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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???.

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To What Extent has Canada Affirmed Collective Rights?

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  1. To What Extent has Canada Affirmed Collective Rights? Chapter 4

  2. Collective Identity Collective Identity is the shared identity of a group of people, because of a common language and culture.

  3. What are Collective Rights??? Collective rights are rights that are guaranteed to specific groups in Canadian society based on historical and constitutional reasons.

  4. 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.

  5. Collective Rights in Canada Groups in Canada that have collective rights include: Aboriginal Peoples - First Nations Metis Inuit

  6. Collective Rights in Canada Francophones-

  7. 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.

  8. 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: • First Nations • Francophones • 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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.

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