A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Homeless Youth in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Katharine Dunn
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2019.
Plain language explanation of legal principles involved in analysis of R. v. Stanley, the case in which Gerald Stanley, a Saskatchewan farmer, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Cree man, Colton Boushie, and was subsequently acquitted.
Author examines the laws and enforcement practices of the United States in relation to Indigenous nations that choose to legalize medical, recreational, or agricultural cannabis. Article also considers the economic consequences of the legislation and its enforcement.
Critiques the Canadian fantasy of innocence and niceness regarding its historical colonial practices.