Thursday, September 30, 2010

Day 16 - Thursday September 30. 2010

Hi Family! Today is Terry Fox day here at Vanier. If you didn't get a chance to see it last night the ESPN 30 for 30 Documentary "Into the Wind" was on TV. Steve Nash helped to produce the documentary on Terry Fox and I'm sure it will repeat again. The schedule for today is altered for the assembly and run so here's what it looks like:

C 8:55-9:45
D 9:50-10:40
Assembly10:45-11:15
TerryFox Run & Lunch 11:20-1:10
B 1:15-2:10
A 2:15-3:10

C - Law 12 - Today we'll take the first 30 minutes of class or so to finish up any work you didn't complet on yesterday's work (questions 1-4 on the Thibaudeau v. Canada (1995) and then questions 8-11 on page 44). Don't forget you've got your Keegstra case review due this Friday and a unit final next Monday.

From the Website charterofcanada.ca:

To prove section 15 (Equality Rights) has been violated you must show:

•You were treated differently from others because of the law
•The different treatment was because of a reason set out under section 15 (race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability) or an analogous reason (a personal trait like sexual orientation, marital status, or citizenship)
•The different treatment amounts to discrimination under section 15. For example, does the law have the effect of saying the person is less worthy of respect or consideration than other people? Is the person part of a group that has been stereotyped, suffered prejudice or been historically disadvantaged? How does the different treatment relate to the persons circumstances?

After you finish yesterday's work I'd like you to work on the Irwin Toy Limited v Attorney General of Quebec (1989) case questions 1-6 as well as questions 1, 2, and 3 on page 46 (Reviewing Your Reading).

D - Geography 12 - Yesterday a Mw7.2 earthquake with an estimated Mercalli intensity of V (5) struck off the coast of Papua Indonesia.

Today we'll look at some video of the aftermath of the Izmit Turkey 1999 Mw7.4 earthquake along the North Anatolian fault. We'll also look at the Loma Prieta (San Fracisco) 1989 Mw6.9 earthquake along the San Andreas fault. We'll try to compare the two and then take some notes down about the three types of faults. After, you'll have a series of questions to complete from the Geosystems text (14, 15, 16, & 19 from p. 412).

From "Today in Earthquake History" at the USGS...September 30th

Mw7.5 - Oaxaca, 1999
At least 33 people killed, 215 injured, thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed, utilities disrupted and roads blocked by landslides in the state of Oaxaca. Maximum intensity (VIII) in southwestern Oaxaca. One person killed and minor damage to some buildings at Mexico City. One person killed at Cordoba, Veracruz. Minor damage in the states of Guerrero, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala and Veracruz. Felt from the state of San Luis Potosi to Guatemala.

Check out the cool interactive activity at National Geographic Forces of Nature.

A - Introduction to Law 9/10 - Today we are going to start with our unit on crime scene procedures and we'll look at what the basic stages of a crime scene search are. The following are some great web pages to help understand the procedures:

If you are interested in crime scene investigation as a career check out the BCIT courses (in Burnaby!) here

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