Nestled away, in the back corner of G.P. Vanier, you'll find room 115 (we used to be 611). Lurking in the shadows of this room is Mr. Young...waiting to pounce on unsuspecting students and natter on about volcanoes, hail, psychopathy, criminal law defenses, cultural diffusion, media theories, crime, and urban models of city development. He loves his job in 115 and can't wait to work with you this year.
D/C Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - All morning long with Benton where you'll conduct a sample water analysis from CARO labs, looking at samples for metals, anions, alkalinity, etc. You'll do a comparison to Health Canada limits for specific water uses, drinking, irrigation, and you'll examine water samples and test for pH, colour and turbidity. Just before Lunch, you'll get a visit from Young to have a chat about yesterday's work in the Learning Commons on environmental policy and worldview for the Federal political parties in Canada. Heeeey...do you remember that your Towhee Creek maps were due yesterday? Hmmmmmm...
B Block Human Geography - We'll start with a discussion in class.... In partners, identify TWO specific means of global expansion diffusion of pop culture from the following: Internet, email, social media (Twitter/X, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc.), celebrities, television, radio, movies, computers, phones, newspapers, streaming services (YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, etc.), music, plays, books, comic books, manga, anime, magazines, podcasts, language learning programs, graphic t-shirts.
FYI...in terms of Human Geography Popular culture is practiced by large, heterogeneous groups, originating from more developed regions, resulting from more leisure time, and wealth to acquire elements of pop culture, widespread diffusion through the hierarchy from specific nodes, and contagious.
I'll give you an example to start...Barbie had a year this year!
With this I'd like specific examples from you and I'd also like you to consider this question...Do you think technology has changed Tobler's First Law (time-distance-decay)?
All of this is to help you compare and contrast popular and folk culture and the geographic patterns associated with each and to explain how globalization is influencing cultural interactions and change. More on that later. Don't forget I've asked you to plot the following fast food restaurant chains on the Courtenay map provided: McDonalds, Tim Horton’s, Starbucks, A&W, and Subway (don’t forget essentials…I’ve given you scale but you need a legend, a title and direction). After you'll need to answer the question:
What pattern exists and why are the fast food restaurants located in that pattern (give at least three reasons – use the concepts of site, situation, and region in your response along with density, distribution, and concentration)
So, finish your diffusion definitions and work on your Comox Valley Fast Food map and big thinking question.
A Block Legal Studies - Lastly, I'll have you continue your Charter work by answering questions 1-4 of the Canada (Attorney General) v. JTI Macdonald Corp., (2007) on page 44 in the text. Then you can hand in your work. This case deals with whether limits imposed on tobacco manufacturers’ freedom of expression by provisions of Tobacco Act and Tobacco Products Information Regulations are justified (referring to Charter sections section 2.b Freedom of Expression and section 1 Reasonable Limits). For help with Canada (Attorney General) v. JTI Macdonald Corp., (2007) check out:
Now, tobacco companies argue that plain packaging is unconstitutional because it involves governments taking property from businesses – in this case, tobacco company trademarks and other intellectual property – without paying for it. Their argument is that their trademarked imagery on packages is an important promotional tool among tobacco companies, especially as their advertising options became increasingly limited. To them, Trademarks are covered under Charter section 2.b (advertising is expression). From the article in the Toronto Star When it comes to cigarettes, what’s in a package? Not much, if they’re sold in Canada, by Timothy Dewhirst
Marketing planning documents from the tobacco industry, made public through litigation, reveal the package’s role in attracting attention and communicating brand imagery. Some cigarette packages were developed with “design personalities” described as youthful, vibrant and sporty, while others were patriotic, modern, stylish or representative of success.
To offer health reassurances, brand variants presenting comparatively lower tar yields — once misleadingly marketed as “light” or “mild” — featured packages with paler tones and enhanced use of white space.
Packaging design studies, commissioned by tobacco companies, explored ways of drawing attention away from the mandated health warnings.
Tobacco companies also began offering cigarettes in alternative shapes and structural package formats, including those classified as beveled edge and “perfume” packages. Such alternative formats prompted the reworking of mandated health warnings, which undermined their effectiveness.
The physical dimensions of cigarette packages communicate brand imagery too. Packages with beveled edges associate brands with prestige and classiness. Wide packages convey masculinity, whereas those offered in slimmer packs highlight femininity.
So, package image and design was a way to make a brand unique and this is a trademarked image to the tobacco company. To help...
*warning there is potty mouth so please be aware and watch with care
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