Deconstructing the Myth of Self-Government
Theses
Author/Creator
Gabrielle Ann Slowey
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 1994.
Reflects on Florida's Pastor Terry Jones' burning of the Koran and Canadian history of First Nations treatment by the Church-run residential schools.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Scholarly, peer reviewed paper argues the idea that emphasis on "culture" will improve educational outcomes with urban Aboriginal youth is not working and that the issue of race is more important in the urban context.
Comments on the inability for INAC to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children according to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child or the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.