Terms: - GCG1D1 Geography of Canada



Skills:

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

– Read and interpret demographic data (e.g., population pyramid, data table);

– Calculate population density and population growth rate;

– Predict future trends based on population data.

You will need:

– A calculator (not your phone)

– Blue and red pencil crayon

Terms:

Demography:

– Census

– Birth Rate

– Death Rate

– Ethnicity

– Visible Minority

– Average Age

– Income

– Mother Tongue

– Cultural Mosaic

– Population Distribution

– Population Density

– Urban

– Rural

– Suburban

– Baby Boomers

– Language

– Doubling Time

– Birth Control

– Death Control

– Natural Rate of Increase

– Immigration

– Immigration Rate

– Emigration

– Emigration Rate

– Net Migration

– Rule of 70

– Dependency Load

Aboriginal Peoples:

– Sixties Scoop

– Aboriginal

– Reservation

– Treaty

– First Nation

– Metis

– Inuit

– Assimilation

– Land Claims

– Comprehensive Claims

– Specific Claims

– Identity

– Nunavut

Globalization & Canada’s Connections:

– Globalization

– Trade Barriers

– Tariffs

– Import Quotas

– Embargo

– Multinational Corporation

– McWorld

– Peacekeeping

– Peacemaking

– Genocide

– Foreign Aid

– Fair Trade

– CIDA

– DART

– Diplomatic Relations

– International Court of Justice

– Nobel Peace Prize

– NGOs

– NATO

– Security Council

– United Nations

– UNICEF

– UNESCO

– Universal Declaration of Human Rights

– WHO

– WTO

– Free Trade

– Fair Trade

– Protectionism

– Sweatshops

– Trade Balance

– Trade Deficit

– Trade Surplus

Who is the average Canadian? (ppt)

Questions:

1. Using a population pyramid:

a. What trends do you see for the future?

b. What community / social services may be needed in the future?

2. How will the baby boomers affect Canada in the future? What careers/jobs will be in demand 10 years from now that are connected to Canada’s aging population?

3. Do men and women earn the same income? What factors may affect this?

4. Why are we seeing an aging trend in developed countries and the opposite trend in developing countries? What population pyramid shape (rapid growth, negative growth, slow growth, zero growth) do we see for these two different types of countries?

5. What conclusion can you make about education levels in Canada? Is it what you thought?

6. How are Canada's ethnic origins and mother tongues changing?

7. Calculate this data: A northern Canadian community had 907 children under the age of 18 and 82 elders over the age of 65, with a total population of 2,406 people. A southern community has 16,279 children under the age of 18 and 9672 elders over the age of 65 with a total population of 115,084.

a. For both communities, calculate the percentage (%) of population that is under the age of 18 (i.e., 907/2,406 = X; X x 100 = %).

b. For both communities, calculate the percentage of the population that is over the age of 65.

c. What is the total percentage of the dependency load for each population?

d. Who has the largest dependency load, and what does this mean for the community’s planning?

Canada! 2011 Census, Who are we?: (youtube)

1. Why is Alberta’s population growing so quickly? What does this mean for Ontario?

Pearson Atlas Activity:

1. What factors contribute to a low population growth rate?

2. What factors contribute to a high population growth rate?

3. Where do we see the highest birth rates in Canada? What factors make this so for this region?

4. Where do we see the highest death rates in Canada? What factors make this so for this region?

5. As of 2001, where in Canada was the most popular place for immigrants to settle? Why do you think this is?

Homework Questions: (pg. 194 #1-6)

1. Explain how birth rate, death rate, immigration rate, and emigration rate contribute to the rate at which a country’s population grows.

2. Compare and explain the importance of natural increase and net migration in determining Canada’s population growth since 1956. How would this compare for other countries? Explain.

3. What is meant by death control and birth control. What impact have these had on Canada’s population growth?

4. You may be given some population growth rates and be asked to calculate doubling time.

5. Explain how a city planner would use information about a region’s dependency load when planning a new community. Give examples.

6. What role does immigration play in Canada’s population?

Indigenous in the City: (CBC)

1. Discuss the impact of some of the stereotypes discussed in the film on Aboriginal people in Canada.

2. How can Elders help Aboriginal youth rebuild their lives? How can their traditional roles be integrated into today’s world?

3. According to this episode, Aboriginal youth are more likely than other Canadian youth to join gangs or to be in trouble with the law. Discuss some of the issues that have created this situation.

4. A major part of the Indian Act involves the creation of reserve lands. How has that impacted Aboriginal people? Why are more and more Aboriginal people leaving the reserves?

5. Several of the guests on this episode discuss the importance of having a relationship with the land. What is a relationship with the land and how is it important to many Aboriginal peoples?

6. What is the Sixties Scoop and how did it impact Aboriginal communities? Discuss the example of Nakuset and the identity issues she experienced growing up in a Jewish family. How is she trying to prevent this for her own children?

Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: (ppt)

1. What are some of the contributions that Aboriginal people made for helping Canada first start as a country?

2. What are some of the issues caused by treaties? Be specific and provide examples.

3. How are modern treaties different from the treaties signed before the 1970s?

4. Why is the Government of Canada still currently involved with treaty negotiations with Canada’s aboriginal peoples? What areas of Canada do treaties currently not cover?

Canada & Globalization: (ppt)

1. List and explain the four changes to our world brought on by globalization. Provide examples to support your answers.

2. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of globalization. Do you think that globalization is, overall, a good thing or a bad thing? Why?

3. What do you think globalization will look like 20 years from now? Why do you think this?

Globalization Video (youtube)

1. What role has technological advancements played in globalization?

2. What are trade barriers and how have they affected global markets?

3. According to the video, what are the three main categories of globalization? What role does each play in the process of globalization? What impacts do they have?

4. One of the results of globalization is that we are increasingly interconnected and reliant on one another. Using climate change as an example, explain how this is so.

5. How do NGOs exert influence in politics and economics? Give examples.

6. How do newly industrialized countries (like Taiwan and South Korea) and rapidly developing countries (like India, Brazil and China) gain advantage from becoming part of the global economy? Provide examples.

7. Why are countries like sub-Saharan Africa unable to benefit from globalization? How has globalization affected these countries? Give examples.

8. It has been said that globalization is both a threat and an opportunity for industrialized countries. Why is this so?

No Logo (youtube)

1. What does the narrator mean when she says that a shoe represents a “story of globalization”?

2. Why are brands like Gap, Starbucks, and McDonald’s being targeted by anti-globalization protestors?

3. What is the connection between what we buy and working conditions in third world countries?

Peace and International Conflicts: (ppt)

1. What is the difference between peacekeeping, and peacemaking?

2. What role did Lester B. Pearson play in international peacekeeping?

3. Why did the Canadian government send our military to fight in Afghanistan?

4. What was the Rwandan Genocide? What role did Canada play during this tragedy? Did Canada do enough? Explain your answer.

5. How many people are reported to have died in the Rwandan genocide?

6. The video states that the UN peace force was sent to Rwanda with a very limited understanding of the country’s conflict or the socio-cultural circumstances that led to the conflict. Why would this be important information to have?

Canada & International Trade: (ppt)

1. How are ‘exports’ important for maintaining Canada’s financial health?

2. What is the difference between ‘free trade’ and ‘protectionism’? Between the two, which one do you believe is better for Canadian citizens? Why?

3. What are some of Canada’s important exports? What are some of Canada’s important imports?

4. Who is Canada’s largest trade partner? Do you believe this trade relationship will remain the same in the next 20 years? Provide your thoughts and predictions; be sure to explain them).

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