The global education crisis – even more severe than previously estimated

• ELLINORE AHLGREN
• JOÃO PEDRO AZEVEDO
• JESSICA BERGMANN
• MATT BROSSARD
• GWANG- CHOL CHANG
• BORHENE CHAKROUN
• MARIE-HELENE CLOUTIER
• SUGURU MIZUNOYA
• NICOLAS REUGE
• HALSEY ROGERS

|JANUARY 04, 2022

 Concepts of Thinking: Geographic Perspective, SPATIAL Significance

Inquiry: How might GOVERNMENTS, ministries, and teachers maintain quality education during and after this pandemic when the research shows a DEFINITE decline?

Activity: gather data on what countries are doing to support student learning during the covid-19 pandemic.  CREATE A SPATIAL JOURNAL TO SHOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. conduct an issue analysis to guide a solution, from a geographic perspective, that will help support the majority of students. Create a story Map to communicate the results of the issue ANALYSIS.

 

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Ontario veering off track from its climate change targets, internal forecasts reveal.

Mike Crawley · CBC News · Posted: Nov 25, 2021 

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Interrelationships, Geographic Perspective

Inquiry: What should Ontario do to meet carbon emission targets? why is this Government not fulfilling their obligations in fight Climate Change? How might Canada meet its environmental targets if Provinces do not do their part? 

Activity: Use the geographic inquiry model to collect and organize data relating to environmental targets. Analyze the data to determine the potential success of Ontario's Made in Ontario Environmental Plan. Conduct an issue analysis to better understand the roles and position of stakeholders. Create a spatial journal to show where in Ontario environmental impacts maybe felt. Determine a possible plan of action that might bring Ontario back on course to meet their environmental targets and communicate it via story map to an appropriate audience.

 

 

B.C. declares state of emergency in wake of devastating flooding, mudslides Bridgette Watson, Akshay Kulkarni · CBC News · Posted: Nov 17, 2021 

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

Inquiry: What might be needed to ensure this level of damage doesn't occur again?

Activity: Conduct an issue analysis to determine the stakeholders and their roles relating to the BC flooding. Gather information on the factors that contributed to the flood situation in BC. Create a spatial journal of where the hardest hit regions can be found. Develop an action plan that might be able to be applied to this situation. Communicate your action plan via story map.

Supporting material:

B.C. flooding could be Canada's costliest disaster as cut-off Port of Vancouver snarls supply chain.

 

Livable Wages in Ontario 2021 by CRAIG PICKTHORNE 

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Spatial Significance, Geographic Perspective, Interrelationships

Inquiry: What might be needed to ensure all citizens can earn a "livable wage"?

Activity: Use the data from the article to create a spatial journal highlighting the required wage to live a livable life. Collect information on living expenses (needs). Add that data to the spatial journal as well as wages across Ontario to help understand the interrelationships. Conduct an issue analysis to guide a  solution that might be able to raise the minimum wage so that Ontarians can live a livable life. Communicate solution via story map.

 

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B.C. forests minister introduces bill to overhaul forest practices The Canadian Press OCTOBER 20, 2021

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Spatial Significance, Interrelationships

Inquiry:  How might the forestry changes impact communities relying on the forest? How might other industries incorporate similar changes to their extraction.

Activity: Conduct an issue analysis to determine the stakeholders and their views on the proposed changes and outline the proposed changes.  Create a spatial journal of the old growth forest in B.C.  and place communities to help show the interrelationships involved in the issue. Use story map to communicate the impacts or  suggestions how other primary (mining, fishing, agriculture) industries could incorporate similar strategies.