The residential school system acted as a method to reshape the future of the Aboriginal culture. " Since the earliest contact between Canada's Aboriginal people and European settlers there has been conflicting values concerning family relationships and child-rearing practices. ... The Davin report, in which Nicholas Flood Davin performed a report on industrial schools in the United States to establish the same type of the school systems in Canada, started the ball rolling, in many senses, for establishing Canada's Residential School System. ... The residential schooling has bee...

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In cultures with low rates of child abuse, childcare is considered a responsibility of the community where neighbours/friends help with childcare when parents are unwilling or unable. In Canada, parents shoulder most of childcare demands by themselves, increasing risk of stress and abuse. ...

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The Chapter "The Idea of Chinatown", provides a clear overview of the process of integration and treatment of Chinese immigrants when they first entered Canada. ... Although there were Chinese pioneers in other parts of Canada at this time, Anderson specifically writes about the large Chinese population in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... "(225) Furthermore, after the completion of the Trans-Canada railway, Ottawa imposed a head tax of $500 for all Chinese entrants into Canada. ... "(229) Racism and the ideas of "ours" and "yours", and "the dominant culture" became very prevalent. ...

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This theory emphasizes how men learn abusive behavior through a male culture that encourages violence through a patriarchal system. ... It was important for Statistics Canada to ensure that the definitions of assault and sexual assault were found in the Criminal Code so that the results would be recognized as in need of the criminal justice system's intervention. ...

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This theory emphasizes how men learn abusive behavior through a male culture that encourages violence through a patriarchal system. ... It was important for Statistics Canada to ensure that the definitions of assault and sexual assault were found in the Criminal Code so that the results would be recognized as in need of the criminal justice system's intervention. ...

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In Canada's 1993 national violence survey one-third of women who had been physically assaulted by a partner said that they had feared for their lives at some point in the relationship. ... Dynamics of Abuse Many cultures hold that men have the right to control their wives' behavior and that women who challenge that right "even by asking for household money or by expressing the needs of the children "may be punished. ... Even where culture itself grants men substantial control over female behavior, abusive men generally exceed the norm. ...

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Introduction There are many health risks associated with playing sport, whether young or old. Most people involved in sport, whether participating or organising, are aware of some of the risks such as risk of injury, risk of pressure and stress and most of these are openly recognised by all involved. There are however, several health risks which are less openly recognised and that some people even try to divert attention from the problems instead of facing up to them and putting procedures in place to try and prevent them. Child abuse in sport is one of these problems (Waddington, 2000). Mo...

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