SOCW 2060 Week 1-Chapter 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS And CORRECT
Answers
What are mutual benefit societies? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Mutual aid funds made by groups of
workers to provide relief for workers or their families when they fall ill or die on the job.
2. Combined advantages of mutual aid associations insurance companies, and co-ops
What are benevolent societies? - CORRECT ANSWERS Private charity organizations formed by
middle, upper-class women or by the recommendation of churches to serve the poor people of their ethnic
or religious background
Operated in large urban areas
Deserving vs. Undeserving Poor - CORRECT ANSWERS
Deserving vs. Undeserving Poor, and where did the Undeserving get sent? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Deserving = widows, orphans, chronically ill, elderly people who can not work by no
fault of their own and who do not engage in immoral activities such as drinking or gambling.
Undeserving = Considered physically able to work but unemployed regardless, assumed to be because of
a personal moral failing or due to undesirable character traits. Includes unmarried women (lol),
unemployed men, migrants and any other presumably 'able' person
Undeserving poor were sometimes sent to Maison d'industrie - or work houses - where they would have
relief in the form of moral rehabilitation along with labour expectations
Two major tenets regarding poverty shown by providers of relief in early (17th C) Quebec - CORRECT
ANSWERS 1. That poverty was individually driven because of inability to live within current
economic or social systems in combination with having unfavourable character traits
, 2. The Poor were either deserving or undeserving, and only the former should receive charity
What are 'bureauz des pauvres' and how did they operate? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. 'Offices of
the poor'
2. Usually under the supervision of a local priest, funding from collection from parishers then distributed
to impoverished members of the parish
Who was primarily responsible for helping the impoverished in 17th C Quebec?
If they were unable to, who provided aid? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Families of impoverished
people
2. Charity of local churches (Roman Catholics and Christians, mostly). Was not a planned system but a
disorganized group of multiple entities each with their own criteria for establishing need and deserving
relief
What are the 8 guiding principles that promot traditional Inuit connection within practical applications of
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Inuuqatigiitsiarniq - respect others,
relationships and caring for other people
2. Tunnganarniq - foster a good spirit and be open, welcoming and inclusive
3. Pijitsirniq - serving, providing for family and community
4. Aajiiqatigiinniq - decisions made with consensus and discussion
5. Pilimmaksarniq - skill and knowledge development through observation, mentoring and practice
6. Piliriqatigiinniq - collaboration for the common good
ACTUAL QUESTIONS And CORRECT
Answers
What are mutual benefit societies? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Mutual aid funds made by groups of
workers to provide relief for workers or their families when they fall ill or die on the job.
2. Combined advantages of mutual aid associations insurance companies, and co-ops
What are benevolent societies? - CORRECT ANSWERS Private charity organizations formed by
middle, upper-class women or by the recommendation of churches to serve the poor people of their ethnic
or religious background
Operated in large urban areas
Deserving vs. Undeserving Poor - CORRECT ANSWERS
Deserving vs. Undeserving Poor, and where did the Undeserving get sent? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Deserving = widows, orphans, chronically ill, elderly people who can not work by no
fault of their own and who do not engage in immoral activities such as drinking or gambling.
Undeserving = Considered physically able to work but unemployed regardless, assumed to be because of
a personal moral failing or due to undesirable character traits. Includes unmarried women (lol),
unemployed men, migrants and any other presumably 'able' person
Undeserving poor were sometimes sent to Maison d'industrie - or work houses - where they would have
relief in the form of moral rehabilitation along with labour expectations
Two major tenets regarding poverty shown by providers of relief in early (17th C) Quebec - CORRECT
ANSWERS 1. That poverty was individually driven because of inability to live within current
economic or social systems in combination with having unfavourable character traits
, 2. The Poor were either deserving or undeserving, and only the former should receive charity
What are 'bureauz des pauvres' and how did they operate? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. 'Offices of
the poor'
2. Usually under the supervision of a local priest, funding from collection from parishers then distributed
to impoverished members of the parish
Who was primarily responsible for helping the impoverished in 17th C Quebec?
If they were unable to, who provided aid? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Families of impoverished
people
2. Charity of local churches (Roman Catholics and Christians, mostly). Was not a planned system but a
disorganized group of multiple entities each with their own criteria for establishing need and deserving
relief
What are the 8 guiding principles that promot traditional Inuit connection within practical applications of
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. Inuuqatigiitsiarniq - respect others,
relationships and caring for other people
2. Tunnganarniq - foster a good spirit and be open, welcoming and inclusive
3. Pijitsirniq - serving, providing for family and community
4. Aajiiqatigiinniq - decisions made with consensus and discussion
5. Pilimmaksarniq - skill and knowledge development through observation, mentoring and practice
6. Piliriqatigiinniq - collaboration for the common good
