B Block Human Geography - Today we'll try to answer the Key Questions Why Do People Migrate and Where Do People Migrate Within a Country? To do this we'll look at push and pull factors along with the difference between a refugee and an internally displaced person. I'll have you fill in a chart on push/pull factors and then we'll look at internal rather than international migration (migration within a country). The text talks about Russia, Canada, China, and Brazil so you'll need to fill in a chart on these 4 case studies of internal migration. 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.
A Block Legal Studies - I'll get you to look at the R. v. Williams (2003) case. In terms of the Williams case, another example of an HIV related aggravated sexual assault case involved former CFL athlete Trevis Smith. A review of the decision (sentenced to five and a half years in 2007 and was paroled in 2010) can be found here at CBC News.
In its 2012 Mabior decision, the Supreme Court of Canada held: HIV is indisputably serious and life-endangering. Although it can be controlled by medication, HIV remains an incurable chronic infection that, if untreated, can result in death. As such, the failure to advise a sexual partner of one’s HIV status may lead to a conviction for aggravated sexual assault under s. 273(1) of the Criminal Code.
In HIV non-disclosure cases, the criminal law applies where a person who knows they are HIV positive and infectious, transmits HIV to others or exposes others to a “realistic possibility of HIV transmission” without affording their sexual partner the opportunity to choose whether to assume that risk. Specifically, courts have found that a complainant’s consent to sexual activity may be vitiated, or not obtained in law, if the accused misrepresented or failed to disclose their HIV status prior to that activity. In such circumstances, the assault (sections 266 to 268) or sexual assault (sections 271 to 273) offences have been applied. Note: Most HIV non-disclosure cases have involved aggravated assault or aggravated sexual assault charges, because contracting HIV has been considered to endanger the life of that person. Canada’s Criminal Code allows for a charge of aggravated sexual assault if the complainant doesn’t know what is being consented to, and if the complainant’s life is endangered by the accused. Criminal negligence causing bodily harm (section 221), and common nuisance (section 180) have also been applied in HIV non-disclosure cases.
In terms of Willful Blindness, because of the Sansregret case, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the concepts of recklessness and willful blindness are not the same and that it is wise to keep the two concepts separate. The court then defined each concept as follows (Stuart: 211):
- Recklessness involves knowledge of a danger or risk and persistence in a course of conduct which creates a risk that the prohibited result will occur,
- Willful blindness arises where a person who has become aware of the need for some inquiry declines to make the inquiry because he does not wish to know the truth.
and then questions 1-5 on page 130 of the All About Law textbook
D/C Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - We're in Benton's room (145) this afternoon for our last double block to work on research and compilation of your water conflict poster. We will give you poster paper today but before that...
Look at this week's blog posts to check out the questions. Now if you still think..."Yes, I answered them"...ask yourself, "Is there anything I missed in answering the questions?" Will Benton and Young say, "Did you think of this?" Like in point 1 where you're asked what happens as a result of water disputes you need to look at the area in question and see if political instability, social unrest, economic downturn, heavy unemployment, or civil warfare is connected to the water crisis. Be specific...what are the effects of a water conflict besides a lack of clean fresh water. Did you do that? Remember that your answers to solutions for the conflict (point 6) need to be concrete (doable) and need to address all stakeholders. Did you consider that? Don't forget a sources cited section on the back of your poster. Did you do that? So, really check to see that you're actually done, right?
I posted some of these videos already, however, just to remind you
Humans must drink potable water, however water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation negatively impact food security, livelihood choices and educational opportunities for poor families across the world. At the current time, more than 2 billion people are living with the risk of reduced access to freshwater resources and by 2050, at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water.
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