The statistics are nearly identical because ‘English settler colonialism works the same way’ in different places,says Canadian expert on trip to SydneyAboriginal disadvantage in Canada mirrors that of Indigenous people in Australia because both are survivors of colonialism, a leading Canadian advocate has said.
Aboriginal peoples in Canada were grappling with record numbers of their children being placed in the child welfare system and a enormous over-representation in the criminal justice system – the same issues that faced Australia, or said Jonathan Rudin,head of Aboriginal Legal Services of Canada.
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Source: theguardian.com