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What did Ted Rogers credit his success to?

  • Attending prestigious schools and having a secretary take notes for him
  • Engaging in illegal activities to make money
  • Willingness to take risks, work hard, bend rules, be on the constant lookout for opportunities (correct)
  • Inheriting wealth and connections from his family
  • How did Ted Rogers make money while attending Upper Canada College?

  • By taking bets on horse racing from other students (correct)
  • By selling his family's businesses
  • By working part-time at a local business
  • By investing in the stock market
  • What was the value of Rogers Communications at the time of Ted Rogers' death?

  • $25 billion (correct)
  • $5.7 billion
  • $50 billion
  • $10 billion
  • What type of social system offers flexibility and allows for social mobility?

    <p>Class system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which form of mobility occurs within a person's lifetime?

    <p>Intragenerational mobility</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Atlantic Slave Trade lead to in America?

    <p>Racial-based servitude</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of the federal penitentiary population in Canada was made up of aboriginal people in 2013?

    <p>23.2%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has the high rate of incarceration for aboriginal peoples in Canada been linked to?

    <p>Systemic discrimination, cultural prejudice, economic and social disadvantage, substance abuse, and trauma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is social stratification based on?

    <p>Social differentiation such as class, occupation, gender, or race</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Tumin believe about the relationship between ability and success?

    <p>Ability is not equal to success</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to George Mead's symbolic interactionist perspective, how do people interact with each other?

    <p>By interpreting and finding the language and actions of others and attaching meaning to them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one real-world effect of implicit bias according to the text?

    <p>Race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation can affect job opportunities and fair paychecks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Durkheim emphasize as crucial for society?

    <p>'All societies have important tasks that must be accomplished'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Davis and Moore advocate for in society?

    <p>A meritocracy where ability determines prestige</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Aboriginal Incarceration in Canada

    • In 2010–2011, the aboriginal incarceration rate was 10 times higher than for the non-aboriginal population.
    • In 2013, aboriginal people made up 23.2% of the federal penitentiary population, up from 17% in 2001.
    • Aboriginal inmates are routinely classified as higher risk and higher need, released later in their sentence, overrepresented in segregation and maximum security populations, and more likely to return to prison on parole revocation.
    • The high rate of incarceration for aboriginal peoples has been linked to systemic discrimination, cultural prejudice, economic and social disadvantage, substance abuse, and trauma.
    • The statistical profile of aboriginal youth in Saskatchewan is grim, with high numbers of dropouts, domestic abuse victims, drug dependencies, and child poverty backgrounds.
    • Aboriginal gang members interviewed were willing to seize opportunities, take risks, and apply themselves to their vocations, but faced challenges due to their upbringing and lack of opportunities.
    • Canada is supposed to be an "open" society with no formal boundaries, but there are disparities in life chances between Aboriginal youth and others.
    • Social stratification is the unequal distribution of valued resources, rewards, and positions in a society, which is based on social differentiation such as class, occupation, gender, or race.
    • Social stratification is an institutionalized system of social inequality that solidifies into a system determining who gets what, when, and why.
    • Society's resources are distributed unevenly throughout the layers of social stratification, with the top layer representing those with more resources.
    • Social stratification dates back to 5000 years ago and has evolved from nomadic tribes with equal power to more pronounced differences in the industrial and post-industrial ages.
    • Social standing is described by closed and open systems, with the former having strict boundaries between social positions and the latter having more flexible boundaries.

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