260-C2 - Populations Under Discussion

Question 1

Life chance

Answer 1

A term credited to Max Weber, referring to the opportunities people have to gain wealth, power, and prestige

Question 2

Agency

Answer 2

An individual’s ability to make choices

Question 3

Colonialism

Answer 3

(OW) the prevailing structure of historical oppression of Indigenous peoples, cultures, and tradition.

Question 4

Lateral Violence

Answer 4

Violence directed “sideways” at peers instead of at oppressing groups or individuals

Question 5

“Four Cs” of Indigenous Historical Trauma

Answer 5

1. colonial in origin
2. collectively experienced
3. cumulative effects
4. cross-generational impacts

Question 6

MMIWG

Answer 6

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Question 7

Othering

Answer 7

The process of framing certain groups as intrinsically different from society’s dominant social group

Question 8

Registered Indians (or Status Indians)

Answer 8

Indigenous people who are registered with the Government of Canada and entitled to some rights and benefits as outlined in the Indian Act

Question 9

Absolute Poverty

Answer 9

how much difficulty a person has satisfying their daily survival needs e.g. food, shelter

Question 10

Relative Poverty

Answer 10

a person’s economic condition compared to the average in their community (limited to geographical location, cultural community)

Question 11

Market Basket Measure (MBM)

Answer 11

calculates how much income a household requires to meet its needs; “The poverty line”

Question 12

Racialized persons/racialization

Answer 12

People who belong to non-dominant ethno-racial communities who, through the process of racialization, experience race as a key factor in their identity and experiences of inequality.

Question 13

The issue with the term “Visible minority”

Answer 13

Has certain negative connotations, minority meaning little, or less than.

Question 14

economic problems faced by youth

Answer 14

• high debt for school
• ‘delayed transition to adulthood’ in favour of education
• high unemployment and underemployment rates

Question 15

underemployment

Answer 15

employment in a job that needs far less education and preparation that an individual has earned

Question 16

Feminization of Poverty

Answer 16

The overrepresentation of women among the poor

Question 17

the effects of gender discrimination

Answer 17

• decreased self-esteem, increased depression, and other psychological problems
• high beauty standards
• high rates of teen pregnancies

Question 18

senescence

Answer 18

the natural decline of physical and mental abilities

Question 19

Seniors

Answer 19

people over the age of 60 or 65

Question 20

sandwich generation

Answer 20

middle-aged adults who are caring for both elderly parents and for their own young children

Question 21

three types of immigrants

Answer 21

1. economic (those with skills e.g. education)
2. family class (those sponsored by close relatives)
3. refugees (those in need of protection from country of origin

Question 22

three generations of immigrants

Answer 22

1. first generation
2. second generation
3. third generation

Question 23

LGBTQIA2s+

Answer 23

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, 2-spirited community

Question 24

Heteronormativity

Answer 24

the societal assumption that all people are by default straight and being straight is normal

Question 25

Disability

Answer 25

The condition of having difficulty carrying out familiar tasks and being limited in normal daily activities due to a long-term health condition or health-related problem

Question 26

What are the ten types of disabilities?

Answer 26

1. pain 2. mobility 3. agility 4. hearing 5. seeing 6. learning 7. psychological 8. memory 9. speech 10. developmental