D Block Physical Geography - Today we shift our focus (ha ha...see what I did there? Such a bad Dad Joke...turning into Arsenault now) to earthquakes.We'll look at some video of the aftermath of the Gaziantep, Türkiye (February 2023) Mw 7.8 earthquake along the East Anatolian Fault zone. The Feb. 6 earthquake and aftershocks that killed over 51,000 people in Türkiye and Syria left at least 156,000 buildings either completely collapsed or damaged to the point where they require demolition. The U.N. Development Program (UNDP) says the resulting 116- 210 million tonnes of rubble are equivalent to an area of 100 square km (40 square miles), if it were stacked to a height of 1 metre. I'll have you take some notes down about the three types of faults (use Geosystems Core text How Do Plate Motions Affect Earth’s Crust? Chapter 8.7 Deformation, Folding, & Faulting p.229). After, you'll have a series of questions to complete
- Differentiate between the Modified Mercalli, the Richter, and the moment magnitude scales. How are these used to describe an earthquake? Why has the Richter scale been updated and modified? (Geosystems Core text How Do Plate Motions Affect Earth’s Crust? Chapter 8.8 p.230-231)
- What is the relationship between an epicenter and the focus of an earthquake? Give examples (Geosystems Core text How Do Plate Motions Affect Earth’s Crust? Chapter 8.8 p.230)
- What local soil and surface conditions in San Francisco severely magnified the energy felt in earthquakes? Will this be a problem in the Lower Mainland / Southwestern B.C. in an earthquake? (Use this link - Solid Rock and Bowls of Jello)
- How does science try to predict earthquake occurrences and why is it difficult to do so? (Geosystems Core text How Do Plate Motions Affect Earth’s Crust? Chapter 8.8 p.231)
Check out the cool interactive activity at National Geographic Forces of Nature or the Today in Earthquake History at the USGS. For more information check out the Latest Earthquakes map from the USGS or the science of earthquakes from the USGS or Earthquakes Canada or BC Public Safety Earthquakes
C Block Human Geography - Today we'll examine the Key Issue "Why Does Development Vary by Gender"? From the UN HDI GII..."Gender inequality remains a major barrier to human development. Girls and women have made major strides since 1990, but they have not yet gained gender equity. The disadvantages facing women and girls are a major source of inequality. All too often, women and girls are discriminated against in health, education, political representation, labour market, etc. with negative consequences for development of their capabilities and their freedom of choice".
UNICEF USA: Towards Gender Equality from UNICEF USA on Vimeo.
The GII measures gender inequalities in three important aspects of human development:
While looking deeper into the topic, I'll have you work on three questions for me:
The GII measures gender inequalities in three important aspects of human development:
- Reproductive health; measured by maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rates;
- Empowerment; measured by proportion of parliamentary seats occupied by females and proportion of adult females and males aged 25 years and older with at least some secondary education and
- Economic status; expressed as labour market participation and measured by labour force participation rate of female and male populations aged 15 years and older.
Better educated women tend to be healthier, participate more in the formal labor market, earn higher incomes, have fewer children, marry at a later age, and enable better health care and education for their children, should they choose to become mothers. All these factors combined can help lift households, communities, and nations out of poverty. According to UNESCO estimates, 130 million girls between the age of 6 and 17 are out of school and 15 million girls of primary-school age—half of them in sub-Saharan Africa— will never enter a classroom. Poverty remains the most important factor for determining whether a girl can access an education. Studies consistently reinforce that girls who face multiple disadvantages — such as low family income, living in remote or underserved locations, disability or belonging to a minority ethno-linguistic group — are farthest behind in terms of access to and completion of education.And from the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2020:
- The top country for gender parity remained Iceland (for the 11th year running).
- The most-improved countries were Albania, Ethiopia, Mali, Mexico and Spain.
- Of the 149 countries ranked, 101 improved their scores on the 2019 index (this excludes the five new countries that have joined the ranking this year).
