Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Thursday, November 3. 2022

Today's schedule is DCBA


D/C Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - First in D Block with Ms. Nadeau, you have time this morning to work on your seedling sketchbook and reflections from Cathedral Grove yesterday. The due date for the sketch book has been pushed back to next Monday (rather than tomorrow). After a while we will move on to looking at the Indigenous worldview perspective of land and resources by exploring some videos. You'll get a worksheet and work through the scenarios with discussing this together as a class. You will hand it in at the end of Friday's class. With Mr. Benton in C Block, you will get a signage and information reflection / handout from yesterday's field trip to Cathedral Grove. 


Here are the videos for Ms. Nadeau's work (for today and tomorrow):








B Block Legal Studies - To start, we'll work on questions 2, 3 & 4 from page 154 of the AAL text. After we'll look at what a lawful search (not unreasonable) is and find out what search warrants are, how they are obtained and what your rights are connected to searches. To help I'll have you work in partners on the R. v. Clayton (2007) case on page 156 and on the R. v. Shankar (2007) case on page 159 in the All About Law text (that's the talky part of class, right?) 

For Clayton
  1. Why shouldn’t police be allowed to stop and search anyone that could possibly be guilty of some wrongdoing?
  2. Should police be allowed to ask questions and detain someone even if they don’t have reasonable and probable grounds to arrest or charge that person? What potential issues arise if police were not able to detain individuals for investigative purposes or ask questions?
  3. Would or should the result have been different if the 911 caller had been very specific and had identified only one car?
  4. Would or should the result have been different if the caller had seen marijuana instead of guns?
  5. Would or should the result have been different if the caller did not give the 911 operator any specific details about the men or their vehicles?
  6. Why is evidence that is obtained in violation of s. 8 or s. 9 rights sometimes excluded? Should this happen? 

 For Shankar

  1. Although the trial judge stated that the extended search was not reasonably necessary and was a section 8 Charter breach, he still admitted the guns into evidence. Why do you think he did this?
  2. What arguments do you think Shankar could make to support his view that the evidence should not have been admitted pursuant to section 24(2) of the Charter?
  3. What does “police search incident to arrest” mean and how does “police search incident to arrest” apply in this case? Explain.
Lastly I'll have you work on the following questions 1 & 3 are from page 164 of the All About Law text

  •  Describe how a search warrant is obtained and used. 
  • Outline the important exceptions to search laws for illegal drug and gun offences.
  • In order to prove that a warrantless search was reasonable, what does the Crown need to show
  • In determining whether a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in a given situation, what considerations would a court take into account? 

A Block Criminology - You have time to work on your terrorism questions:
  1. What is terrorism? Why do some attacks on civilians count as terrorism and others don’t? How does the motive, race, ethnic background and/or religion of the attacker affect the way attacks are responded to?
  2. Who carries out terrorism? Is terrorism always carried out by organized opposition groups? Can states be terrorists? Can individuals? Explain...
  3. Is the motive behind an act important in deciding whether it is terrorism, or should only the act itself be considered? What is the objective of terrorism? Is terrorism "violence for an audience" -- an act committed to inspire fear in the public and therefore force policy changes? Or does a terrorist act have specific strategic objectives? Does it make any difference if the perpetrators consider themselves martyrs for a religious or political cause?
  4. If a cause is considered legitimate, are any means to achieve its goals legitimate? How does one distinguish between a terrorist and a freedom fighter?
  5. Which of the five drivers of violent extremism identified in the United Nations Secretary-General's VE Action Plan do you consider to be the most significant one, and why?
  6. Governments have tried numerous responses to terrorism. Discuss some of these responses. 

From 2:40 until 3:00 we'll head to the Multi Purpose Room for the Post-Secondary BC (PSBC) Mini-Fair. School representatives will be here from: 

North Island College
Vancouver Island University
University of Victoria
Camosun College
University of British Columbia
British Columbia Institute of Technology
University of Northern British Columbia
Okanagan College
Thompson Rivers University
Trinity Western University
Canadian Armed Forces-Royal Military College 

 

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