D/C Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - Today you'll have the first part of the morning to put your water crisis posters up outside the class (145) for a gallery walk. When you do the gallery walk, we'll place a sheet of paper next to each poster. You need a pencil or pen with you. When you go around to other posters you'll be asked to comment on what you see. As you would explore an art gallery, you'll walk around the room and consider each water crisis poster at least once. On the piece of paper next to the poster, you should write whatever thoughts or feelings come to mind. You may write as little as one word, such as “suffering,” or as many as a few sentences. If you’ve responded to each image and time is left, you should revisit images and add more impressions to the paper. You can even write short responses to your classmates’ comments, such as “Yes, I agree!” or “But what if … ?” Remember that you should use appropriate language, respond to one another’s comments kindly, and never cross out or obscure someone else’s words.
Write one thing you'd like to share with the poster creator(s)
We'll try to look for similarities (common themes in the projects) - both in causes and solutions. Also we'll try to see other patterns:
What did you notice as you participated in the gallery walk?
What comments did you respond to? What comments received the most attention? Why?
What similarities did you notice between the posters? What differences did you notice?
Does water always lead to conflict?
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| We are as sad as this puppy |
For the second part of the class we lose you. Sigh.... You will be working with the careers and work experience office today to discuss stuff other than Environmental and Social Science. I guess it will be important or they wouldn't have asked to take you away from us today. Don't worry, it'll be fine and we'll see you again on Monday, YAY!
B Block Human Geography - Today we'll try to answer the Key Question Where Do People Migrate Within a Country? Today I'll give you some notes about internal migration in Russia, Canada, China, and Brazil...Migration between Regions in the Two Largest Countries - The world’s largest countries in land area are Russia and Canada. Interregional migration has been an important means to opening up regions of these large countries for economic development. Migration in Canada was voluntary and in Russia during the Soviet Era it was sometimes forced. Migration Between Regions in China and Brazil - The world’s largest countries in land area other than Russia, Canada, and the United States are China and Brazil. Government policies encourage interregional migration in Brazil by moving the capital of the Brazil from the densely populated southern coastal city of Rio de Janeiro to the sparsely populated interior city of Brasilia. The Chinese have restricted the migration of people from the interior to the coast.
Next, we'll look at (and yep you've got a thing to do on it) urbanization, suburbanization, and counterurbanization (which is not the same as exurbanization where upper class city dwellers move out of cities, beyond the suburbs, to live in high-end housing in the countryside). During the last century, global populations have urbanized rapidly...globally 13% of people lived in urban environments in the year 1900, 29% of people lived in urban environments in the year 1950, and some projections suggest that, by 2030, the proportion of people globally living in cities may reach 60%.
In 2020, 81.5% of Canadians lived in an urban centre, compared to 45% in 1911 (Statistics Canada defines an urban area as community with 1,000 residents or more). Nearly three in four Canadians (73.7%) lived in one of Canada's large urban centres in 2021, up from 73.2% five years earlier.
Downtowns are growing fast, and more rapidly than before. From 2016 to 2021, the downtown populations of the large urban centres grew faster (+10.9%) than the urban centres as a whole (+6.1%). Overall, suburbs farthest from downtowns were generally growing at a faster pace (+8.8%) than the urban fringe (+3.7%) and suburbs closer to downtowns (+5.8%). Note: An urban fringe is located less than a 10 minute drive from downtown; A near suburb is located within 10 to 20 minutes from downtown; An intermediate suburb is located within 20 to 30 minutes from downtown and; A distant suburb is 30 minutes or more from downtown.
Urbanization tends to correlate positively with industrialization. With the promise of greater employment opportunities that come from industrialization, people from rural areas will go to cities in pursuit of greater economic rewards. Strong population growth in suburban municipalities located close to or in urban areas is frequently fuelled by an influx of young adults leaving the core of large urban areas to live on their own and often to start a family. Peripheral municipalities located close to central municipalities usually gain migrants from the central municipality, but at the same time, they also lose migrants to more distant suburbs. Ultimately, the rapid growth of more distant suburbs is the result of multiple nested migration patterns occurring as people relocate from the centre of large urban centres to the periphery. As well, other Canadians may be drawn to more distant suburbs by lower housing prices, greater availability of residential developments or a desire to live closer to nature. With the increased ability to telework and the less frequent need to commute, some may have chosen to relocate to more distant suburbs where housing can provide more space for less cost than in central municipalities.
A Block Legal Studies - Today we will watch a Law & Order episode on Alzheimer's disease and the required Mens Rea for a crime to be committed ("Sundown" episode 9 from Season 10).
Is a man with Alzheimer's Disease competent enough to stand trial for murder? And if he is found guilty, should he be subjected to the near-inhumane conditions common for prisoners of his type?
Are Persons With Dementia Responsible for Crimes They Commit?
People with advanced dementia have no place in court
When Frontotemporal Dementia Leads to Crime—Prosecution or Protection?
Are Persons With Dementia Responsible for Crimes They Commit?
People with advanced dementia have no place in court
When Frontotemporal Dementia Leads to Crime—Prosecution or Protection?
After the video, you'll have time to finish up this week's questions on Actus Reus / Mens Rea (q. 1-5 p. 130 AAL) and classes of criminal offenses (q. 1-5 p. 123 AAL)
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