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INJUSTICE
An unjust or unfair treatment and violation of someone’s rights; Batman fights this.
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CULTURAL REVITALIZATION
Performing activities that breathe new life into their culture preventing its disappearance.
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TRIANGULAR TRADE X2
Operated from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, carrying slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa and the Americas.
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CONSUMERISM
The concept that an ever-expanding consumption of goods is advantageous to the economy.
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MERCANTILISM
A policy followed by European powers; trade was controlled in order to create monopolies and benefit the monarch or colonial power.
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MEDIA CONVERGENCE
The merging of previously distinct media technologies and media forms.
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RECONCILIATION X2
The restoration of friendly relations after a wrong-doing.
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HOMOGENIZATION
The process of making cultural things uniform or similar.
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CAPITALISM
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
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INDIAN ACT
Passed in 1876, defines who is/is not a status Indian; Early versions banned traditional practices of FNMI cultures.
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INDENTURED X3
A contract that binds an individual to service; a type of labour.
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MAHATMA GANDHI
This individual led a non-violent civil disobedience campaign against Great Britain; in 1947, he secured independence for his country.
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RWANDA
Sight of a horrific genocide that has some stability in industry and government; utilized gacaca courts for justice.
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MEDIA CONCENTRATION
A process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media.
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ASSIMILATION
Process that involves a minority culture being absorbed by a dominant one; the minority disappears and they adopt the dominant one.
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APARTHEID
An Afrikaans word that refers to a policy of segregation and discrimination against non-whites in South Africa.
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ROMEO DALLAIRE
This Canadian felt betrayed by the international community as he attempted to intervene and stop the genocide in Rwanda.
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SUDAN/DARFUR
Sight of an ongoing genocide that involved refugees being targeted by the government; legacy of colonial powers.
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ROYAL COMMISSION X2
1991, was to address the many issues faced by FNMI groups and their relationship with the Government.
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ACCOMMODATION
Process where people from different cultures come into contact and create space for one another, allowing for peaceful coexistence.
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ETHNOCENTRISM
A way of thinking that centres on one’s own race and culture, believing theirs is the only valid one.
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SEGREGATION
The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.
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RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
Admittedly a horrendous mistake by the federal government of Canada; amends being approached through acceptance of responsibility.
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REPARATIONS
The act of making amends for a wrongdoing, typically in a monetary amount; was given to former slaves and former Residential School survivors.
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GRAND EXCHANGE X3
Began when Columbus brought things like seeds to America and they were converted; in return, natives sent themselves to Europe.
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