KINE 1000 Test #2

Land Acknowledgement

A formal statement recognizing the traditional territory of Indigenous Peoples.

Institutional Oppression

Relationships structured by institutions that privilege some while oppressing others.

Power

The ability to define and shape reality, influencing values and measures of success.

Oppression

Unjust treatment or exercise of power over a group, often by governmental authority.

Domination

The exercise of control or influence over someone or something.

Subordination

Being placed in a lower class, rank, or position.

Privilege

A special advantage or right held by an individual or group.

Doctrine of Discovery

Legal framework granting European settlers rights to Indigenous lands without consent.

Terra Nullius

A term meaning 'nobody's land', used to justify land dispossession. (Taking Over)

Colonialism

The ongoing theft of Indigenous lands, often accompanied by violence and assimilation. (the ongoing theft of Indigenous lands for capital gain)

Residential Schools

Institutions aimed at assimilating Indigenous children, characterized by neglect and violence.

SES (Socioeconomic Status)

An individual's or group's position within a hierarchy based on various factors.

Social Stratification

The layering of society into classes such as upper, middle, and lower class.

Bourdieu's Capital

Resources categorized into economic, social, cultural, and symbolic types.

Habitus

The ingrained habits, preferences, and expectations shaped by past experiences.

• a sense of one’s place and sense of other people’s place (a sense of what is comfort or home to you)

Quiet Luxury

Subtle, expensive fashion that avoids displaying overt logos, associated with old money.

Wealth Gap

The increasing disparity in wealth distribution among different socioeconomic groups.

Meritocracy

The belief that advancement is based on ability and effort, not personal attributes.

Social Determinants Of Health (SDOH)

Economic and social factors influencing health outcomes in individuals and communities.

Healthism

The ideology that individual responsibility solely dictates one's health outcomes.

Colonial Determinants Of Health (colonialism)

Policies and systems supporting the occupation and exploitation of Indigenous Peoples.

Intersectionality

The study of overlapping social identities and their associated systems of discrimination.

Crown Determinants (Proximal)

Factors influenced by government policies, often failing to address core issues.

Jordan's Principle

A child-first principle ensuring First Nations children access required health services.

Deferring

Postponing action by calling for more studies or research into a problem.

Denying

Rejecting the existence or severity of a problem, often related to First Nations poverty.

Sex

Biological classification, typically male or female, assigned at birth.

Gender

Social roles and expectations tied to one's sex, shaped by culture.

Hegemonic Masculinity

Culturally dominant form of masculinity characterized by strength and competitiveness.

Gender Roles

Expectations regarding how individuals should behave based on their gender.

Human Rights in Sport

The idea that inclusion in sports is a fundamental human right.

Sex-Segregated Sports

Sports structured to separate participants based on sex, limiting inclusivity.

Gender Verification

Testing to determine an athlete's sex, often criticized for its discriminatory practices.

Inclusivity in Sports

The need for sports to accommodate and celebrate diverse gender identities.

Fairness vs. Inclusivity

Balancing equitable treatment and opportunities for all athletes regardless of identity.

Media Coverage Bias

Unequal representation of female athletes compared to males, often focusing on appearance.

Structural Determinants of Health

Fundamental social and political factors that shape health outcomes.

Cultural Appropriation in Sports

When dominant cultures exploit Indigenous cultures in sports without proper representation.

Root of the tree (Distal)

• Has the most profound effects on health because they represent the political, economic, and social context that constructs all other determinants.

• Deeply embedded determinants that include colonialism, racism/social exclusion, and self-determination that form the basis from which all other determinants emerge

Trunk/Core of the tree (Intermediate)

• Include health promotion, health care, education & justice, social supports, labour markets, & government and private enterprise.

• Relationship to land, kinship networks, language, ceremonies, knowledge sharing.

• Examples: inadequate federal/provincial resources to support healthy development for all Indigenous children, lack of economic development leading to poverty, & inaccessible health care that leads to diminished screening, late diagnosis, and negative health outcomes.

Deflect

Deflect attention by making announcements about unrelated projects or by offering commentary that indirectly blames or vilifies First Nations on completely unrelated matters.

The Indian Act

Limited movement and ability to access food and water, capacities to hunt, collect berries, harvest medicines, and engage in cultures and ceremonies.

Pathology

The study of disease (tissue).

Income Polarization

focuses on the homogeneity within a group rather than the differences between groups. (Reduction in the middle class is a significant factor that may contribute to income polarization)

Salary and Wage Polarization

A pattern in which wage growth is greater for low and high-skill occupations than for occupations in the middle.

Two types of capital?

• Athletic (If you're on a team, you have athletic power/capital)

• Aesthetic (beauty, height, clothing, etc)

Power of symbolism

false sense of equivalence among settler audiences who see something of their own sense of ‘normalcy’ in the pictures

Institutional mechanisms of colonialism

removal of land/people from land, imposing new definitions of status, rights, and family, denying peoples identity culture, removing ability to make decisions, enforcing power imbalances.

Racial Superiority

racism that people may exhibit asserting that their group, ethnicity, or the like may be superior to another.

Symbolic

Ideologies used to justify relationships of domination & subordination.