in the organization. When questioned about the lack of diversity, the leadership argues that men are naturally better suited for high-pressure roles.

What system of power is at play in this scenario, where men are prioritized for leadership positions and traditional gender roles are reinforced?

A) Meritocracy
B) Cis-Heteropatriarchy
C) Gender Wage Gap
D) Matriarchy

Answer 39

B) Cis-Heteropatriarchy

Question 40

In a university setting, LGBTQ+ students report experiencing higher rates of discrimination and fewer support resources compared to their cisgender, heterosexual peers. The campus policies largely focus on the experiences of cisgender men and women, with little acknowledgment of non-binary or transgender identities.

Which concept best describes the social system that privileges cisgender and heterosexual identities while marginalizing LGBTQ+ individuals in this scenario?

A) Gender Equality
B) Cis-Heteropatriarchy
C) Intersectionality
D) Economic Gender Parity

Answer 40

B) Cis-Heteropatriarchy

Question 41

A research study finds that women earn less than men across all levels of employment, despite holding similar educational degrees and years of experience. The study shows that women make, on average, 84 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same job categories.

What term accurately describes the earnings difference highlighted in this study?

A) Gender Equity
B) Pay Equity
C) Gender Wage Gap
D) Economic Equality

Answer 41

C) Gender Wage Gap

Question 42

“Colonization is a structure not an event”

What does this statement mean?

Answer 42

It does not end, it is ingrained into our everyday systems. Frames how Canadian society is organized and structured. It is our job to spread awareness and not repeat the mistakes of the past. Push to decolonize curriculum/system

Question 43

In what ways is Colonization Road a “really powerful metaphor?”

Answer 43

Roads were meant to connect people, but it is negated as it drove peoples and communities apart.
Colonization road - oxymoron

Question 44

What are the six well-known focus areas of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC)?

A) Healthcare, Wealth, Economic Status
B) Employment, Housing, Political Representation
C) Child Welfare, Education, Health, Language and Culture, Justice, Reconciliation
D) Immigration, Social Services, Legal Reforms

Answer 44

C) Child Welfare, Education, Health, Language and Culture, Justice, Reconciliation

Question 45

What are the six well-known focus areas of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC)?

Answer 45

Education
Health
Language
Culture
Justice
Reconciliation

Question 46

Why are Indigenous children overrepresented in Canada’s child welfare system?

A) Intergenerational trauma from residential schools, systemic racism, poverty, and lack of support services

B) Historical policies that separated Indigenous families and a system that removes children instead of addressing underlying issues

C) Over-surveillance and lack of cultural understanding

D) Apartheid Public Services

E) All of the above

Answer 46

E) All of the above

Question 47

In what ways is the government of Canada still “standing on” the feet of Indigenous peoples?

Answer 47

There is an apology, but no restructure or change. There is noo actionable change!

Question 48

What act imposed by the federal government controlled many aspects of Indigenous existence, such as governance, land use, and cultural practices, also enforcing residential schools, banning traditional ceremonies, and restricting Indigenous rights, such as the right to vote?

Answer 48

The 1876 Indian Act

Question 49

What act imposed by the federal government controlled many aspects of Indigenous existence, such as governance, land use, and cultural practices, also enforcing residential schools, banning traditional ceremonies, and restricting Indigenous rights, such as the right to vote?

A) The Aboriginal Rights Act
B) The Reserve Creation Act
C) The Indian Act
D) The Cultural Integration Act

Answer 49

C) The Indian Act

Question 50

What term describes the government’s removal of individual rights and privileges, politically and socially marginalizing communities by denying rights such as voting, as well as access to social services and economic freedom, as seen with the Indian Act?

Answer 50

Disenfranchisement