Community Development in Action in Thunder BayCanada prides itself on having a cultural mosaic, appreciating every culture within the country. The idea of ​​cultural mosaic aims to support an ethnically diverse nation by allowing communities to strengthen their social capital (Brown & Hannis, 2012). Unfortunately, Canadian history reveals a different story. The Canadian government's historic oppression of Aboriginal people, on a macro level, has left the entire Aboriginal culture with a social stigma. Now, in an effort to provide relief, the Canadian government has established various advocacy forums addressing the issue of oppression against Aboriginal people (e.g., the Thunder Bay Police Service's Aboriginal Liaison Unit) (Brown & Hannis, 2012). Created in 1876, the Indian Act reveals the exact opposite of a valuable cultural mosaic and exposes the Canadian government's initial desire to openly oppress Aboriginal people through cultural imperialism (Brown & Hannis, 2012). With the attempted “dominance of one culture over another through deliberate policy” Aboriginal people have suffered for many years from legalized racism, within many secondary structures of society; even today many people label the Aboriginal community as “the Indian problem,” a defamatory statement originating from Duncan Campbell Scott (na, n.d.). As deputy superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs, Scott, by publicly denouncing an entire race, consequently had a drastic impact on the lives of generations of Aboriginal people. The implementation of residential schools “took [children] from their families and [sent them] to boarding schools, where many suffered abuse as part of the government's official policy of 'kill... middle of paper... ". .. Canadian government apologizes for abuses against indigenous people. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/11/AR2008061100419.html John, E. (2009, July 2) From Apologies. to action: Edward John. Retrieved from http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=7e574538-75e8-4e6e-9337-fae5c797599f Fogarty, P. (2010, May 21) Empowering Aboriginal Youth from http://mindyourmindpro .ca/resource-centre/enhancing-practice/485-empowering-aboriginal-youth-Na (2011). Gangs – Family, Gangs, And The Gang As Family Retrieved from http://family.jrank. org/pages/674/Gangs-Family-Gangs-Gang-Family.htmlThunder Bay Police Service (n.d.) Aboriginal Liaison Retrieved from http://www.thunderbay.ca/Police/Aboriginal_Liaison.htmQuotationsBook (n.d.) Quotations on Authority. Retrieved from http://quotationsbook.com/quote/3574/