Impact of Racism in Canadian Schools: ARW350 Presentation

This presentation examines the pervasive issue of racism within Canadian schools, particularly focusing on the detrimental effects of residential schools on Indigenous students. The research question investigates the impact of racism and humiliation experienced by students in these institutions, with a thesis asserting that residential schools were inherently racist and left lasting, negative consequences. The presentation cites Talaga's "Seven Fallen Feathers" to illustrate the historical context of racism, highlighting the discrimination faced by non-white and non-French students. It delves into the drivers of discrimination, including school legacies and political influences, and emphasizes the noticeable disparities in health, income, and education between Canadian and Indigenous students. The presentation explores Talaga's perspective, discussing the book's portrayal of poverty and powerlessness, and calls for affirmative action and governmental accountability. The presentation references the abuse and violation of students, and calls for justice and recognition for all those affected by racism in the Canadian education system. The presentation includes a video link and references a scholarly source to support arguments. The presentation is part of ARW350 course requirements.

RACISM IN CANADIAN SCHOOLS
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BY: NAME

INTRODUCTION
Research question
 Impact of racism and humiliation among students of the residential
schools in Canada.
Thesis
 Residential schools in Canada are the most racists and have an
impact on the Canadian history that left major detrimental effects on
the life of affected students.
Author cited
Talaga, T. (2017) Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard
Truths in a Northern City. National Best Sellers, International & World
Politics, 1st Ed, pg. 99.

HISTORY OF RACISM IN CANADA
• Racism in Canada started way
back before the 18th century.
• It was experienced where any
student who was not white or
French
• Shin (2015) notes that It was not
an unusual thing to notice
students going through torture and
misery.
• The were seen as not being equal
to the rest of the students hence
the reason for the discrimination.

DRIVERS OF DISCRIMINATION
• There were many reasons that encouraged discrimination
and racism.
• The important ones of them all were the fact that school
legacies, political, and legal legacies from the schools
encouraged racism.
• Original Canadians to have intense racism towards other
students.
• A noticeable difference in the way these two groups of
students were treated made it possible to draw the
conclusion that schools had a role to play in encouraging
racism.

NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCES
• Differences in terms of health, income, education, and
social representation between Canadian students and
aboriginal students was diverse proving that administration
from schools also had a part to play in racism (Shin, 2015).
• Different authors and literature sources were used in
coming up with the thesis statement as they had facts over
racism in Canadian residential schools.
• It was evident that what was happening in residential
schools was brutal that is why people decided to write
about it.

TALAGA'S POINT OF VIEW
• Talaga T. is a renown author who wrote a book called
seven fallen feathers to represent seven students who
attended Thunder Bay high school and died in the
process.
• The book provides an insight over the issues surrounding
racism in Canada such as poverty and powerlessness.
• The main agenda with writing seven fallen feathers is that
an alarm should be raised for a call of action over the
death of the seven students.

IMPACTS OF RACISM
• Talaga believes that
aboriginal students were
greatly affected.
• The students have wasted
their lives
• Practice what they went
through and implicated it on
other people.
• Ended up being thieves,
robbers and have permanent
psychological probems.

CALL FOR AFFIRMITIVE ACTION
• Talaga calls the Canadian government to acknowledge what
happened to those seven boys who died in a residential high
school yet no one came forward to report that their death was not
accidental.
• He felt like residential schools and the government of Canada
should take responsibility and be accountable for the death of the
seven students.
• While trying to make a call of action, Talaga is not just interested
in what happened to the seven students but he is trying to get
justice for all those aboriginal students who went through racism
in the hands of Canadians (Shin, 2015).

STUDENTS ABUSED
• It was not just the seven students who were discriminated
and violated, it was any other student found in a
residential high school and was not white or French.
• Talaga feels that the fact that only the report of the seven
students was reported does not mean that no other
student died during that discrimination era
• Reports might not say it all but it is a fact that a lot of
students were abused and violated.