Transcript To What Extent has Canada Affirmed Collective Rights?

To What Extent has Canada
Affirmed Collective Rights?
Chapter 4
Collective Identity
Collective Identity is the
shared identity of a
group of people,
because of a common
language and culture.
What are Collective Rights???
Collective rights are rights that are
guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian
society based on historical and
constitutional reasons.
Collective Rights and History
Based on history collective rights have been
granted to certain groups because of
promises that government has made to
uphold certain laws.
Collective Rights in Canada
Groups in Canada that have collective rights include:
Aboriginal Peoples -
First Nations
Metis
Inuit
Collective Rights in Canada
Francophones-
Visual Essay Assignment
• As one of your major assignments you are
to produce a visual essay using
powerpoint over the next two weeks.
• Your visual essay is due in two weeks time
and must be presented to the class.
Visual Essay Assignment
Directions: Your visual essay will be using video and
pictures to illustrate the collective rights of one of the
three groups covered in chapter 4.
These three groups include:
a. First Nations
b. Francophones
c. Metis
•
Your first Slide 1: Explain what collective rights are
and write a thesis statement that responds to the
following question: To what extent has Canada
affirmed collective rights?
*******Very important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First Nations
• Slide 2-?: First Nations People. Use the following
questions to help guide your presentation.
• How past circumstances in Canada’s history have
influenced interpretations of Numbered Treaties?
• The Ways First Nations and government have
interpreted Treaties over time.
• How the Indian Act attempted to define and assimilate
First Nations People
• How First Nations peoples exercise their collective rights
and preserve their identities.
• Images to Google: Indian Act, First Nations, Numbered
Treaties 6,7,8, Canadian identity
Francophones
• Slides 2-?: Francophone Collective Rights. Use
the following questions to help guide your
presentation.
• The Challenges and opportunities
Francophones face in maintaining their culture
and identity.
• The effectiveness of the Charter in fostering
Francophone identity.
• Current news story Google: Francophone
language rights and press news
• Images Francophone language
Metis
• Slides ?-?: Metis Collective Rights. Use the following
questions to help guide your presentation.
• What is the Manitoba Act who was involved? Who is
Louis Riel?
• What are inherent rights and provide an example?
• What is Scrip what was the positive and negative effects
of it?
• What is the Northwest Resistance?
• What happen in 1982?
• Who was Steve Powley what was his story and how
does it help define the collective rights of the Metis?
• Image Google: Steve Powley, Metis, Louis Riel,
Northwest Rebellion, Red River Rebellion.