GROWING TRENDS IN CANADAWhat are the major forces that are shaping today’s social trends?

THE ECONOMY

TEENAGER EMPLOYMENT In 2000, teenagers worked an average of 32 minutes per

day 34 percent of boys, 40 percent of girls aged 15 to 18

reported having a job in 2006 more girls employed, but boys work more hours most students work in low-paying service, clerical or sales

jobs highest proportion come from middle-class negative impact on academics, sleep

CHALLENGES FACING YOUNG WORKERS getting in – unemployment rate in 2012 was

14.7% always the hardest hit during a recession competing against delayed retirement no choice but to return to school, obtain new

skills, broaden opportunities

UNEMPLOYMENT What is the unemployment rate in Canada

today? What are the impacts?

THE ECONOMY – WORK & IDENTITY

Employment plays a role is who a person is George Herbert Mead

Charles Cooley and the Looking-Glass Self first, we envision how we appear second, we envision the judgement of that

appearance third, our sense of self develops our self image forms by imagining what

others think of his or her appearance/behaviour

CREDIT AND DEBT rising debt levels for every dollar of after-tax income, the average

Canadian family owes $1.51 mortgages, lines of credit, credit cards, student loans,

car loans How do rising debt levels contribute to

demographic trends? http://

www.slice.ca/til-debt-do-us-part/video/where-are-they-now/where-are-they-now-rachel-and-daniela/video.html?v=64189507677#til-debt-do-us-part/video/where-are-they-now

THE MEDIA

popular media … print, audiovisual, digital – constant stream aware of some, not of others people may internalize this information –

forms part of our reality

MEDIA CONSUMPTION

How might it change 10 years from now?

MEDIA AND CULTURE

Example: The Television Since the 1950s, a means of “transmitting

culture” (Gerbner) Use of television has grown and changed

- It passes on our history and culture through the lens of corporations trying to sell goods and services

INFLUENCE OF MEDIA FIGURES Much attention paid to media figures Send us messages about how to act, what to

buy, what we should want Have you ever been influenced by a

celebrity or media figure?

POLITICS

POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

Why does voter turnout increase with age?

Why is this important?

Rick Mercer RANT:

https://youtu.be/OYgwUQTSC3I

What could you rant about?

HEALTH AND BEAUTY

How does our culture define beauty?

How do people think and act about beauty? Why?

http://documentaryaddict.com/killing+us+softly+4+advertisings+image+of+women-12933-doc.html

PROMOTING HEALTH BEHAVIOURS Preventative care and health promotion Nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity

REDUCING HARMFUL BEHAVIOURS Reducing rates of smoking

https://youtu.be/C8JoQ7_aYPw Combination of:

- Increasing knowledge and awareness- Changing social structures, such as laws

BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE Cost – some services not covered by OHIP Secondary costs – transportation, child care,

lost wages Geographic barriers – rural Canadians more

likely to have higher blood pressure, be obese, depressed