Wednesday, November 18. 2020

Today's schedule is: 

9:15 - 11:50 B Block Legal Studies  

12:30 - 3:05 C Block Social and Environmental Sciences

B Block Legal Studies - Today we'll discuss the "rule of law" and quickly review the Social Studies 11 topics of our constitution and how laws are made.

I'll have you work on questions from page 21 of the All About Law textbook:

• Question 2 How did the English common law system develop? 
• Question 3 How is the rule of precedent used in today’s system of law? and 
• Question 5 Explain the significance of statute law as a source of law? 

Primary Sources of Law: Canadian Case Law

Primary Sources of Law: Canadian Legislation

After we'll look at the three sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that limit your individual rights (Reasonable Limits, Notwithstanding Clause and Where the Charter Applies).
Top 10 Charter Cases: As Revealed at the Symposium on the 25th Anniversary of the Charter

   

C Block Social and Environmental Sciences - Today Benton and I will be taking you for a field study of Kitty Coleman Provincial Park and Seal Bay Regional Park. The eastern portion of Kitty Coleman protects the mature forest of Western hemlock, Western red cedar and Douglas fir in the upland portion, the estuary of Kitty Coleman Creek and is home to a single majestic old-growth Douglas fir, estimated to be more than 500 years old. 

Indigenous people historically visited Seal Bay and forests to collect supplies and to camp during canoe trips. They refer to these lands as Xwee Xwhya Luq (pronounced Zway Why Luck), meaning “a place that has beauty, beauty that is not only seen but also felt.” We will explore the water side (on the east side) which has well groomed meandering trails leading through a second-growth forest of Douglas fir, big-leaf maple and red alder, with steep ravines lined with gigantic sword ferns and a seasonal waterfall. The primary value of Seal Bay Nature Park is that it is a large regenerated second-growth forest. The park is one and half times the size of Stanley Park in Vancouver, protecting 642 hectares (1,585.6 acres) of biodiversity and treasured wildlife habitat. Seal Bay forest features rare plant communities such as hardhack (spirea), wetlands, trembling aspen, Pacific crab apple and slough sedge.