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CGW4U- Canadian and World Issues

Course Description
This course examines the global challenges of creating a sustainable and equitable future, focusing on current issues that illustrate these challenges. Students will investigate a range of topics, including cultural, economic, and geopolitical relationships, regional disparities in the ability to meet basic human needs, and protection of the natural environment. Students will use geotechnologies and skills of geographic inquiry and analysis to develop and communicate balanced opinions about the complex issues facing Canada and a world that is interdependent and constantly changing.
Prerequisite: Any university or university/college preparation course in Canadian and world studies, English, or social sciences and humanities
Announcements

Research paper due Monday, Jan, 16, 2012

Test 3 on Population Dynamics will be on Tuesday, December 19, 2011

Read Chapters 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9

Test rescheduled Monday, November, 28, 2011
Internation Alliances Group Assignment is due on November, 27, 2011

Internation Agreements Group Assignment and Presntation is on November, 21, 2011

Read Chapter 21-25

Annotated maps are due on Thursday, October, 27, 2011

Unit 1 test on Friday, October, 14, 2011

Assisngment on Analyzing the news Due Wednesday, September, 28, 2011

Remeber to record entries once per week on your World Issues Diary

Assignment on Country Comparison Due Monday, September, 19, 2011.

Assignment on Media news Bias Due Thursday, September, 23, 2011

Unit 1: Studying Issues- Ways of Seeing

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File Description Date Uploaded
Canadian_and_World_issues_handout1.docx  ·  docx/55kB 9/15/2011
World Issues Acronyms  ·  pdf/64kB 9/15/2011
Current World Issues  ·  pdf/92kB 9/15/2011
Mind Map  ·  pdf/241kB 9/15/2011
World Mapping Assignment  ·  pdf/206kB 9/15/2011
Countries Comparison  ·  pdf/92kB 9/15/2011
Defining Issues  ·  pdf/129kB 9/15/2011
World Issues Diary Assignment  ·  pdf/81kB 9/15/2011
Weekly news report Guideline and Rubric  ·  pdf/96kB 9/15/2011
World Issues Slideshow  ·  ppt/474kB 9/15/2011
Measuring your Perspective  ·  pdf/385kB 9/15/2011
Manufacturing Consent  ·  pdf/116kB 9/15/2011
Double Speak  ·  pdf/156kB 9/15/2011
Global Media  ·  ppt/2MB 9/16/2011
Analyzing the News  ·  pdf/89kB 9/22/2011

Unit 2: Geopolitics- Patterns of Global Power

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Geopolitics  ·  ppt/3MB 10/12/2011
Sovereignty  ·  ppt/3MB 10/21/2011
Geopolitical Hot spots  ·  pdf/2MB 10/21/2011
Improving the world Part 1 of 2  ·  ppt/2MB 11/3/2011
Improving the world Part 2 of 2  ·  ppt/2MB 11/3/2011

Unit 3: Population

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Demographics  ·  ppt/818kB 12/15/2011
People moving Part 1  ·  ppt/6MB 12/15/2011
People Moving Part 2  ·  ppt/5MB 12/15/2011
Quality of Life  ·  ppt/2MB 12/15/2011
Population Growth  ·  ppt/2MB 12/19/2011
test review  ·  docx/13kB 12/19/2011

Unit 4: Interdepency: Environment and Economy

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Natural Resources  ·  ppt/1MB 1/17/2012
Nature of Food and poverty  ·  ppt/651kB 1/17/2012
Shortage of food  ·  ppt/1MB 1/17/2012
Bananas, coffees, and deserts  ·  ppt/2MB 1/17/2012