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Canada and the World Backgrounder articles from January 2006

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A bimonthly magazine that provides background information on current events. Written specifically for high school students, as well as teachers and librarians. Individual issues are devoted to one political or social issue, which is considered both as an

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Canada and the World Backgrounder archives from January 2006

Footprints in Terra Nullius.(FIRST NATIONS--INTRODUCTION)(origins of first North American settlers)
January 1, 2006

Hitting rock bottom.(FIRST NATIONS--POVERTY)
January 1, 2006

A familiar refrain.(FIRST NATIONS--DISASTERS)(Kashechewan water contamination)(Native teenage suicides)
January 1, 2006

Canada's apartheid: racism impacts upon people's lives in many ways but it is in the justice system that Canada's First Nations experience the most readily apparent examples of institutional racism. Many Aboriginals believe the police and courts are used to suppress Native People in the same way as they were used in South Africa to keep down Blacks.(FIRST NATIONS--RACISM)
January 1, 2006

From Oka to Okanagan: former Prime Minister Paul Martin, the 13 provincial and territorial premiers, and Native leaders gathered in British Columbia's beautiful Okanagan Valley, hoping to come up with a plan to end the terrible living conditions among Canada's First Nations People.(FIRST NATIONS--KELOWNA SUMMIT)
January 1, 2006

A third way: for many decades Ottawa's approach to First Nations was to absorb them into mainstream society. In response to Native pressure, the federal government moved towards nationhood, treaties, land claims, and self-government for Aboriginal Peoples. Neither approach has been successful in dealing with First Nations' problems. Is it time to move to plan C?(FIRST NATIONS--FUTURE)
January 1, 2006

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January 1, 2006