Children's Welfare in Canada: A SOCIOLOGY 9 SOCIOLOGY Perspective

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The following term paper will be dedicated towards finding out the problems and
challenges in the welfare of childhood welfare programs in Canada. It has been found out
through various research works that the schools of Canada have left an indelible mark on the
indigenous and non-indigenous children in the society. So, it is very appropriate that schools
should adopt some processes that would cater to the overall well being of the indigenous chidren
regarding their educational improvement and classroom behavior. There are several disparities
between the indigenous and non-indigenous children in the country regarding education and
health facilities (McKenzie et al., 2016). This term paper will look to find out the distinctions
between two sets of groups in the Canadian society and their attributes towards the education
problems. Many research works have been conducted on the welfare programs for the children in
Canada for all the indigenous and no-indigenous children. The disparities and facilities given to
the children will be focused on this term paper for better understanding of the topic.
Thesis: Lack of child welfare programs in the residential program in Canada has degraded the
inclusion policy and educational development for indigenous children in the country
The welfare programs for Canadian children have always been a very troublesome matter
for the concerned authorities. The main troubles have come up from the matter of distinctions
between the indigenous and non-indigenous children. Many scholars have identified the issue
through their vast research programs that indigenous children in Canada have become victims of
classroom violence and discriminative steps from the faculty members of the schools (McKenzie
et al., 2016). Most educational experts have criticized this method of education in Canada in a
vast manner. It has been publicly criticized also. Various sources have been used in the previous
annotated bibliography section that reminds about the extent of discriminations that existed in
the school welfare programs in the country (Stirrett, 2015). Most important sectors for public

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welfare like education and health have gone through reductions in budget in previous years.
Therefore, it has become very important for the government organizations to focus on the overall
welfare of the education system.
However, it has been acknowledged by most politicians in the country that various
policies have been cut off from the budget so the deficits could be compensated to earn the
global advantage in terms of profits. The competitive edge cannot be earned until all these losses
are properly made up. The welfare programs must be applied within the residential schooling
system in Canada so the students can gain maximum benefits in this scenario. The government
must understand that both the cultures of indigenous and non indigenous are the inseparable parts
of the Canadian culture (Stirrett, 2015). So, equal importance must be given on both of these
cultures. Therefore, the challenges in the residential schooling system should be overcome to
establish better policies. According to various critics, it has been noted mostly that disparities in
the health systems among children will affect both their mental and physical well being. The
cultural heritage of Canada has been disrupted through this step also (Nichols, 2017).
The conditions of the health conditions of indigenous children will help to address the
educational welfare programs for the children. The linguistic divisions among the children will
have to be focused in this regard for the valuable outcomes. The resources in the annotated
bibliography have provided depth of knowledge on this topic. According to the critics in this
scenario, children in Canada are taken away from their known atmosphere with their parents to
an environment which they are not accustomed with. They are educated at a place that they do
not know or do not belong to. This will jeopardize their situation and they feel separated from
their rituals and customs (Nichols, 2017). On the other hand, this puts a negative impression on

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their minds too. Therefore, this education system has not done any kind of welfare to the
children. Rather it has only alienated them from their roots (Abdulwasi, 2015).
Major critics have opined the fact that these education welfare systems must be
developed because it is associated with the future success of these children entirely. Apart from
the discriminations in the education sector, more discrimination has also been seen in health
sector also. The health disruptions have also created barriers for the children to get the education
in schools. It is quite problematic for the indigenous children in Canada to live in a Euro-
Canadian lifestyle. The poor health conditions of the indigenous children are the reflections of
various colonial systems like residential schooling, Indian Act and reserve system (Abdulwasi,
2015). The children fall apart from their own cultures and beliefs in this scenario. This creates a
negative impact on their minds. The risk of abuse is always hanging over the indigenous children
in Canada. It is the ultimate responsibility of the government to protect the rights of every child
so they can get a beautiful future.
All these mistreatments of the children will fall under the Territories, Provinces and the
child welfare organizations of the indigenous community. These institutions will have to find out
the issues that are creating problems in these situations (Abdulwasi, Evans & Magalhaes, 2016).
They have to report it to the government so they will be able to take up some positive steps to
apply new methods and policies. There is a huge need to expand the child welfare programs in
Canada so the situation can be made better. The child development programs will be
implemented in the society to provide them support in education and health. It has been recently
found out that child mortality rates are higher in the indigenous communities.