Canada’s Best Jobs 2018: The Top 25 Jobs In Canada MACLEANS

Inquiry: With Climate Change and other environmental issues at the forefront of Global issues why might Geography and Environmental Studies note be supported by the Ministry of Education and Boards of Education especially in Ontario?

Activity: Create a story map to communicate possible solution to help Boards and the Ministry understand how Geography and Environmental Education will help solve the problem of today and tomorrow.

Top 25 Jobs in Canada the following have direct connections to Geography 

1. Utilities Manager - Geography and Geographic Skills

5. Public administration director - Geographic Skills, Law

6. Health Care Manager - Geography and Geographic Skills

10. Marketing & Public Relations Manager - Geographic Skills

11. Air Traffic Controller: Geographic Skills

12. Statistician or Actuary - Geographic Skills

14. Pilot & Flying Instructor - Geography: GIS/GPS

17. Mining & Quarrying Supervisor - Geography

18. Specialized Engineer (e.g. agricultural or naval) - Geography

19. Computer Systems Manager - Geography - GIS

20. Construction Manager - Geographic Skills

21. Aerospace Engineer Geography - GIS/GPS

22. Economic Development Director Geographic Skills, Economics

 

Up to 800 forestry jobs lost as Teal-Jones halts harvesting in southwest B.C.Dirk Meissner · The Canadian Press · 

 

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Interrelationships, Geographic Perspective, Patterns and Trends, Spatial Significance

Inquiry:  How might the lumber industry improve its sustainability? How might this event impact other parts of Canada?

Activity: Gather data on the Canadian lumber. Create a Spatial Journal indicating where the lumber industry is located in Canada. Create a Story Map to outline what might happen the Canada's limber industry in the future and suggest ways to ensure its sustainability moving forward.

'We don't want to be the next cancer village': Canada's plastic recycling dumped and burned overseas Eric Szeto, Katie Pedersen, David Common and Luke Denne · CBC News · Posted: Sep 27, 2019

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Interrelationships

Inquiry: How might Countries better deal with their own waste so they do not need to ship it overseas. What might be needed for countries to take full responsibility of their waste and become more sustainable.

Activity: Gather data on where Canada sends its waste. Create a spatial journal identifying countries that receive Canada's waist. Are there an patterns that can be seen? Create a story map to communicate what might be a solution to Canada's plastic waste problems. How might Canada be called a world leader in plastic waste management?

Just one-third of the world's longest rivers remain free-flowing 

Geographic Concepts of Thinking: Interrelationship, Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends

Inquiry: How might  human interrelationship with the rivers impact sustainability?

Activity: Gather information on the the world largest rivers and human population to create a spatial journal. Examine how humans are using the water. How might spatial significance impact how the water is used? Collect information on the stakeholders using the issues analysis. How might the stakeholders perspective influence sustainability of the river? From the geographic perspective develop a plan that may lead to better interaction along the river so that human activity is actually sustainable. Create a story map to communicate a possible solution.

Do we treat our soil like dirt? The effects of soil erosion  By Dennis Dimick, National Geographic, adapted by Newsela staff

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Interrelationships, Spatial Significance

Inquiry: How might soil erosion impact different communities?  

Activity: Gather data on contributing factors that may cause soil erosion. Create a spatial journal to record where the different types of factors might be found. Evaluate some methods that may reduce soil erosion and where they may work best, add this information to the spatial journal. Develop an action plan that might be useful in a community and communicate results via story map.

Sustainable fishing 

By National Geographic, adapted by Newsela staff

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Interrelationships, Patterns and Trends, 

Inquiry: How might fish stocks be protected so future generations have access to this resource?

Activity: Gather data on overfishing. Conduct an issue analysis to understand of geographic perspective of the stakeholders. Review sustainable fishing practices and create a spatial journal to show where they are. Develop a plan that might work better for the Canadian fishing industry and communicate via story map.

Life at the Arctic floe edge

Canadian Geographic By Susan Nerberg March 27, 2019

Geographic Concepts of Thinking: Interrelationships, Patterns and Trends, Geographic Perspective

Inquiry: How might climate change impact the Arctic floe edge and the ecosystems in this region?

Activity: Gather data on Arctic floe edge, polar ice packs and related elements. Create a spatial journal of the different situations in the Arctic floe edge. Conduct an issue analysis to get an understanding of the different perspectives in the region. Develop an action plan from the data and communicate via story map.