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    subjected to in canadian residential schools. This is important because the violation of their human rights caused long term effects such as wrongful parenting‚ abuse‚ and drinking‚ this continually stops them from effectively contributing to the better future of Canada. This can be found in the extensive reports of abuse‚ violence‚ drugs and alcohol and the stories of of multiple individuals that resided in residential schools and those who worked inside show that residential schooling is at fault

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    deaf child‚ as a hearing parent. One major decision on a parent’s plate for their deaf child is the choice of a residential or oral school to enroll their child in. Even though the students will be less exposed to deaf culture‚ parents of deaf children should send their kids to an oral school because they graduate with a higher reading level than kids who graduate from a residential school and learning how to assimilate with the majority of the population could help further their experience in life

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    A Residential School Legacy From the late 1800s to the 1980s‚ more than 100‚000 First Nations children in Canada attended residential schools (Llewellyn‚ 2008‚ p. 258).2 To attend these schools‚ children were taken away from their families and communities. At the schools‚ the children suffered from emotional‚ physical‚ sexual and spiritual abuse (Steckley & Cummins‚ 2001‚ p. 191). The worst abuses were often used as punishment for speaking their indigenous languages (Petten‚ 2007‚ p. 22). The

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    Republic of the Philippines Office of the President COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) ETEEAP APPLICATION FORM INSTRUCTION: Please type or print clearly‚ provide complete and detailed information required. Do not leave blank unanswered; write “Not Applicable” as the case may be. All declarations that you make herewith are under oath. Discovery of any false claim in this application form will disqualify you

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    Residential schools were government sponsored religious schools established to assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian culture. Some of the primary objectives of the residential schools were to remove and isolate children from their homes‚ cultures‚ traditions‚ and families. They believed the Aboriginal cultures and spiritual beliefs were unequal and inferior. At first students were sent to the schools by their parents as some of the parents first believed that the school would be good for

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    the late 1800s to the 1980s‚ more than 100‚000 First Nations children in Canada attended residential schools To attend these schools‚ children were taken away from their families and communities. At the schools‚ the children suffered from emotional‚ physical‚ sexual and spiritual abuse. The worst abuses were often used as punishment for speaking their indigenous languages. The imposition of residential schools on First Nations children has led to significant loss of indigenous languages‚ and this

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    To understand the reasoning behind the creation of residential schools you need to first understand the ideals of colonialism and imperialism and how they impacted decision-making by the government of Canada. Colonialism‚ as defined by Webster’s dictionary‚ is “control by one power over a dependent area or people” and imperialism is defined as “the extension or imposition of power‚ authority‚ or influence .” Therefore‚ as these two concepts go hand-in-hand‚ it is natural that combined they form

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    Status Indians (Metis and Inuit were put into the system later) fell under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Federal Government. During 1830’s-1900’s the Canadian government and various Christian churches created the Indian Residential School System (IRS). The IRS was a compulsory education system created to assimilate First Nation‚ eventually Metis and Inuit children through means similar to the Colonial English and the Prussian compulsory education systems. These children were subject to the wrongs created

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    EQUAL FUNDING FOR ALL CANADIAN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS When it comes to Canadian elementary and secondary schools money has never been a problem. Both public and catholic schools get equal findings.However‚ it is in the best interest of Canadians to abolish the catholic education system and give that funding to the aboriginal schools. By having both a public and catholic education system‚ it creates a separation between all the Canadian citizens. Canada is known for being a multicultural

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    Residential schools How they were meant to rob native children of their heritage Residential schools robbed native children of their heritage to prepare them for life in “white society”. This led to stolen childhoods and forgotten heritage. Aboriginal children were sent to schools that were called “Indian Residential Schools”. Residential schools were run by the Government of Canada and the churches (Catholic‚ Anglican‚ Methodist‚ United and Presbyterian). Residential schools were open from 1831

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