Room 611: Tuesday, December 19. 2023

Today's schedule is CDAB

C/D Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - Today one block we'll be in room 115 watching Sonic Sea. From the movie website...

The oceans are not a silent world, but dynamic, living symphonies of sound. In water, sound travels five times faster, and many times farther than it does in air. Whales, dolphins, porpoises, and other marine mammals have evolved to take advantage of this perfect sonic medium. Just as we rely on sight to survive, they depend on sound to hunt for food, find mates, and detect predators. The leading contributors to ocean noise come from commercial, industrial, and military sources: Shipping, Seismic, and Sonar. Sonic Sea is about protecting life in our waters from the destructive effects of oceanic noise pollution.

The documentary obviously connects us to the health of the Salish Sea Orca J, K, and L Pods, which is our project. I did post a great deal on Friday's post about various shipping activities in the Salish Sea...hint hint! Our other block will be in the Learning Commons, compiling our data about the Salish Sea and selecting the information we wish to present on our poster map. Then it's time to finish up the poster, focusing on the story we wish to tell.

A Block Legal Studies - Today you have your Criminal Law collaborative test quiz thingy

B Block Human Geography - Today we'll look at the key question Where Are Ethnicities Distributed? With this we'll examine this question both in a Canadian and an American context (as the text is American we will supplement it and add Canada to the conversation). The meaning of ethnicity is often confused with the definition of race and nationality. Ethnicity is identity with a group of people who share cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth.

More than 450 ethnic or cultural origins were reported in the 2021 Canada Census. The top origins reported by Canada's population, alone or with other origins, were "Canadian" (5.7 million people), "English" (5.3 million), "Irish" (4.4 million), "Scottish" (4.4 million) and "French" (4.0 million). In 2021, three other European origins were reported, alone or with other origins, by at least 1 million people, namely, "German" (3.0 million), "Italian" (1.5 million), and "Ukrainian" (1.3 million). And two other European origins were reported by close to 1 million people, namely, "Dutch" and "Polish". In total, 52.5% of the population reported European origins. “Chinese" (1.7 million people), "Indian (from India)" (1.3 million) and "Filipino" (0.9 million) were also among the ethnic or cultural origins reported most often.

Who self-identified ethnic groups are, and where they are distributed across Canada, is what we'll look at today. FYI for the City of Courtenay (from Townfolio)