Native Canadians are the backbone of much Canadian history, and still, the Native Canadian children were deprived, abused, and secluded for years in these schools. ... These schools, run by religious people, were not a choice for Native Canadians. ... They didn't understand the sudden change in culture, tradition, language, and rules. They were young, and they were innocent people, learning a language and culture they"d never heard of. ... The Aboriginal Healing Foundation of Canada has been working for years to make Canadians today aware of the Residential schools for Native Canadians an...

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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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These relationships differ tremendously depending on culture and beliefs. Canadian marriages have been found to be longer and more stable than marriages in the Unites States (White 1947:646), despite more than 1/3 of Canadian marriages ending in divorce before the 30th wedding anniversary (Clark and Compton 2006:233). The study of popular culture and sociology contributes factors that influence these relationships, aiding in understanding how different relationships are formed and maintained. ... In exploring these findings, examples from popular culture are useful in understanding them. ...

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In Jamaica they have been used to discipline their children in an authoritarian way which is learned that it prevents the child from socioemotional consequences in Western cultures (Baumrind, 1991). ... Canada has strict rules to be complied regarding to children's right of protection. ... It also compels Canada to supply for programs of support, prevention, and treatment in cases of hostility and child abuse. With regards to school discipline, article 28 calls on Canada to make sure that school discipline is administered in a manner dependable with the child's human distinction. ......

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The Criminal Code of Canada identifies a number of types of sexual abuse, including: sexual interference, an invitation to sexually touch, sexual exploitation of a young person, parent or guardian procuring sexual activity from a child, householder permitting sexual activity, exposing genitals to a child and incest. ... (Statistics Canada) Historically, sexual abuse was not much of a problem as it is in modern times. ... In other cultures and times, prostitution was a valid form of employment, and this role provided an integral outlet for connoisseurs of sex. ...

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Cultural relativism says that good and bad are related to culture. ... In certain cases, we, the other society has to let the certain culture survive as long as it does not affect other cultures in extreme. ... There are some cultures ignorant to the fact. ... It is occasionally performed within Aboriginal, Christian and Muslim families who have emigrated to the US or Canada from some Muslim countries where it is practiced as a social tradition. ... In the US and Canada, the very small percentage of Muslims who wish to continue FGM, and find it impossible to find a doctor who will conduct th...

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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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