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Assimilation In Canada

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In Canada, the Aboriginal people comprise of the First Nations, Inuit and Metis comprising 4.3% of the national population in Canada, however, despite the large proportion of the population being indigenous, the relationship between Canada and indigenous people had been a turbulent and tense one.
Since late 18th century, various policies were installed to help aboriginal people assimilate into “Canadian Culture”. The most noticeable one are policies concerning residential schools, where Aboriginal children were removed from their families and sent to such institutions. These government-funded, church-run schools were located across Canada and were established with the sole purpose of eliminating parental involvement in the spiritual, cultural

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