C Block Human Geography - Today we'll look at the Key Question: Why Are Some Human Actions Not Sustainable? We'll look at what a resource is (renewable and non-renewable) along with the uses and misuses of resources by humans.
We'll figure out what "sustainability" means (The three pillars - social, environmental and economic) and take a look at the UN Sustainable Development Goals
We'll look at the progress of these goals in The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019 and lastly, I'll need you to fill in the chart in your week 2 package on the three pillars of sustainability: environment, economy, and society. You can use this Human Geography text Sustainable Development Chapter or you could look at the Topics in Sustainable Development here.
D Block Physical Geography - Oh my Goodness I am so excited...why? Today, today family, we start our look at the Earth being built up through tectonics. Okay...Lets get this out of the way right now....No, the horribly bad 2003 movie "The Core" is not possible! No, not just bad but impossibly so.
Today we start with tectonics and the internal structure/composition of the earth. We'll take some notes down in the Tectonics workbook package on core, mantle, and crust and then, you may use the Earth Interior web page or the Dynamic Earth webpage or the Layers of the Earth section of the Physical Geography and Natural Disasters textbook, or the Lumen Understanding Earth’s Interior page or the National Geographic Earth Interior page or the Live Science Earth Interior page to help with the questions from your tectonics workbook:
- Describe the asthenosphere. Why is it also known as the plastic layer? What are the consequences of its convection currents? (p. 217)
- What is a discontinuity? Describe the principal discontinuities within the Earth. (p.217)
You could use this diagram for your notes in the workbookAaaaaaaannnnnnnnd...Check out the sweet drone footage of the AA "clinker" lava from the Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on La Palma, Canary Islands.
Or the more fluid lava from the Eldvörp–Svartsengi volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland
A Block Criminology - Since 1962, Statistics Canada has collected information on all criminal incidents reported by Canadian police services through its annual Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey. In addition to the now UCR2, Statistics Canada also collects information on victims of crime through the General Social Survey (GSS) on Canadians’ Safety (Victimization), which is conducted every five years. Unlike the UCR, the GSS on Victimization collects data on self-reported experiences with crime which include incidents that may or may not have been brought to the attention of the police. These complementary surveys are the primary sources of data on crime and victimization in Canada.
So what about trends? Highlights of the Stats Can Report show:
The Violent CSI rose in 2022, reaching its highest point since 2007. The increase in the Violent CSI in 2022 included higher rates of robbery - up for the first time in two years (+15%), extortion (+39%), homicide (+8%) and level 1 sexual assault (+3%) at 90 incidents per 100,000 population in 2022, an increase of 1,574 incidents. As in previous years, level 1 sexual assault accounted for 98% of sexual assaults in 2022. Rates of level 2 and level 3 sexual assault, two more serious offences, remained stable and both decreased 4%.
The Non-violent CSI also increased 4% in 2022 but was 6% lower than in 2019. Much of the increase in 2022 was because of higher rates of several property crimes, notably motor vehicle theft (+24%), breaking and entering (+4%), minor theft ($5,000 or under; +10%), shoplifting ($5,000 or under; +31%) and general fraud (+7%). Of note, the rate of police-reported fraud (which includes general fraud, identity theft and identity fraud) was 78% higher than a 2012 (a decade earlier)
Crime rates didn't increase across the board. Rates for non-violent crimes, such as drug offences (-17%), impaired driving (-3%), identity fraud (-11%) and identity theft (-8%), have declined since 2021.
Also of note: The number of police-reported hate crimes increased by 7%, from 3,355 incidents in 2021 to 3,576 incidents in 2022. This followed a 72% increase from 2019 to 2021. Higher numbers of hate crimes targeting a race or an ethnicity (+12%; 1,950 incidents) and a sexual orientation (+12%; 491 incidents) accounted for most of the increase. Hate crimes targeting a religion were down 15% in 2022, yet remained higher than the previous three years. Among the provinces and territories, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan accounted for much of the national increase.
In terms of homicide, Police reported 874 homicides in 2022, 78 more than the year before. The homicide rate increased 8% from 2.08 homicides per 100,000 population in 2021 to 2.25 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022. This was the highest rate since 1992. The national increase was largely the result of more homicides in British Columbia (+30 homicides), Manitoba (+26 homicides) and Quebec (+20 homicides). As has been the case historically, provincial homicide rates were highest in Manitoba (6.24 homicides per 100,000 population) and Saskatchewan (5.94 per 100,000). Of the 874 homicides in Canada police reported 225 Indigenous homicide victims in 2022, 32 more than in 2021. Over two-thirds (69%) of Indigenous homicide victims were identified by police as First Nations, while 3% were identified as Métis and 4% as Inuk (Inuit). The specific Indigenous group was not identified by police for 24% of Indigenous homicide victims. The homicide rate for Indigenous people (10.98 homicides per 100,000 population) was nearly seven times higher than for the non-Indigenous population (1.69 homicides per 100,000 population)!
What about Courtenay (municipal - city) stats? In 2003 Courtenay's CSI was 223.24
Today I'll have you work on three questions about crime trends (don't worry, you'll get time tomorrow for this too):
- Using pages 37 to 46 in the CRIM textbook outline and explain the crime patterns in relation to ecology, firearms, social class, age, gender and race.
- What is a chronic offender and what is the significance of Marvin Wolfgang's discovery (why is identifying the chronic offender important)?
- How would you explain the gender differences in the crime rate (why do you think males are more violent than females)?
B Block Legal Studies - Today we'll go through sections 7 - 14 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (legal rights section)...
Section 7. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice. (FYI: No section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has generated more controversy than section 7, the right to “life, liberty and security of the person” and "the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice" (which is to say the basic principles that underlie our notions of justice and fair process).
Section 8. Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure.
Section 9. Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned.
Section 10. Everyone has the right on arrest or detention
a) to be informed promptly of the reasons therefore;
b) to retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right; and
c) to have the validity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful.
Section 11. Any person charged with an offence has the right
a) to be informed without unreasonable delay of the specific offence;
b) to be tried within a reasonable time;
c) not to be compelled to be a witness in proceedings against that person in respect of the offence;
d) to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal;
e) not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause;
f) except in the case of an offence under military law tried before a military tribunal, to the benefit of trial by jury where the maximum punishment for the offence is imprisonment for five years or a more severe punishment;
g) not to be found guilty on account of any act or omission unless, at the time of the act or omission, it constituted an offence under Canadian or international law or was criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations;
h) if finally acquitted of the offence, not to be tried for it again and, if finally found guilty and punished for the offence, not to be tried or punished for it again; and
i) if found guilty of the offence and if the punishment for the offence has been varied between the time of commission and the time of sentencing, to the benefit of the lesser punishment.
Section 12. Everyone has the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.
Section 13. A witness who testifies in any proceedings has the right not to have any incriminating evidence so given used to incriminate that witness in any other proceedings, except in a prosecution for perjury or for the giving of contradictory evidence.
Section 14. A party or witness in any proceedings who does not understand or speak the language in which the proceedings are conducted or who is deaf has the right to the assistance of an interpreter.
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