This paper describes the final paper topic that I have chosen. The topic has deep historical roots and involved both the Canadian government and the churches too. The topic on “how Canadian Indian Residential schools affect the endian community (first nation) and the new generation (first nation)” is important because it helps us to understand the residential schools’ system that shaped the school system that we have today. Also, the topic will provide an insight into the cultures of origin and also the past culture that we may not be so much familiar with today. Therefore, the topic also aims at increasing both our cross-cultural knowledge and understanding.
In addition to that, the topic is important because it helps us to understand how Canada got itself where it is today where the nation is confronting its dark history that involved abuse in the residential schools. In this regard, the topic explains how the schools started, how many existed, what went wrong with the schools, when the calls for compensation of the victims started, the compensation program. Also, the topic looks at the apologies that were made to the various victims of the abuse, and lastly the mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission moving forward after the victim compensation. Most importantly, the topic is important because it is not just an issue of the aboriginals but instead concerns everyone in Canada and maybe beyond Canada.
The outline of the Paper
1. Residential schools
a) What were residential schools
b) How many such schools existed
c) Overview of how the schools operated
2. What went wrong with the schools
a) Alleged sexual and physical abuse
b) The calls for compensation of the victims
c) Why there were calls for compensation
3. Compensation programs
a) Compensation amounts
b) Beyond the victims’ compensation
c) The impact of the compensation programs
4. Apologies to the victims
a) Factors leading to the apologies
b) Those who apologized
c) The apologies made and their impact
5. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
a) It's mandate
b) Its success/failures in addressing its mandate
6. Conclusion
References
Bombay, A., Matheson, K., & Anisman, H. (2014). The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools: Implications for the concept of historical trauma. PubMed, 320 - 338.
Regan, P. (2010). Unsettling the settler within: Indian residential schools, truth telling, and reconciliation in Canada. ubc Press.
