Residential Schools

Creating and Continuing Institutionalization among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

Bibliographic Data

ID15532990
AuthorsJulia Rand (University of Calgary, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume6
Issue1
Pages56-65
Publication date2020-05-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFirst Peoples Child & Family Review An Interdisciplinary Journal Honouring the Voices Perspectives and Knowledges of First Peoples (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1708-489X • E-ISSN: 2293-6610
PublisherConsortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.7202/1068896ar
OpenAlexW2095618006
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited4

Many Aboriginal peoples in Canada have experienced, directly or indirectly, the effects of residential schools. Some Aboriginal people have also experienced the phenomenon known as institutionalization, as a result of residential school experiences, experiences over which they had no control and that were demanded by law. Some Aboriginal people in Canada have moved from the residential school institutions to similar newly developed institutions such as shelters and to established institutions such as the correctional system, or both. Indeed, Aboriginal peoples are overrepresented in all such institutions. In this paper, I seek to demonstrate the association between Aboriginal peoples’ experiences in and of residential schools and subsequent adult institutionalization. Attempts to ‘civilize’ Aboriginal peoples through cultural assimilation may have instead resulted in intergenerational institutionalization among many Aboriginal peoples in Canada

Criminology · Institutionalisation · Phenomenon · Political science · Residential school · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family and Disability Support Research · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law

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