Wednesday, February 5. 2020

Today's schedule is BADC

B Block Human Geography - Today to help answer the Key Question: Why Are Some Human Actions Not Sustainable? we'll examine the concept of possibilism connected to sustainability and cultural ecology. Yesterday we looked at the United Nations Sustainable Development goals and today we'll examine two examples of how human beings have altered the physical environment in the Netherlands and in Florida. From the text...

Few ecosystems have been as thoroughly modified by humans as the Netherlands and Florida's Everglades. Because more than half of the Netherlands lies below sea level, most of the country today would be under water if it were not for massive projects to modify the environment by holding back the sea. Meanwhile, the fragile landscape of south Florida has been altered in insensitive ways.

So I'd like you to identify in point form the problems in both these locations and explain what have humans done (Describe the human modifications and adaptations to these two environments).






Could you please answer the following question at the bottom of page 5 in our week 2 package?:

Both the Netherlands and the Florida Everglades face threats to sustainability. Which is better positioned to face future challenges? Explain your answer. 

To help check out
Everglades in crisis: can this Florida treasure avert an environmental tragedy?
Why is it Important to Restore the Everglades?
The Everglades Threats to the Ecosystem
The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas. The World Is Watching.
Can the Dutch save the world from the danger of rising sea levels?
Rising sea levels - how the Netherlands found ways of working with the environment

A & D Blocks Legal Studies - First please take some time to finish yesterday's work on Section 2 of the Charter (Fundamental Freedoms). Today I'll have you work on questions 1-4 of the Canada (Attorney General) v. JTI Macdonald Corp., (2007) on page 44 in the text. This deals with whether limits imposed on tobacco manufacturers’ freedom of expression by provisions of Tobacco Act and Tobacco Products Information Regulations are justified (referring to Charter sections section 2.b Freedom of Expression and section 1 Reasonable Limits).

I'd also like you to work on question 3 from page 46 which deals with the R. v. Keegstra (1990) and R. v. Butler (1992) cases. For help with Canada (Attorney General) v. JTI Macdonald Corp., (2007)  check out:
Canadian Out of Home Marketing & Measurement Bureau Tobacco Guidelines
Canadian Encyclopedia Tobacco Advertising Ban Unconstitutional
The Atlantic Does Cigarette Marketing Count as Free Speech?
Tobacco control laws Canada
Yes Victoria, there is a limit to free speech
No logos: Tobacco firms under tight timeline to adopt plain packaging
Plain cigarette packs to hit shelves as 'best in the world' regulations kick in
Imperial Tobacco Canada Plain Pack

C Block Criminology - Today we'll look at what you think about crime trends and then we'll look at the BC Crime trends from 2009 - 2018 and then we'll talk about the disparity (difference) between the public perception of violent crime and the actual rates of violent crime in Canada....hint take a look to the left.

The crime data indicate that rates have declined significantly in the past few years and are now far less than they were a decade ago. Suspected causes for the crime rate drop include an increasing prison population, more police on the street, the end of the crack epidemic and the age structure of society. The data sources show relatively stable patterns in the crime rate. Ecological patterns show that crime varies by season and by urban versus rural environment, however there is evidence of gender patterns in the crime rate: Men commit more crime than women. Age is one of the largest influences on crime; young people commit more crime than the elderly (and there are fewer young people in society)
. Crime data show that people commit less crime as they age, but the significance and cause of this pattern are still not completely understood. Similarly, racial and class patterns appear in the crime rate. However, it is still unclear whether these are true differences or a function of discriminatory law enforcement.
CTV News Crime Severity
Canada's Most Dangerous Places Maclean's
Stats Can Crime Severity Index (Police Reported Crime)
Crime in Canada Charts
RCMP Crime Statistics Surrey, BC
Crime Statistics in British Columbia, 2018