B Block Legal Studies - 
Today is your introductory unit final test in Law. The unit test will cover the first three chapters of the All About Law text (Foundations of Canadian Law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and Human Rights in Canada). The test will have: 15 True/False questions; 15 Multiple Choice questions; 15 Matching questions; and 3 Short Answer questions. Since you had a few days to prepare I am certain that you will do extra well on this test. No lawyer works in isolation and today neither will you, you may not use notes, however, you may collaborate with colleagues on the test. You'll have as much time as you need for the test however it should only take 45-50 minutes to complete.
Today is your introductory unit final test in Law. The unit test will cover the first three chapters of the All About Law text (Foundations of Canadian Law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and Human Rights in Canada). The test will have: 15 True/False questions; 15 Multiple Choice questions; 15 Matching questions; and 3 Short Answer questions. Since you had a few days to prepare I am certain that you will do extra well on this test. No lawyer works in isolation and today neither will you, you may not use notes, however, you may collaborate with colleagues on the test. You'll have as much time as you need for the test however it should only take 45-50 minutes to complete.A Block Criminology - Today we'll discuss homicide. We'll discuss the divisions of murder in Canada, the extent of murder in Canada, and murderous relations (acquaintance and stranger homicide). A homicide occurs when a person directly or indirectly, by any means, causes the death of a human being. Homicide is either culpable (murder, manslaughter or infanticide) or non-culpable (not an offence). A murder occurs when a person intentionally, by a willful act or omission, causes the death of another human being, or means to cause bodily harm that the person knows is likely to cause death.
First degree murder occurs when:
- it is planned and deliberate; or
- the victim is a person employed and acting in the course of his/her work for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace (e.g. police officer, correctional worker); or
- the death is caused by a person committing or attempting to commit certain serious offences (e.g. treason, kidnapping, hijacking, sexual assault, robbery and arson).
Second degree murder is all murder that is not first degree while Manslaughter is culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide.
In Canada, homicides represent a fraction of the total number of police-reported violent Criminal Code offences each year.
Statistics Canada says that in 2021, police services from across Canada reported 788 homicides, 29 more than in 2020. This most recent rise represented the third consecutive increase since 2019. The national homicide rate increased by 3% to 2.06 homicides per 100,000 population, the highest rate since 2005. 2020 saw 743 homicides in Canada (1.95 per 100,000) which was 56 more, or a 6.98% change, from 2019 and this was the fourth consecutive year where the rate exceeded the average for the previous decade (1.67 per 100,000 population).
Some Statistics of note:
- Overall, the increase in homicides nationally was the result of increases in Ontario (277 homicides; +37) and British Columbia (125 homicides; +25).
- Saskatchewan recorded the highest rate of homicides per 100,000 population (5.93) among the provinces in 2021. This latest figure represents a 9% increase from 2020 and a third consecutive yearly increase.
- Saskatchewan recorded the highest rate of homicides per 100,000 population (5.93) among the provinces in 2021. This latest figure represents a 9% increase from 2020 and a third consecutive yearly increase.
- The homicide rate for Indigenous victims was six times higher than that of non-Indigenous victims in 2021 (9.17 per 100,000 Indigenous people versus 1.55 per 100,000 non-Indigenous people).
- In 2021, 40% of homicide victims were killed by a shooting, similar to the proportion seen in 2020 (38%). Stabbings accounted for a further 32% of homicides, beating for 17%. Of firearm-related homicides, handguns were the primary type of firearm used (57%), followed by rifles and shotguns (26%), and firearm-like weapons and firearms where the type was unknown (17%). Almost half (46%) of firearm-related homicides were identified as gang-related.
- Overall, gang-related homicides continued to account for nearly one-quarter (23%) of all homicides and victims involved in a gang-related homicide were almost exclusively men (94%). However, the 2021 gang-related rate was the highest (0.48 per 100,000 population) recorded in Canada since comparable data were first collected in 2005. This change was attributable to increases in several provinces and territories. Specifically, there were 13 additional gang-related homicides in Ontario compared with the previous year and a similar increase in British Columbia (an increase from 26 to 39 gang-related homicides). Quebec had 6 more than last year, Nova Scotia had 5 more than last year, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick both had 2 more than last year, and Yukon also saw increases in 2021, compared with 2020. The highest number of gang-related homicides in 2021 were recorded in the CMAs of Toronto (30), Vancouver (29), and Montréal (19)
- More than half (60%) of men who were victims of homicide were killed by an acquaintance or someone with whom they had a criminal relationship compared to 19% for women in 2021. Furthermore, 18% were killed by a stranger, more than double the proportion for victims who were women (8%)
- In 2021, the proportion of women who were killed by their spouse or intimate partner in Canada was approximately seven times greater than for men. Among spousal and intimate partner homicide victims in Canada, 76% were women while 24% were men.
