➢ Group 1

1. Present the document

1) This document is a __________
2) It _____________
2. Use the chart to compare each population group.

More Non-Aboriginal
Category More Aboriginal people
people

Prison population

Employment rate

Post-secondary education

Recent victims of violent

crime

Heavy drinking

Daily smoking

3. What conclusions can you draw regarding health and standards of living for both
population groups?
Group 2.
The protesters in northern British Columbia had camped out for days amid bitter cold and
deep snow, manning a checkpoint to prevent construction vehicles from entering the
territory
Of the Wet’suwet’en nation

But the dramatic scenes highlighted a broader issue for Canada in 2019: swaths of territory –
never signed away by treaty or seized in war – still belong to indigenous nations who are
fighting back against resource projects they say they never consented to.

Unlike the rest of the country – where relationships between indigenous groups and the
state are governed by treaties – few indigenous nations in British Columbia ever signed
deals with colonial authorities, meaning the federal government still operates in a vacuum of
authority on their lands, said Gordon Christie, a scholar of indigenous law at the University of
British Columbia.“What I see is a long history of the Canadian government doing its best to
avoid acknowledging the existence of other systems of government,” he said. […]

In recent months, tensions with indigenous peoples have flared across Canada as energy
companies seek to construct projects on and through indigenous lands. Both TransCanada,
which is attempting to build the Coastal GasLink pipeline and Kinder Morgan, which was
pushing the TransMountain pipeline, have faced fierce opposition from indigenous groups.

“Pipeline battle puts focus on Canada’s disputed right to use indigenous land”, Leyland
Cecco, The Guardian, 2019.

1. Get ready! Find words in the text to match each definition.

1) work at (v.) ➜ maning

2) area, part (n.) ➜ swath

3) accept (v.) ➜ consent

4) absence (n.) ➜

5) professor (n.) ➜ a scholar

6) recognize (v.) ➜ acknowledging

7) explode, break out (v.) ➜ flared

8) try (v.) ➜ seek

9) strong (adj.) ➜
2. Present the document. What does it show about the realtionship between Indigenous
peoples and the rest of Canada ?
The article show the

Group 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zuRQmwaREY
1) Pick out three figures, and say what they correspond to.

2) What is the tone of this video?

Resilient nostalgic hopeful critical inspiring emotional

3) What is the objective of this video?

Denounce call for action accuse account for his culture criticize give hope

4) Present the video using as many words from this word cloud as possible
Share your findings and learn about the other documents.
a) Why is the realationship between Indeginous peoples and the rest of Canada
complicated ?
b) How do you think this relationship might evolve ?

Vocabulary Toolbox

Aboriginal /ˌæbəˈrɪdʒɪnl/ / Indigenous /ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs/ (adj. or n.) → First Nations (exp.)

ask for forgiveness (exp.)
feel guilty / responsible for (exp.)
make amends /əˈmɛndz/ to s. o. / for sthg. (exp.)
(a) people (n.)
acknowledge /ækˈnɒlɪdʒ/ (v.)
admit (v.)