- A further 48 saw their performance unchanged, while the top 10th percentile saw their scores improve more than 3.3% year-on-year.
- A total of 35 countries have achieved gender parity in education.
- In healthcare, 48 countries have achieved near-parity and 71 have closed at least 97% of the gap.
HOWEVER
- Globally, gender parity stands at 68.6% and the bottom 10 countries have closed just 40% of the gender gap.
- Political empowerment scores are poor. In terms of parliamentary representation, globally women have secured just 25% of available positions, a figure that slips to 21% at a ministerial level. At this level, there are nine where they have no representation.
- In the past 50 years, 85 states have had no female head of state.
- In terms of economic participation, the gender gap will take 257 years to close (compared to 202 years in the 2019 report).
- Globally, only 55% of women (aged 15-64) are engaged in the labour market as opposed to 78% of men.
- There are 72 countries where women are barred from opening bank accounts or obtaining credit.
- There is no country where men spend the same amount of time on unpaid work as women. In countries where the ratio is lowest, it is still 2:1.
- Based on the world maps included in Key Issue 2, which two of the nine world regions appear to have the highest levels of inequality? Do these two regions have high or low HDIs?
- What has been the trend in gender inequality since the 1990s?
- Review the major economic, social, and demographic characteristics that contribute to a country’s level of development. Which indicators can vary significantly by gender within countries and between countries at various levels of development? Why?
B Block Criminology - "Why is violence entertaining"? I'll have you work on the following:
- What is the attraction of violent films and video games?
- Is there more violent imagery in media now as opposed to the past (think graphic, realistic visceral)? Why / Why not?
- What kinds of people are drawn to violent imagery and what kind of violent images draw them to that form of entertainment?
- What is “morbid curiosity”?
- Are there any equally satisfying substitutions for violent entertainment?
- What draws our attention to violent media events (news) that are not intended to entertain?
Is Bugs Bunny bad for kids? Comedy and violence are intermingled into a typical or formulaic narrative story.....Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner, Elmer Fudd chases Bugs Bunny, Sylvester chases Tweety Bird and they inflict carnage on each other. The end is always the same....someone wins, someone loses, the loser is humiliated and we laugh at them (good clean wholesome fun). While we watch the cartoons I want you to think about the implicit and implied messages that each cartoon sends to kids (rather than the explicit and obvious messages) and then we'll talk about what those messages do even if kids understand the difference between cartoon and real violence.
So now compare the violence in the Warner Brothers cartoons (from the 50's and 60's) with that of the Happy Tree Friends. Check out the following video: Happy Tree Friends A to Zoo . Let's be frank here, the cartoon is not meant for children but because of the "cute" characters what would it be like if we just let young children watch that cartoon unsupervised?
Consider the following:
Media Violence: Psychology
Cartoon Violence Project
Gender and Comm. Kids Cartoon Violence
A Block Legal Studies - Again, thank you very much for the honesty, candor and compassion of yesterday's conversation. Just a gentle reminder that International Women’s Day is coming up next Wednesday, 8 March 2023, perhaps an opportunity to engage in constructive activities that will move the dial on equity, empowerment, and leadership here at Vanier. This afternoon, we'll watch the CBC documentary "The Fire Within" to see just one example of workplace harassment that women must face.
2. What is pay equity?
3. How are different jobs compared under pay equity?
4. What is employment equity?
5. What groups are protected under employment equity laws?
From the Canadian Human Rights Reporter:
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the Government of British Columbia's aerobic standard used to test the fitness of forest firefighters discriminated on the basis of sex, and further that the Government failed to show that the discriminatory standard is justified as a bona fide occupational requirement ("BFOR").
I'll have you finish working on the following questions:
1. What are some of the current barriers to equality facing women?2. What is pay equity?
3. How are different jobs compared under pay equity?
4. What is employment equity?
5. What groups are protected under employment equity laws?
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