canadian & world issues an introduction to world issues
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Canadian & World Issues
An Introduction to
World Issues
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An Introduction to World Issues
• Imagine you are a first-class passenger on a spaceship hurling through space at 100,000 km/h
• Poisonous gases are leaking into certain sections of the craft and several passengers are dying from the fumes.
• The water supply has been contaminated due to a breakdown in the ship's waste expulsion system.
• Food supplies are running out.
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An Introduction to World Issues
• Many passengers crowded into the economy section of the craft are seriously ill, and only a few of them are getting proper medical attention.
• The spaceship has an overall destruct system and increasing numbers of technologists - some mentally unstable - have gained access to the controls of the destruct system.
• What would you do?
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An Introduction to World Issues
• List your 5 top priorities in order of importance1.
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An Introduction to World Issues
• The term “issue” refers to a question, concern, or problem that has reached the stage of dialogue.
• By studying an issue, you will come to realize that there are at least two and, most often, many points of view on a situation.
• You will be able to understand the rationale for and to debate the various positions.
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How the PowerPoints Work
• For many lessons in the course, key points and visuals are displayed in PowerPoint slideshows which are available on the course website.
• If you want, print the slideshows out in advance (you can print “handouts” with 6 or 9 slides on a page) so you can take notes on information talked about, without having to copy the screen.
• From now on, the first slide will be a “table of contents” for the lesson, followed by any relevant text and visuals for that lesson.
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An Introduction to World Issues
• An Introduction to World Issues – Why Study Geography?– World Issues Diagnostic Quiz – World Issues Acronyms– Current World Issues
• Who ARE these People? – World Leaders and their Flags
• Where in the World? – Mind Map of the World – Mapping Assignment – Countries Comparison
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An Introduction to World Issues
4. Framing an Issue – Defining Issues
• How to Frame an Issue• Practice with an Article
– A World Issues Diary – Weekly News Reports – Website Analysis– Book Review
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Why Study Geography?
• You need to study more geography to offset those who think…– Andes is an after- dinner mint.– The Balkans are an alien people on Star Trek.– The English Channel is a TV sitcom about Charles
and Camilla.– The United Kingdom is a cultural theme park.– The Tropic of Cancer is a sunscreen lotion.– The $100 000 pyramid is in Egypt.
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Why Study Geography?
• You need to study more geography to offset those who think…– The Gaza Strip is a Middle Eastern folk dance.– The Ring of Fire is the centre ring of Barnum and
Bailey’s Circus.– The Bermuda Triangle is a percussion instrument in a
reggae band.– The Cumberland Gap gives out a pair of clogs with
every pair of jeans sold.– The International Dateline is a new digital TV channel.
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Why Study Geography?
• You need to study more geography to offset those who think…– The Continental Shelf is a specialty section in the
supermarket.– A fault is what you find in other people.– A fjord is a type of car.– A mantle is what goes over your fireplace.– Tide is a laundry detergent.– You can do a research project to find out who killed
the Dead Sea.
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Why Study Geography?
• “Nature is not only more complex than we think, it is more complex than we can think.”
Dr. David Suzuki
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Who ARE These People?
• Match the names of the world leaders with their photographs and country’s flag.
(His Excellency)The Right Honourable
Stephen HarperPrime Minister of Canada
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United Kingdom
• His Excellency The Right Honourable David Cameron
• Prime Minister
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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United States of America
• His Excellency The Honorable
• Barack Hussein Obama
• President
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Iraq
• His Excellency Nouri al-Maliki
• Prime Minister
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France
• His Excellency Nicolas Sarkozy
• President
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Mexico
• His Excellency Felipe Calderón
• President
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Australia
• Her Excellency The Honourable Julia Gillard
• Prime Minister
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North Korea
• His Excellency Kim Jong Il
• President
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China
• His Excellency Hu Jintao
• President
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Rwanda
• His Excellency Paul Kagame
• President
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Afghanistan
• His Excellency Hâmid Karzai
• President
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Japan
• His Excellency Yasuo Fukuda
• Prime Minister
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South Africa
• His Excellency Thabo Mbeki
• President
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Egypt
• His Excellency Hosni Mubarak
• President
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Pakistan
• His Excellency Pervez Musharraf
• Former-President
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Pakistan
His Excellency
President Asif Ali Zardari
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Russia
• His Excellency Dmitry Medvedev
• President
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Germany
• Her Excellency Angela Merkel
• Chancellor
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Israel
• His Excellency Benjamin Netanyahu
• Prime Minister
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India
• His Excellency Manmohan Singh
• Prime Minister
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Italy
• His Excellency Silvio Berlusconi
• Prime Minister
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Brazil
• His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
• President
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Venezuela
• His Excellency Hugo Chavez
• President
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United Nations
• Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
• United Nations
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Iran
• His Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
• President
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Zimbabwe
• His Excellency Robert Mugabe
• President