Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Friday, May 04, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Calendar to year's end
Introduction to Population Geography.
Handout: Pop Quiz
Handout: Human Population Geography
Handout: Chapter 10: Malthus in Africa
Wed, April 11:
Library Research for Population Conference Research
Wed, March 28:
Demographic Transition.
Handout: Pop Quiz
Handout: How Demographic Transition Reduces Countries' Vulnerability to Civil Conflict
Handout: Population Conference Simulation. See Readings at http://mrmuellersocials.weebly.com/readings.html
Fri, March 30:
Partner response to essay due.
Discussion of Readings.
Classwork on handouts.
Classwork on handouts.
How to read a population Graph; INED: Population Pyramid Animation: http://www.ined.fr/jeux.php?_movie=/flash/d03/EN/D03WebSon.swf&titre=Population%20pyramid&lg=en
Tue, April 3:
Using INED: Population Maps Animation: http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/interactive_maps/
Handout: PRB Population Handbook
Handout: 2006 World Population Data Sheet
Thur, April 5:
Handout Discussion
Handout: Overpopulation Causes Poverty in My Village
Wed, April 11:
Library Research for Population Conference Research
Fri, April 13: 4321 [Block Rotation]
Library Research for Population Conference Research
Tue, April 17:
Poverty
Handout: The Meaning and Measurement of Poverty
Handout: The baby bonanza
Handout: The lesson from Sodom and Gomorrah
Thur, April 19:
Canada's Population
Handout: Economics of aging population
Handout: At 100 million people, three times its current population, Canada is among the most consequential countries in the world
Handout: A snapshot of Canada’s aboriginal population: Graphic
Mon, April 23:
Population and Climate Change
Handout: Population Change can influence climate change
Handout: Watch your Step
Handout: The Chips of Trade
Wed, April 25:
Canada and Climate Change
Handout: Canada Kyoto timeline
Handout: Climate expert says coal not oilsands real threat
Fri, April 27:
Population Conference
Tue, May 1:
Population Conference
Thur, May 3:
In-class Essay
Mon, May 7:
Introduction to Government: Elements of society (Government, Business, Labor); Elements of Government (Executive, Legislative, Judiciary Branch)
Fri, May 11:
Ideology
Tue, May 15:
Legislative Process
Thur, May 17:
Civic Rights and Responsibilities
Wed, May 23:
Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Fri, May 25:
Canadian Issues Discussion
Tue, May 29:
Canadian Issues: Debate
Thur, May 31:
Canadian Issues: Taking a Stand
June 4, 6, 8, 12, 14:
Review
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Canada in the post-WWII era (Text book, pp. 283-341)
Finish WWII Presentations
Wed, Feb 8
Political and social change in Canada after World War II: Overview Notes
Political and social change in Canada after World War II: Overview Notes
Study Groups:
1. Discrimination (Africville, Inuit, Women's Rights)
2. French Canada
3. Diefenbaker/ Lester Pearson
4. Regional Disparity
5. Avro Arrow
6. Canada and the Cold War
Fri, Feb 10
Study Groups
Tue, Feb 14
Group Presentation and Panel Discussions
Thur, Feb 16
Group Presentations and Panel Discussion
Tue, Feb 21
In-class essay
Canada between 1968 and 2000 (Text book, pp. 342-410)
Thur, Feb 23
The Trudeau Era and Canada as an emerging nation in the World: Overview Notes
Mon, Feb 27
Study Groups:
1. Canada and the Third World
2. Trudeau/ Mulroney/ Chretien
3. National Energy Program
4. Canada-U.S. Relations
5. Patriation of the Constitution/ Meech Lake
6. Aboriginal People
7. Defining Canada
Wed, Feb 29 (Assemblies)
Study Groups
Fri, Mar 2
Group Presentation and Panel Discussion
Tue, Mar 6 (Term ends)
Group Presentation and Panel Discussion
Thur, Mar 8
In-class Essay
Effect of WW II on Canada
1. Population Changes: Natural Increase (Baby Boomers), Migration, Refugees, Displaced Persons (DPs): influx into western Canada and major Canadian cities. Result: Suburbia. Effect: Increasingly multicultural society. Two-car families.
2. Counter-culture: Holocaust, Human Rights: Young people blame older generation for war.
3. Continued segregation of minorities (Blacks, Asians, Aboriginals). Emergence of the hyphenated Canadian. Inuits as "human flagpoles". Women continue to be treated as second-class citizens when returning war vets wanted their jobs back. Result: increased feminism and Royal Commission on the Status of Women.
4. French Canadians: "La survivance"
5. Regional disparities. the west as Ontario's hinterland
Key Issues:
How to deal with the needs of new Canadians.
How to guarantee equal participation and acceptance of all Canadians
How to keep Canada united and deal with regional alienation
6. Canada-U.S. relations. Canada's population in relation to that of the US continues at a ratio of 1:10 (implication: relative weakness in economic terms). Economic ties that started with Branch Plants in the 1920s continue: St. Lawrence Seaway, Auto Pact, Acid Rain remained a concern until Mulroney and George Bush could agree on a solution.
7. As Canadian and American economies became more intertwined,Americans continued to take Canada for granted: to strengthen Canadian autonomy and sovereignty, Trudeau initiated the Foreign Investment Review Agency (FIRA) which was dismantled by Mulroney and replaced with a Free Trade Agreement.
Key Issues:
How to guarantee a growing economy based on resource trade when neighboring countries produce higher value manufactured goods that Canadians must buy?
How to avoid the power of brokers in big centers to control the price of resources and produce less income for Canadians.
To what extent must a Canadian government protect the national economy and at the same time open Canada up for business?
8. WW II changed the global alliance system and polarized the world. Result: Cold War and arms race for global military domination.
9. Canada at the crossroads, vulnerable, chooses the middle way and becomes a middle power.
10. New organizations emerge with the purpose of establishing a mechanism to resolve conflict and work toward world peace. Canada takes a lead role as peace keeper.
11. Population growth in developing countries escalates while the income gap between rich and poor countries widens. Canada takes a leading role in developmental aid. (North South dialogue, CIDA)
Key Issues:
How to prevent global annihilation.
How to prevent future mass migrations.
How to use international institutions to create peace and prosperity.
Assignments
1. You will research the theme of your study group as a team and discuss key issues related to your theme. Do this based on any facts you can pull out from your text and other resources. Conduct a panel discussion of some of the issues before the class.
2. Individually, write a response how the issue was dealt with in Canada at the time, in other words, what led to the problem, what solutions were found, how successful were these solutions?
3. Choose three different images from pp. 264-406 and write an essay of 1000 to 1500 words, typed, double-spaced in which you discuss the significance of these images as representative of their time. Try to connect the images from different categories so that you can develop a theme.
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