9:15 - 11:50 C Block Legal Studies
12:30 - 3:05 B Block Human Geography
C Block Legal Studies - Today we'll start looking at arrests and warrants in Canada. Our focus will be on the options police have if they believe a suspect has committed a crime, in this we'll talk about appearance notices & arrests (both warrant-less and warrant arrests)
Section 495 of the criminal code grants the police the power to arrest someone when:
Most warrants are only valid within the province where they have been obtained and many of those warrants will have restrictions setting out a kilometer radius. It is also possible to obtain an arrest warrant that applies across Canada, however this is much harder to do. We'll also talk about the duties of police officers. From the All About Law textbook:
This is relevant due to the 2014 lack of indictment by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was killed by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, on August 9th, 2014. Lawyers for Brown's family say the teen was trying to surrender when he was shot, while Wilson's supporters say he feared for his life and opened fire in self-defense. Brown was shot at least six times. Brown was suspected of having stolen cigars from a nearby convenience store shortly before the incident. Brown and a friend had been walking down the middle of the street when Wilson approached them. The grand jury could have indicted Wilson on charges of manslaughter or murder, however they concluded there was not enough evidence to charge him. After Michael Brown was killed by police in Ferguson, Mo., a Washington Post investigation found that the FBI undercounted fatal police shootings by more than half. This is because reporting by police departments is voluntary and many departments fail to do so.
We'll talk about the rights of police officers in connection to the Brown case and we'll work in partners on questions 3, 4, and 5 from page 149 along with questions 2, 3 & 4 from page 154 of the AAL text.
Section 495 of the criminal code grants the police the power to arrest someone when:
- they have reasonable grounds to believe the person has committed or is about to commit an indictable offence;
- they are committing a criminal offence;
- or when they have reasonable grounds to believe that there is a warrant for that person’s arrest.
Most warrants are only valid within the province where they have been obtained and many of those warrants will have restrictions setting out a kilometer radius. It is also possible to obtain an arrest warrant that applies across Canada, however this is much harder to do. We'll also talk about the duties of police officers. From the All About Law textbook:
Police officers often have to make quick decisions to save lives - their own as well as others. They have to act reasonably because they are held responsible for their conduct and behaviour when carrying out their duties. If they break the rules of police conduct, their evidence may be refused, which can result in an acquittal. In rare situations, the officers involved can be charged under criminal law or sued under civil law (Murphy, Elliott, Mete and Glass; 2009)
This is relevant due to the 2014 lack of indictment by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was killed by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, on August 9th, 2014. Lawyers for Brown's family say the teen was trying to surrender when he was shot, while Wilson's supporters say he feared for his life and opened fire in self-defense. Brown was shot at least six times. Brown was suspected of having stolen cigars from a nearby convenience store shortly before the incident. Brown and a friend had been walking down the middle of the street when Wilson approached them. The grand jury could have indicted Wilson on charges of manslaughter or murder, however they concluded there was not enough evidence to charge him. After Michael Brown was killed by police in Ferguson, Mo., a Washington Post investigation found that the FBI undercounted fatal police shootings by more than half. This is because reporting by police departments is voluntary and many departments fail to do so.
We'll talk about the rights of police officers in connection to the Brown case and we'll work in partners on questions 3, 4, and 5 from page 149 along with questions 2, 3 & 4 from page 154 of the AAL text.
B Block Human Geography -Today you have your first test in the course and it will be on Geography Fundamentals, Population, Development and Migration. There are 29 Multiple-Selection questions, 16 True/False questions and 1 short answer question (worth 10 marks) for a total of 55 possible marks (with a bonus drawing question). Your first order of business is to relax and read each question carefully. Make sure you understand what is being asked of you and if you don't know ask. Don't leave any question blank...try to answer everything. Don't forget you may use your three note packages for this test and you have as much time of the block as you need. After we look at the key question, "Where Are Folk and Popular Leisure Activities Distributed"? To start we need to ask..."What is Culture?"
We'll try to examine two aspects of where folk and popular cultures are in space. First, each cultural activity has a distinctive spatial distribution so we'll examine a social custom’s origin, its diffusion, and its integration with other social characteristics. Second, we'll try to see the relation between material culture and the physical environment. We'll do this by watching Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown visit to Hawai'i. Throughout the episode Bourdain returns to the theme of local culture and explores what it means to be Hawaiian with notable residents such as chefs Andrew Le of The Pig and the Lady and Mark “Gooch” Noguchi of Mission, Molokai resident activists Walter Ritte and Hanohano Naehu, and Maui paddler and waterman Ross Kaaa. Bourdain also frequently asks “Who is Hawaiian?” in the context that someone from New York is considered a New Yorker. The answers may surprise you and this is what I'd like to focus on today.
We'll try to examine two aspects of where folk and popular cultures are in space. First, each cultural activity has a distinctive spatial distribution so we'll examine a social custom’s origin, its diffusion, and its integration with other social characteristics. Second, we'll try to see the relation between material culture and the physical environment. We'll do this by watching Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown visit to Hawai'i. Throughout the episode Bourdain returns to the theme of local culture and explores what it means to be Hawaiian with notable residents such as chefs Andrew Le of The Pig and the Lady and Mark “Gooch” Noguchi of Mission, Molokai resident activists Walter Ritte and Hanohano Naehu, and Maui paddler and waterman Ross Kaaa. Bourdain also frequently asks “Who is Hawaiian?” in the context that someone from New York is considered a New Yorker. The answers may surprise you and this is what I'd like to focus on today.
These are eternal questions...
Who are you?
How do you define yourself?
What is cultural identity?
How would you describe your own cultural/ethnic background?
What are some of the underlying values and expectations that you were culturally-conditioned to have?
What are some of the rituals of your family life that are important to you?
How do you relate to your surrounding community in terms of culture/ethnicity?
How does your personal cultural identity influence your interaction with persons from other cultures and ethnic
backgrounds?
From Lumen Learning, Foundations of Culture and Identity
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