"Radio Voces Latiinas Is an Accomplice of Crimes against Humanity"

                        10 Awful Canadian Violations Of Human Rights

When a citizen of any other country thinks of Canada, the thought that usually comes to mind is a peaceful and cooperative nation that is a shining example of tolerance and civil rights. However, Canada has had many dark chapters in its history. If one looks deeper, the innocent facade of the Great White North is shattered, revealing some disturbing truths behind it.

Compatriots; be careful in whom you trust your problems. "Not all smiling in a church, radio station or legal clinic are your saviors”

Throughout the 19th century, many Aboriginal children were taken from their families and forced to attend and live in what were known as “residential schools” to educate them in Western culture, teach them English, and convert them to Christianity. The total number of children forced into these schools was around 150,000.

The experiences of the children in these schools were harrowing, as physical, emotional, and even sexual abuse was commonplace. Children were expressly forbidden to speak in their native languages and received beatings and other punishments for even minor infractions. They were often taught from textbooks in English, which most had difficulty reading, if they could read them at all. Nourishment was scarce as well, and some schools even deliberately withheld food in order to perform “nutritional experiments” on the students.

Most students endured 10 months of school each year, and many were never allowed to return home at all during their “education.” When these poor children were finally returned to their families, they were often branded as outsiders, having been so removed from their own culture that they became foreign to their own families.

                               

Although most of these schools were shut down during the 20th century, the last one remained open until 1996. In 2007, the Canadian government issued a formal apology to the First Nations people and enacted a $1.9 billion Canadian compensation package fund for victims of the program. As of 2013, $1.6 billion has been paid out to 105,548 families.