Solemn Promises: Treaty Rights in the Shadow of Sparrow
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephen M. McGilligan
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2004.
Commentary on the Canadian government's position that it won't compensate for the loss of language and culture of those who attended Indian residential schools. Some prominent survivors are organizing to form a national organization that will represent and give a voice to former students.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Looks at the proposed use of a life-course approach for research into the ongoing disadvantage of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 5.
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Recommended for students in Grade 10 and above.
Discusses the exploitive circumstances of recruitment and how these methods fall within the definition of "trafficking in persons" under Canadian criminal law.