Canada is today considered a cultural mosaic because it guarantees the security and welcome of the ethnic origins of all its inhabitants. Canadian culture itself celebrates and embraces other cultures without condemning or discriminating against the ethnic origin of other people, because in Canada, multiculturalism and equality of all people are very important. But has it always been like this from the beginning? Unfortunately, this was not the case. In Canada's past, diversity was not something that was celebrated and those who were not white suffered great injustices. Canada has a history of mistreatment of minorities, as evidenced by assimilation policies used against indigenous people, racism of African-Canadians, and discriminatory practices against Asian Canadians. (I NEED HELP HERE!!!!11!!1!1)The Canadian government thought it was up to them to provide Indigenous children with school systems that would integrate them into Canadian society, because it was thought that their indigenous culture and heritage were inferior. Residential schools were established across the country and the law made attendance compulsory for Aboriginal children under the Indian Act. Approximately 150,000 indigenous children participated. The purpose of these schools was to teach these children Canadian customs, the Christian religion and the English language. The hope was that they would pass them on to their children in the future and that the native culture would completely disappear over the years. Children were taken from their homes and taken to schools where they were forced to learn things that were foreign to them. They were not allowed to speak their own language or practice their traditions. If they were caught doing so, they were severely punished. They were often middle of paper......not enforced, some schools met as rarely as three times a month, others closed completely. Some schools only met three times in the space of a month. . (Blackhouse, 1999 p.251). Racially segregated schools were not abolished until 1964. (Blackhouse, 1999 p. 250) Late in the evening of February 28, 1930, seventy-five members of the Klu Klux Klan came to Oakville and went to the home of Ira Johnson, who was a black man who had a white wife living with him (Isabel Jones). The Klan then forcibly separated the couple. They took Isabel from Ira and brought her to her parents. They rounded up Ira's family, then nailed a cross to their yard and set it on fire. They threatened that if they saw Ira with a white girl again, they would come back for him. (Blackhouse 1999 p.173) When a black citizen alerted the police chief to what was happening, he made no arrests.,