Educational Law & Legislation

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The Role of Courts in Education

From: Education Law in Canada

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This chapter examines how the courts, through case decisions, influence standards of practice and school board policies and thus, have an impact on the process of education. 23 $2.30 Add
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The Shuswap Response to Colonialism

From: Victims of Benevolence

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Despite strong opposition, the Shuswap people were forced to adopt the colonial way of living. They were pushed out of their home and discouraged to practice sacred rituals. Ultimately, in 1891, … 24 $0.48 Add
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Educator Rights and Duties

From: Education Law in Canada

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The author believes it is incumbent upon educators to have a healthy respect and appreciation for the manner in which the law has an impact on what they can and cannot do in schools. This chapter … 29 $2.90 Add
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From Home to School

At Home; The Transition

From: Resistance and Renewal

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This chapter narrates the disruption that the residential schools posed in the lives of the Natives. The author juxtapositions the life at school versus that life before school for the Native … 29 $0.58 Add
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Global Capital, Migrant Labour and the Nation-State

From: Agrarian Change, Migration and Development

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The Early Years of the Mission School

Education and Discipline

From: Victims of Benevolence

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Native children learned the skills they needed to survive, and the beliefs, values, and codes of behaviour appropriate to their society, by a trial-and error process of observing and imitating … 28 $0.56 Add
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A Death and an Inquest

From: Victims of Benevolence

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This chapter highlights the death of Duncan Sticks, one of the boys who`d run away from the residential school. An inquisition lead to witness tesimonies throwing more light on the mistreatment … 31 $0.93 Add
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School Life

The School Day; Extracurricular Activities; Discipline; Family Visits and Summer Holidays

From: Resistance and Renewal

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The author takes the reader through the residential school life: what a typical day looked like for the children, the discrimination they faced, the regimented learning of religion, subpar food … 50 $2.50 Add
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Student Rights

From: Education Law in Canada

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This chapter identifies and discusses the rights of students attending elementary and secondary school in Canada. The topics addressed in this chapter include student rights as they relate to … 38 $3.80 Add
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The Political Economy of International Labour Migration

From: Agrarian Change, Migration and Development

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Educators’ Negligence and Liability

From: Education Law in Canada

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This chapter considers the legal concept of risk management and the law of tort in relation to the school environment. 36 $3.60 Add
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Religious Schools

From: Freedom of Conscience and Religion

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Discussion of the funding and regulation of religious schools and separate or denominational schools. 16 $1.60 Add
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The Government Investigation

From: Victims of Benevolence

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The Indian Superintendent of B.C., A.W. Vowell was tasked to conduct the investigation into the death of Duncan Sticks. Vowell discredited the student testimonies, putting the blame on them … 21 $0.42 Add
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The Resistance

From: Resistance and Renewal

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People rarely comply fully and easily to the introduction of oppression. Native children also produced counter-cultures in their resistance to the oppressive system which was Kamloops Indian … 27 $0.54 Add
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The Social Dimension of Migration, or the Underside of Development

From: Agrarian Change, Migration and Development

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Going Home

From: Resistance and Renewal

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Based on the study of survivors, the author talks about the alcoholism and the suicide statistics, the suffering and pain of many who attended the school and conversely to the strength of those … 21 $0.42 Add