Author: National Research Council of Canada. Associate Committee on the National Building CodePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building laws
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Residential Standards, Canada, 1965
Author: National Research Council of Canada. Associate Committee on the National Building CodePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building laws
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Canadian Code for Residential Construction (Residential Standards).
Author: Housing and Planning References
Author: Resource Guide to Literature on Barrier-free Environments, with Selected Annotations
Author: Systems GroupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture and the handicapped
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Review of Activities
Author: Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 2, 1939 to 2000
Author: Commission de vérité et réconciliation du CanadaPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773598200
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
Between 1867 and 2000, the Canadian government sent over 150,000 Aboriginal children to residential schools across the country. Government officials and missionaries agreed that in order to “civilize and Christianize” Aboriginal children, it was necessary to separate them from their parents and their home communities. For children, life in these schools was lonely and alien. Discipline was harsh, and daily life was highly regimented. Aboriginal languages and cultures were denigrated and suppressed. Education and technical training too often gave way to the drudgery of doing the chores necessary to make the schools self-sustaining. Child neglect was institutionalized, and the lack of supervision created situations where students were prey to sexual and physical abusers. Legal action by the schools’ former students led to the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada in 2008. The product of over six years of research, the Commission’s final report outlines the history and legacy of the schools, and charts a pathway towards reconciliation. Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 2, 1939 to 2000 carries the story of the residential school system from the end of the Great Depression to the closing of the last remaining schools in the late 1990s. It demonstrates that the underfunding and unsafe living conditions that characterized the early history of the schools continued into an era of unprecedented growth and prosperity for most Canadians. A miserly funding formula meant that into the late 1950s school meals fell short of the Canada Food Rules. Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and a failure to adhere to fire safety rules were common problems throughout this period. While government officials had come to view the schools as costly and inefficient, the churches were reluctant to countenance their closure. It was not until the late 1960s that the federal government finally wrested control of the system away from the churches. Government plans to turn First Nations education over to the provinces met with opposition from Aboriginal organizations that were seeking “Indian Control of Indian Education.” Following parent-led occupation of a school in Alberta, many of the remaining schools came under Aboriginal administration. The closing of the schools coincided with a growing number of convictions of former staff members on charges of sexually abusing students. These trials revealed the degree to which sexual abuse at the schools had been covered up in the past. Former students, who came to refer to themselves as Survivors, established regional and national organizations and provided much of the leadership for the campaign that led to the federal government issuing in 2008 an apology to the former students and their families.
National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Urban and Regional References, 1945-1969
Author: Canadian Council on Urban and Regional ResearchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Canadiana
Author: Report
Author: National Research Council of CanadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description