response to the charter of values

On September 17th 2013 the Quebec government established the charter of values. this proposal makes it mandatory for any public servant wearing a religious symbol while working.the charter has cause a large up-roar of protests and worst of  all the majority of racists in Quebec feel that the government is now on their side, so as a side effect there is a relentless amount of racism targeting ethnicity and their establishments and even the people themselves are at risk of verbal degradation.

in response to this charter of values, lake ridge health center , a leading general hospital in the greater Toronto area has released a pamphlet featuring a woman wearing a hijab and a standard doctors uniform. the pamphlet read "We don't care what's on your head,  we care what's in it." due to the fact that in Montreal itself  we have the Jewish general hospital the lake ridge health center is likely to be taking in the majority of doctors who don't agree with the charter and what it imposes on public servants in Montreal.

Although its  mostly the people who need to change,  many religious symbols are being removed including the catholic cross from parliament and many other religious symbols. the outraged communities are  in a way revolting against the pq legislation by mass protests , noise protests, picketing , and public speaking.

personally this whole conundrum reminds me of many things like the riots brought about by the treyvon martin case and many of the riots and protests in  many fights for equality in our history  be it the fight to abolish slavery , the million man march and the fight for equality for women. all of our history is doomed to repeat itself , lest we learn from it.

episode 2 Canada's people

this entire video reminded me of the movie avatar and how we invaded a new land to steal their resources  to further our economy and in doing so we displaced native populations and it became a violent war for the land. All of the land was destroyed by the war and most of the peoples were dead. be it the vikings the europeans or the spaniards we have destroyed most of this planet's roots if not entirely. we are a savage species and i believe that as long as we are here the planet will suffer.

Canada a peoples history part 7 response

this video made me think of what the vikings did, raiding towns and villages raping and pillaging. the worst part of all of this was that the Europeans still considered themselves civilized and the people they were pillaging un-civilized and somehow in their bad sense of judgement thought that this justified  all that they did to the new nations of the new world.

Canada a peoples history part 6 response

the faith of the europeans suprises me simply because in most countries  religion has dissapeared form parliment and government institutions. quebec itself is called a post- christian society because of today's banning of religious symbols.

Canada a peoples history part 5 response

this video made me think of  the natives and how when the English struggled with disease they helped but when the natives were sick they were  isolated and killed.this attitude of only willing to help themselves and not others unless it benefits them.this attitude still exists today in both america and Canada and also materialism as a mentality has become a nuisance.

Canada a peoples history part 4im sorry the last one i did was number 3 response

what comes to mind when i think about the video i just watched was that i was born in a time where society is decaying and im too late to explore the world and too early to explore the galaxy. the majority of people alive today will not even see the firs martian colony estimated to be in existence in around 2100. we as a people in this day and age have a duty to develop technologies and not destroy ourselves in the process ... the odds of this are very slim.

Canada a peoples history part 4 response

Canada a peoples history part 4 response

the only thing i can think of after watching this segment was  that  torture has evolvedd over a long time, be it the sick and twisted devices of the middle ages  or roman empire  or even in modern society. to me in some way  bullying is somewhat like a psychological torture in which the victim is constantly bombarded by teasing or often time physical assault and threats, until the point of suicide or an outburst that can affect multiple people by creating more and more victims. the native Americans had honor when they tortured and were tortured but nowadays  honor doesn't even come into play in politics but only certain sports and activities like martial arts.

Canadian history episode one part two response

in this video what i found interesting was the struggle for survival of the Inuit peoples of the north who were in constant harsh conditions that put them in impossible situations. i can relate the struggle of survival back to when i was teaching survival at camp this summer and how difficult it was to actually get the water food and heat provided to be able to last just one night in the forest. even with all of my resources it was extremely difficult and i didn't eat much the first day and went hungry until dinner that was a fairly long time away from luch considering i had only eaten a few minnows and boiled bark.

Canadian history episode one part one response

This video reminded me of the movie/book john carter simply because john carter was alone on mars and being the only human  the people were interested about the ways of this strange planet that to their knowledge could not sustain life.another reason i connected this to john carter is him being the last /only one of his kind left on the planet mars and had major difficulties understanding the new language much like i'm sure Shauna Divet had when she was first discovered by the settlers of Newfoundland.

1500's Native's

1.Linguistic families and territories 

 

 The territories of Quebec in the 1500's were split among 3 linguistic families, the Inuit, the Algonquin and the Iroquois each of which had distinct characteristics that set them apart from the other groups. the Algonquin and the Iroquois  were near polar opposites. where one had more authority given to the father and the other given to the mother. even the techniques to acquiring food were opposites as well one focused on hunting while the other focused on farming and gathering.  

 

2.World view of native people 

 

After the start of the French colonization of Quebec the French had released a statement on their perception of the native peoples. the statement had claimed the natives were "savage" un-civilized" without proper perception of their culture and way of life. the only attempted contact was for trading or converting them to Christianity or Catholicism. a lot of the peoples refused to communicate with the French because of their materialism.  

 

3. Roles of men and women in Algonquin and Iroquoian society

 

 Men and women had very different roles in both societies. The Algonquin's were hunters and the fathers held the power in the house hold he taught the boys to hunt and the women who stayed in the village taught the children and raised them to honor their father.in the Iroquois society the mother held the most power due to the fact that the group was mainly farmers and gatherers and the fathers were in the home teaching the children.   

 

4. Social and cultural aspects common to all native society

 

Gift giving was on of the most common of actions among the native cultures because  it was used to show respect but also to share all that you had. The circle of life was the main system of beliefs among all natives. The idea of the circle of life preached that all things were alive and could feel  this in turn led to prayers thanking “mother earth” for everything  she has provided. Not all histories were archived due to the fact that most treaties were formed on wampum's that were traded between tribes. 

 

 

5. Cultural consequences of encounters with the Europeans

 

Due to encounters with the Europeans , the natives became a part of several wars that decimated their tribes and destroyed their culture. After the war of 1812 the natives had already lost all but the majority of their land and that affected their population. As each new wave of Europeans arrived they brought with them several different types of diseases and flues that caused the near extinction of the natives. A lot of the remaining native population was later forced to live on reserves and only reserves.

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