Essays about: "Canadian Residential Schools"

Found 2 essays containing the words Canadian Residential Schools.

1. 1. A Painful Legacy : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Canadian Government Discussions on Residential Schools

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Lukas Zetterlund; [2022]
   Keywords : Canada; Indigenous People; Canadian Government; Residential Schools; Language Rights; Language Policy and Planning; Language Management; Critical Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : Indigenous language rights in Canada have been historically marginalized, with the residential school system being integral to their attempted erasure. These schools stripped indigenous children away from their homes to undergo forced assimilation grounded by colonial language policy which saw the indigenous peoples as impediments to their progress. READ MORE

3. 2. Cultural Genocide

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Axel Edling; [2016]
   Keywords : Cultural genocide; genocide; Yuanmingyuan; Buddha statues of Bamiyan; Canadian Residential Schools; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis creates an ideal type model for the concept of cultural genocide and uses this model to analyze the relevance of the concept to the field of peace- and conflict studies. It does so through analysis of three cases, the destruction of Yuanmingyuan during the British-French North Shina Campaign of 1860, the destruction of the Buddha statues of Bamiyan by the Taliban in 2001 and the Canadian Residential School system of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as through comparison to the concept of genocide. READ MORE