C Block Human Geography - To help with your Big Thinking question, "Explain why religious conflicts occur. Is it only that religious ideologies disagree, or is geography involved? How do you think religious conflicts can be resolved?" From Violence Based on Religion or Belief: Taking Action at the United Nations, check out:
From 2007 to 2018, religion-related war or armed conflict declined from 21 to 13 countries. However, these 13 conflicts continue to have grave impacts on civilians. In 2018, religion-related armed conflict took the greatest toll on the populations in:
- Syria (with millions killed or displaced),
- Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, and Yemen (with hundreds of thousands killed or displaced), and
- India, Iraq, Libya, Philippines, and Sudan (with tens of thousands killed or displaced).
Interreligious violence has also been steadily declining on a global level and in all regions, except for Sub-Saharan Africa. However, numerous incidents of interreligious violence can be found in the Central African Republic, Egypt, India, Iraq, Israel, Mali, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, and Yemen.
And since we didn't get to it yesterday
D Block Physical Geography - Today we'll look at atmospheric moisture, humidity, and the four atmospheric mechanisms that cool a parcel of air to its dew point & cause precipitation (orographic, convectional, frontal, and radiative cooling).
We might watch the BBC Documentary "The Weather: Wet" or others above. You will need to complete three questions from your Geosystems Core textbook.
- What is humidity? How is it related to the energy present in the atmosphere? To our personal comfort and how we perceive apparent temperatures (use pages 90-93 of the Geosystems Core text).
- What are the basic forms of clouds? Using Figure 4.16, describe how the basic cloud forms vary with altitude (use pages 96-97 of the Geosystems Core text).
- What type of cloud is fog? List and define the principal types of fog (use page 98 of the Geosystems Core text).
Envrionment Canada: Weather Courtenay
A Block Legal Studies - So, test quizzy thing tomorrow (it's on criminal charges, defences, and sentencing) and then your project is due on June First (that's Thursday, right?!) We are back in the Learning Commons / Library to work on our criminal law memo activity. You should be on your second case now. Please look at the blog posts for weblinks and assistance on the memo format along with resources for your discussion section. Thursday and Friday we watch the movie Just Mercy and then your final exam/civil litigation project starting Monday.
B Block Criminology - Again vigilantism. We'll finish the full doc of Superheroes today and tomorrow we'll jump into true crime coverage in the media and speculate as to why it may lead to vigilantism.
If you have Spotify then check out the podcast Vigilante
Vigilante is an investigative podcast about people who take justice into their own hands—for better or for worse. In both multi-part seasons and standalone episodes, the show spotlights everyday people driven to drastic measures. What motivates a vigilante? What are the structural forces that make them feel it's necessary to operate outside of the law? And what are the human consequences of those actions?
BBC has a podcast called Bad People and episode 102 was Paedophile Hunters: Do vigilantes help or harm justice? - This is linked to our look at shaming, vigilantism, Chris Hansen and the "To Catch a Predator" thing (more on that next week)
And there is an app called Citizen which in its mission states:
We believe in public information for the good of the public.
In being able to act on safety alerts in real time. In transparency that bonds and that empowers everyone in a community, from city council to residents.
We believe in giving people a way to use their phones to protect a neighbor, to prevent a tragedy, and to count on one another.
And to create a safer world for each other, with each other.
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