Thursday, March 7, 2024

Friday, March 8. 2024

Today's schedule is CDAB

C 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 (geographic area) was predominantly interregional and was an important means to opening up regions of these large countries for economic development. Of note...Migration in Canada was voluntary and in Russia during the Soviet Era it was more often than not forced. During his reign, Joseph Stalin oversaw the forced resettlement of more than six million people. From the book Against Their Will... The History and Geography of Forced Migrations in the USSR  by Pavel Polyan (2001)
Forced migrations were practiced in the USSR starting from 1919–1920 until 1952–1953, i.e., during one-third of a century and nearly half of the period of the existence of the Soviet Union, which thus won it the dubious position of becoming the world’s leader in the sphere of deportation technology and with regard to the results gained through deportations...The mass—and ostensibly disorderly—forced resettlement of millions of people produced a most serious demographic and economic impact in the regions of departure and destination, and in the entire country. 

Migration between regions in China and Brazil (The world’s largest countries in land area other than Russia, Canada, and the United States) was also interregional. Government policies encouraged 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. Brazil's governments have encouraged migration flows to fill its vast territory and boost agricultural production. The Chinese have restricted the migration of people from the interior to the coast. 






D Block Physical Geography - Today we're in the learning commons / library to begin our research on the Orting College case study. Should the town of Orting, Washington, build a new college to attract people to their community or not? What will the impact of increased population be on the tiny town that sits in the shadows of Mt. Rainier? The assignment is in your Tectonics package and was adapted from the following website: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/volcano.html

The following URL’s will help:

Orting USGS Topographic Map (Use the 2017 Orting 7.5 Minute Topo Map) 



A note of caution...

What is the greatest danger to Orting? Of all that could potentially happen at Mount Rainier what poses the greatest threat? Now ask yourself what triggers that threat? What causes it to happen? Last think about the statistical likelyhood of that event happening. How likely is the event to occur in the next 5, 10, 100, or 1000 years? Check out the risk analysis section of the COTF website for help here.
 


A Block Criminology - Today we'll finish the CBC DocZone Documentary "Sext Up Kids". Remember my questions are So, my question is, using the Crim text and this Sex Offender Typology website...

  • Explain the three types of rapist according to Groth (anger-retaliation; power reassurance and assertive; and sadistic)

After, I need you to answer the question:
  • Identify and explain the causes for sexual assault
You'll need to look at evolutionary and biological factors (remember Sigmund Freud's Thantos and Eros or instinctual drives that allowed species to be successful)? Look at modern male socialization (boys are taught to be aggressive, forceful, tough, and dominating...think about how boys play when they're young) and then at hypermasculinity (where some men have callous sexual attitudes and believe that violence is "manly"). Lastly consider both violent experiences (remember that those boys who were exposed to violence in the household are more likely to commit violent acts when they grow older) and sexual motivation (social, cultural, and psychological forces like what message does this commercial send to people...)


Now consider what the commercial indicates about sex in modern society. Who is the commercial targeted at and what are the sexual roles in the commercial.

Some good websites about "Rape Culture" can be found at:


Connected to Hyper-sexualization and porn culture:


B Block Legal Studies - Today we'll continue looking at discrimination in Canada focusing on women's issues of injustice connected employment and pay equity, sexual harassment, and discrimination against pregnant women. On a global scale consider this: From the UN HDI GII...
"Gender inequality remains a major barrier to human development. Girls and women have made major strides since 1990, but they have not yet gained gender equity. The disadvantages facing women and girls are a major source of inequality. All too often, women and girls are discriminated against in health, education, political representation, labour market, etc. with negative consequences for development of their capabilities and their freedom of choice".

From the OSSTF In 2016, a report conducted by Statistics Canada showed that one in five Canadian women had been harassed at work in the past year, compared with one in eight Canadian men. The women who were most vulnerable to this type of abuse were young, single or unmarried. Indigenous women and those persons who identify as LGTBQ+2 were also disproportionately targeted by harassment.


From the OHRC While sexual harassment occurs across different occupations and industry sectors, research suggests that it is more common in certain types of employment. For example, sexual harassment complaints are high in traditionally male-dominated work environments, such as the military, policing, firefighting, mining and construction work. 


So, we'll watch the CBC documentary "The Fire Within" to see just one example of workplace harassment that women must face.


From the Canadian Human Rights Reporter:
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the Government of British Columbia's aerobic standard used to test the fitness of forest firefighters discriminated on the basis of sex, and further that the Government failed to show that the discriminatory standard is justified as a bona fide occupational requirement ("BFOR").
From the Canadian Women's Association

I'll have you work on the following questions:

1. What are some of the current barriers to equality facing women?
2. What is pay equity?
3. How are different jobs compared under pay equity?
4. What is employment equity?
5. What groups are protected under employment equity laws?


And extra videos...

*warning there is potty mouth in the following videos so please be aware and watch with care


Today's Fit...


 

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