SE 12-14 Flashcards
(51 cards)
- many family forms that we associate with contemporary times have existed in Canada for hundreds of years
e. g., l__e-parent families, b______d households
e.g., lone-parent families, blended households
- beginning in 1960s, the ‘ordinary’ family began to be studied with focus on lived experience
e. g., based on r__e, class, g____r
e.g., based on race, class, gender
-families have been and continue to be important to
individual, social and national i________s
individual, social and national identities
Families as Historical Actors
-family variations distinguished by race, culture and
ethnicity
e.g., immigrant families, Catholic families in Quebec, Inuit families
-families are not only p_____e recipients of changing ideas and practices, but are also historical a____s
not only passive recipients of changing ideas and practices, but are also historical actors
-the e_______l elements of family are as important to the individual and to society as the socio-e______c and
cultural functions
-the emotional elements of family
the socio-economic and cultural functions
-the ‘ideal family’ is s______y constructed to meet needs and objectives of given historical periods
socially constructed to meet needs and objectives of given historical periods
-the endurance of the p_________l, h____osexual male- breadwinner family of white E__o-Canadian middle-class -even though most Canadian families do not resemble this model
-the endurance of the patriarchal, heterosexual male-
breadwinner family of white Euro-Canadian middle-class
-even though most Canadian families do not resemble this model
-the centrality of families of early times derives from
their vital functions:
-r_______tion
-p_____tion
-the centrality of families of early times derives from
their vital functions:
-reproduction
-production
-the centrality of families of early times derives from their vital functions: -reproduction -production -s\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ion -m\_\_\_\_\_\_ance -r\_\_\_\_\_tion
-the centrality of families of early times derives from their vital functions: -socialization -maintenance -regulation
-Aboriginal families in pre-contact times were the basis
of the community, but functioned c___________y for
political, economic and spiritual purpose
functioned collectively for
political, economic and spiritual purpose
-The European colonists’ families were organized in
e______d family type but moved toward n_____r family type owing to the availability of cheap l__d
extended family type but moved toward nuclear family
availability of cheap land
-The family was extremely important in earlier society
owing to the absence of external r________s and
p______g
-The family was extremely important in earlier society
owing to the absence of external regulations and
policing
Survival depended on family:
- every family member was expected to w__k
- m_____e was economically necessary
Survival depended on family:
expected to work
-marriage was economically necessary
Survival depended on family:
- childlessness was a b____n
- adoption was c____nplace
Survival depended on family:
- childlessness was a burden
- adoption was commonplace
Industrialization
- 1850s Canada; central to the modernization process
- production moves from r___l family-farm to u___n factories
- survival focus replaced with l_______e focus
Industrialization
- rural family-farm to urban factories
- survival focus replaced with lifestyle focus
Industrialization
- Men: wage-l____r, business, p______s
- Women: c__e-giving, domestic realm, child-r____g
Industrialization
- Men: wage-labour, business, politics
- Women: care-giving, domestic realm, child-rearing
—Families from Confederation - 1925
West expansion and increased s________t
-new, cheap land, i_________n & chain migration
-mandatory schooling began in Ontario in 1871
—Families from Confederation - 1925
expansion and increased settlement
-new, cheap land, immigration & chain migration
-mandatory schooling began in Ontario in 1871
-high rates of i____t and m______l mortality, orphanhood
and widowhood
-experienced disproportionately by the p__r
-high rates of infant and maternal mortality, orphanhood
and widowhood
-experienced disproportionately by the poor
-10-15% (145-97/1,000) of all children born live would die in infancy
-0.5% (5-5/1,000) maternal mortality rate
Confederation to 1925 :
Poor Family Interventions
Social Gospel Movement
-P________t middle-class movement aimed at alleviating many societal ills including: p_____y, a________m, infant mortality, prostitution, child labour and ‘racial d________n’
-informed by m______l feminism
Confederation to 1925 :
Poor Family Interventions
Social Gospel Movement
-Protestant middle-class movement aimed at alleviating
many societal ills including: poverty, alcoholism, infant
mortality, prostitution, child labour and ‘racial
degeneration’
-informed by maternal_feminism
Confederation to 1925:
The Nation-Building Era Not all immigrant families welcome to Canada
-the focus on ‘d_______e immigrants’
-the focus on ‘a_________e’ immigrants
Confederation to 1925:
The Nation-Building Era Not all immigrant families welcome to Canada
- the focus on ‘desirable immigrants’
- the focus on ‘assimilable’ immigrants
The Western settlement program ignored Indigenous
peoples
-influx of w___e settlers threat to Indigenous families
-white missionary interference and r_________l schools
-p__________e principle devastating impact on Métis
families
The Western settlement program ignored Indigenous
peoples
-influx of white settlers threat to Indigenous families
-residential schools
-patrilineage principle devastating impact on Métis
families
Truth and Reconciliation
Indian Residential Schools began 1840s; 1920-federal government made it mandatory for children aged 7-15 to attend residential schools
The impetus for the schools: to “kill the I____n in the child”
Truth and Reconciliation
Indian Residential Schools began 1840s; 1920-federal government made it mandatory for children aged 7-15 to attend residential schools
to “kill the Indian in the child”
The Anglican, United, Presbyterian and Catholic churches were contracted by the government to run the schools
The Anglican, United, Presbyterian and Catholic churches were contracted by the government to run the schools >130 residential schools in Canada; the last one closed in 1996