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Well first they attempted to assimilate them in to European customs. they also put most aboriginal children into schools far away from their family, this resulted in aboriginal loss of culture and language. They also placed aboriginals on reserves that gradually got smaller over the years. They also made it illegal for them to drink alcohol or be in bars. They were not considered people but rather "wards of the state" and were thought to have to be controlled and monitored like children.

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These were boarding schools for First Nations, Métis and Inuit children from around 1880 through about the mid-20th century that have come to have a disagreeable reputation among many Canadians. Please see the link.

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it caused other countries to think of us badly

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Residential schools are built and run by the Canadian government and churches. There are around 130 residential schools in Canada.

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Where were Indian Residential Schools Set Up in Canada?

All across Canada. Residential schools were common for many Canadians as our population was spread very thinly, too thinly to have schools within a horse or canoe ride. As a result Canadians would send their children to areas with populations large enough to have schools. Many of those schools would have the students stay at the school. Residential schools were also called Boarding schools and still exist today.


How much schools are there in Canada?

49,029,079,0095,133 Schools in Canada.


What is a Residental School?

A school in which you live, also called boarding school. It was very common in Canada for children to go to schools in cities or places too far to travel back and forth from home. Canada had a small population spread too thinly to have schools within reach of all families. Today the term is usually used in reference to Indian residential schools. These schools were created by Canada after they had "inherited", acquired, purchased lands with large numbers of Aboriginals. Most were living in racially segregated communities which had poor living conditions and little opportunity to integrate into a modern world. Canada felt a moral and legal responsibly to act or help. That "help" included pulling children out of aboriginal communities and sending them to schools run by those with a European culture and religion. A culture that did not value or respect children as we do today. As a result there was considerable abuse on many levels. Today Indian residential schools are seen as a major failure of the Canadian racial segregation system which still exists even now in the 21st century. There are still racial segregated schools but now they are operated by those of the same race.


What were established to assimilate aboriginal children into Canadian society?

Residential Schools were established to assimilate aboriginal children into Canadian society


What percent of students attend private schools in Canada?

In 2003-2004, about one out of every 16 children in Canada, or 6.4 per cent, attended private elementary or secondary schools.

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Who was in voled in residential schools?

where are residential school in canada


How many residential schools were there in Canada?

88 in Canada


Where were Indian Residential Schools Set Up in Canada?

All across Canada. Residential schools were common for many Canadians as our population was spread very thinly, too thinly to have schools within a horse or canoe ride. As a result Canadians would send their children to areas with populations large enough to have schools. Many of those schools would have the students stay at the school. Residential schools were also called Boarding schools and still exist today.


What were schools?

Residential schools were isolated schools where aboriginal children were forced away from their families home and culture and were forced to adapt into a white society. these schools were run by the roman catholic church. The aboriginal children who were sent there were often separated by gender, were forced to learn English or french. If they were caught speaking native tongue they would be beaten, locked in closets without food, humiliated, and often were raped. --- Schools where you resided were called Residential Schools. Canada's population was spread across the land and often children had to travel considerable distances to attend school. Residential schools or boarding schools addressed those problems by having children live and often work at schools which were usually far away from home but near major population centres. Today the term usually refers to Canada's aboriginal policy of having racial segregated residential schools off the reserves. These residential schools were run and operated by non-aboriginals and resulted in so much abuse that their history has been apologized for by Canada. We still have racial segregated schools but now they are operated by the Aboriginals themselves and bear no resemblance to the residential schools of the past.


Residential School - When and where were these schools?

It started in the mid, late 1800's to the 1900's. in Eastern Canada


Who created residential schools?

Residential schools were isolated schools where aboriginal children were forced away from their families home and culture and were forced to adapt into a white society. these schools were run by the roman catholic church. The aboriginal children who were sent there were often separated by gender, were forced to learn English or french. If they were caught speaking native tongue they would be beaten, locked in closets without food, humiliated, and often were raped. --- Schools where you resided were called Residential Schools. Canada's population was spread across the land and often children had to travel considerable distances to attend school. Residential schools or boarding schools addressed those problems by having children live and often work at schools which were usually far away from home but near major population centres. Today the term usually refers to Canada's aboriginal policy of having racial segregated residential schools off the reserves. These residential schools were run and operated by non-aboriginals and resulted in so much abuse that their history has been apologized for by Canada. We still have racial segregated schools but now they are operated by the Aboriginals themselves and bear no resemblance to the residential schools of the past.


How did the Mi'kmaq contribute to the building of Canada?

They helped get rid of the residential schools, which destroyed native cultures and haunted many people.


What is Samaritan Residential Schools's motto?

Samaritan Residential Schools's motto is 'LEARN, LEAD SUCCEED'.


What was the purpose of residential schools?

When the Europeans came to Canada and found the aboriginal peoples here they found that their ''God'' was not the same and that their ways of living were different. The Europeans thinking that they are superior compared to the Aboriginal people they made Residential Schools and put them in the schools essentially to make them more like the Europeans.


Why were residential schools started?

Residential schools were started as part of the Canadian government's assimilation policy to forcibly assimilate Indigenous children into Western culture by removing them from their families, communities, and cultural practices. The goal was to eradicate Indigenous languages, cultures, and traditions in an attempt to assimilate Indigenous peoples into mainstream society.


Which of the examples below is an example of oppression?

Being the first in your family to graduate from high school


When did the last residential school close in Canada?

Answerthe first residential school opened in1840 in mission B.C. It is generally thought that residential schools were around from somewhere along 1870-1910. However, there are many sources that suggest some were still in effect well into the 1980s. The last one closed in 1996.Initially, residential schools were used for the purpose of assimilation of Aboriginal Children. The concept was to "cure them" of their Aboriginal customs and heritage. By 1920, it was compulsory for ALL Aboriginal children aged 7-15 to attend residential schools. They were forcibly taken from their homes.