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Issues in Canadian Geography - Mrs. Robin 2024 - Spring

The document addresses various pressing issues in Canadian geography, focusing on sectors like industries, demography, and sustainable development. It highlights the importance of sustainability through the lens of the 7 Grandfather Teachings, emphasizing values such as humility and respect to ensure resources are used responsibly for future generations.

Issues in Canadian Geography - Mrs. Robin 2024 - Spring

Issues in Canadian Geography - Mrs. Robin 2024 - Spring

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infrastructure
Socio- cultural
overexploitation
status quo
paradigm
demographic
carbon sink
sequestration
pivotal
Terrestrial

Industries

Natural Resources

Resource Conflicts: Indigenous Land Protectors
Wet’suwet’en supporters and RCMP standoff over pipeline

The conflict is between.....

Fracking New Brunswick

The conflict is between First Nations who want to protect the land and water from the chemicals and the company who got the rights to extract the resources from the government. The police are government agents who are enforcing a court decision to allow the fracking to go ahead.

Mi'kmaq Lobster Fishery

The dispute is between Indigenous people who want the treaties to be honoured and commercial fish industry who aren't allowed to fish outside the regular season and are afraid allowing Indigenous people to fish outside the season will damage the future generations of fish.

Life Cycle Analysis
Transportation

What does the video claim are the impacts of shipping?

Demography

Terms
Childhood Mortality Rates
Infant Mortality Rates
Life Expectancy
Net Migration
Natural Increase Rate
Death Rates
Birth Rates
Overpopulation?
Population Pyramids

Sustainability/ Sustainable Development

Plastic Solutions
Subtopic
7 Grandfather Teachings

The 7 Grandfather teachings could help us with sustainability (using resources now without harming future generations). For example: Humility could help us by seeing ourselves as a part of creation, not as dominating of others.

Respect could help by...

Responsibility could help by....

Circular Economy
Ellen McArthur Foundation
Canadian Government
European Union Parliament
The Story of Stuff

The Story of Stuff is......

Environmental Issues

Plastic
We urgently need a global plastics treaty- Greenpeace
The Problem with plastic pollution in Rio Montagua, Guatemala

10 million to 30 million kilos of plastic per.....


they think this river responsble for 1% to 3% of all the plastic in the ocean


shoes, toys, bottles, styrofoam




Electricity
Which industries produce the most GHGs?
Electricity sources information
Google Data Center
Phantom Power

Phantom Power is......

Where does Ontario's electricity come from?
Landfill- garbage and waste problems
The Waste in our Systems

There is a lot of waste in our systems.....


Food Waste.....



Single Use and Plastics, packaging.....



Electricity.....


Water....







How harnessing methane from landfills could help Canada fight climate change
Landfills are methane 'super- emitters'

This study found that landfills are emitting more methane (a very powerful GHG) than originally thought.


Methane emissions are from....




Climate Change
Natural Vs. Human Enhanced Greenhouse Effect
Earth's energy Balance

Greenhouse Gases occur in the .....


summarize in your own words what we learned about the Greenhouse Effect in the Atmosphere

Biodiversity

Biodiversity is.......


all the different kinds of life you will find in one area


Bio------- living/ life

Diversity------ many different ________




Why do forests Matter

Forests matter because:

  1. they take in CO2 (a major GHG) when they are doing photosynthesis ( carbon sequestration)
  2. they shield us from extreme weather
  3. .provide drinking water to cities
The 4 components of Habitat

The 4 components of habitat are:

  1. food
  2. water
  3. shelter
  4. space
Why care about biodiversity?
WWF Canada Living Planet Report

What I learned from looking at the living planet report Canada......

Living Planet Report

Average numbers within species have declined by 69%!!!


Explore the site and write down some notes about what you learned.....

Ecosystem Biodiversity

Ecosystem Biodiversity is........

Species Biodiversity

Species biodiversity is.......

Genetic Biodiversity

Genetic Biodiversity is......

Physical Geography

Physical Processes
Wearing down processes

Wearing down processes are:


weathering.....



and erosion.....

Building up processes

Building up processes are physical processes that build up the landscape. Examples are:

Converging techtonic plates: when the plates crash into each other, the land goes up and forms mountains.



When magma breaks through the crust and hardens to form new land masses (ex. Hawaiian Islands) or volcanic mountains (Mt St Helens, USA)

Rock Cycle

The three types of rock are:

Landform Regions
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands

GL and SLL are.....

Innuitian Mountains

Innuitian Mountains are.....

Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands

Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands are.....

Appalachians

Appalachian highlands are.....

Interior Plains

Interior Plains are......

Canadian Shield

The Canadian Shield is.......

Western Cordillera

western cordillera is.......