788 is a lot, but...and I know the population of the USA is almost 10x that of Canada...still
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C Block Human Geography - Today we'll head off to the library to work on a small migration project. The instructions for this assignment are in the Migration package. This project comes from Mr. Lucas Varley from Lincoln High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. You will imagine yourself in the role of a refugee/migrant who has relocated from one part of the world to another. Your job is to research in detail the many factors that are involved in a migration. You will only be given some basic information regarding your specific migration scenario. It is your job to conduct research to establish realistic demographic information for your scenario. You will need to produce a thorough written summary of your personal migration (A.K.A. Diary or Reflection journal or Newspaper article OR you could make a video or do a podcast but you will need a detailed script for it). Include as much detail as possible. Include images to help your reader gain a fuller understanding of your migration scenario. Please feel free to listen to and examine the stories below:
Migration Scenarios – choose one:
- You are a refugee from Darfur. You have been relocated to Toronto, Ontario. In Darfur you fled fighting between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces to refugee camps secured by the Sudan Liberation Movement. You have found a very small group of Sudanese refugees who fled the Jangaweed in 2007, but you live quite a far distance from them.
- You lived on the First Nations Reserve in Lytton British Columbia when a fire ripped through and destroyed the town in 2021. Yours was one of 41 homes burnt to the ground on the reserve. You lived in the Boston Bar for a week until you were relocated to live in Chilliwack. You wanted to rebuild your home but after the summer fires of 2023 nothing has happened.
- You are an undocumented immigrant from Oaxaca Mexico that has recently relocated to Tucson, Arizona. You usually find day labor working for farmers harvesting crops. Sometimes you are paid only in food and are constantly afraid of Arizona Senate Bill 1070 the "Show me Your Papers" law.
- You are a Filipino that migrated to Qatar in the Middle East for work. You have been living and working as a construction worker first in Saudi Arabia (under the kalfa system) and then in Qatar for the last 5 years. You are afraid to leave, because you are owed five years’ of end-of-service benefits and unpaid wages.
- You are a 27 year old Ukranian young mother with two children and have fled the current conflict from Ukraine through Lviv into Poland. You hope to be relocated to London England. You have no skills and are still dependent on state support.
- You are a 38 year old Turkish Kurd from Bitlis (Bedlîs) in Türkiye that has recently migrated to Germany. You work at the Frankfurt Airport driving a floor cleaning cart. Your wife and kids still live in Türkiye and you are trying to raise money and find a way to bring them to Germany to live with you.
- You are a family from Port au Prince Haiti that migrated to Quebec, escaping the widespread gang violence after the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise. You lost several family members to the powerful G9 Haitian gang alliance. You are skilled in masonry.
- You are a young student from Karachi Pakistan whose parents are involved in finance. You are fluent in Urdu, Punjabi and English are studying biochemical engineering at Rutgers University. You are a faithful Sunni Muslim. You have no affiliation with radical Islamists, but live in an area where some Muslims openly express anti-American sentiments.
- You are a family of six from Aleppo Syria (two parents and four children) that a private sponsorship holder (Canadian International Immigrant and Refugee Support Association) has sponsored to settle in Edmonton. In Syria you were a teacher at a Christian school and do not speak English.
- You are a single woman, opposition party member, from Venezuela complaining vocally about the lack of basic supplies for the citizens of your country. President Nicolás Maduro and the PSUV have "cracked down" on dissidents and after seeing your fellow politicians arrested, you have fled to Manaus in Brazil.
- You are a Rohingya Muslim (with a family of four children) who used to live in Myanmar and were forced to leave because of violence against you and your family. You now reside in a Red Crescent encampment, seeking safety, in Cox's Bazaar in Bangladesh
- You are a 27 year old teacher who, in order to avoid escalating violence and an attack by militia men in your village, walked for weeks from Kasai province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Your wife and children were butchered by the militants and now are an internally displaced person seeking protection and basic assistance in Idiofa in the Kwilu province
- You are a family of five who are currently displaced in Mindanao, Philippines. You are from Lanao del Sur and have been displaced due to the Marawi siege in May 2017. While displaced families are still struggling to get back to normalcy after the siege, the COVID-19 crisis exacerbated your situation and face challenges on limited access to livelihood opportunities, food and water security, high transportation costs and lack of basic services.
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