Lesson 2.1
Module 2 Introduction Con't
| The settlement of Canada by Europeans during the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries is the result of expeditions by European explorers to seek resources in North America. Other European explorers navigated routes in other directions that led to contact with the Indigenous peoples of Africa, Asia, and Australia. The relationships that emerged were diverse in nature. These relationships could be economic, social, and/or political in nature depending on the ideas, values, and beliefs each group brought with them. In some circumstances there were mutual benefits to contact between Aboriginal and European peoples. In other circumstances the resources were valued more than any possible relationships with Aboriginal peoples. These circumstances placed Aboriginal peoples in unequal relationships where the relationship to the land, the ways of life, and the resources were exploited for the benefits of European consummation and power. |
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| There are many perspectives on the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples or, as explored in this module, the Aboriginal and European peoples as they interacted in North America. You will develop understandings of the origins of globalization and the relationships and legacies—economic, political, and social—between these groups. |
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What were the historical reasons and legacies?
Many of the global issues today have a basis in the historical contact and relationships that develop between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. In this section you will explore contacts and relationships. You will examine the factors that led historically to cultural contact between groups. You will explore the world views that shaped those relationships and the foundations that created historical globalization. You will analyze the relationship between historical globalization and the economic, political, social, and cultural legacies evident in the world today.