Week 8

Question 1

what is social exclusion

Answer 1

• refers to certain groups being denied the opportunity to participate in Canadian life
• includes social, political, cultural, economic life

Question 2

what populations are often effected by social exclusion

Answer 2

• indigenous
• people of color
• immigrants
• low income canadians
• women
• people w disabilities

Question 3

what are 4 aspects to social exclusion

Answer 3

• denial of participation in civil affairs as a result of legal sanction (gay marriage)
• systemic forms of discrimination (ex. not allowed to practice a profession)
• denial of social goods
• lack of affordable housing & less access to services

Question 4

what are some social goods people who are socially excluded are denied

Answer 4

• health care
• education
• housing
• income security
• language services

Question 5

what are some consequences of social exclusion

Answer 5

• creates living conditions & personal experiences that endangers health
• ## creates sense of powerlessness, hopeflessness, depression

Question 6

how does social exclusion relate to intersectionality

Answer 6

can intersect w:

• social exclusion
• geography (often in poor & rougher areas of the city bc of cheaper rent)
• new comers

Question 7

describe the impact of geography on health

Answer 7

impacts:

• air we breath
• food and water we consume
• environmental pollution
• creates specific vulnerabilities & health risks

Question 8

describe the health of immigrants in canada

Answer 8

• declines after they enter canada
• also often unemployed
• intersects with geograpy, gender, and race to determine health

Question 9

what are the 5 categories of immigrants

Answer 9

• family
• economic
• protected person or refuge
• humanitarian or other
• migrants & asylum seekers

Question 10

describe the family category of immigrants

Answer 10

• persons closely related to canadian residents who live in canada

Question 11

describe the economic category of immigrants

Answer 11

• skilled workers, caregivers, business persons

Question 12

describe the protected person or refugee category of immigrants

Answer 12

• persons escaping from persecution, torture, cruel & unusual punishment, war

Question 13

describe the humanitarian category of immigrants

Answer 13

• persons accepted as immigrants for humanitarian or compassionate reasons

Question 14

are sex workers at a higher risk of STIs because of their work

Answer 14

• no, there is no clear evidence that they are

- primary exposure to STIs is by intimate partners (nonpaying)

Question 15

define stigma

Answer 15

• mark of disgrace
• dislike towards elements that pose a threat to society
• form of structural violence or social discipline that upholds social order & maintains power

Question 16

what are consequences of stigma

Answer 16

• social inequalities
• violence
• discriminatory practices
• social isolation
• criminilization (thru institutionalized stigma)
• effects healthcare (asking for help & not getting it)
• public rejection & humilitiation

Question 17

what are 3 sources of stigma

Answer 17

• in-group
• out-group
• family & intimate partners

Question 18

what is criminalization

Answer 18

• how societies institutionalize disapproval of something

= institutionalization of stigma

Question 19

what is bill C-36

Answer 19

protection of communities and exploited persons act

Question 20

according to bill C-36, it is currently a criminal offense to… and how does this effect the health of sex workers

Answer 20

• purchase sex services = lot more criminal customers = dangerous & screening harder
• advertise the sale of someone else’s sex service
• receive material benefit from prostituion
• communicate in public about selling sexual services = making it “underground” or in isolated areas
• higher penality if in view of or next to a park, school, daycare, or religious instituion where a minor may be present

Question 21

what are some impacts of criminalization on sex workers

Answer 21

• isolation of outdoors sex work
• barriers accessing police protection out of fear of being criminalized, harrasses, client retaliation
• risk of violence