Geography assignment

1.Read Laliberté et. al.'s (2015) article which introduced some different approaches to teaching a course on the Geography of Canada. Imagine that our course was included in that article. Create a short summary of the approach that could potentially be included in an updated version of that article. In your summary, be sure to compare and contrast our approach with others.

Note: more for quality than quantity and provide a good summary of the approach in under 400 words. (10 points)

2.The Canadian Shield (write a paragraph about this) (5 points)

3. See the picture and write a paragraph.

4.The National Policy (write a paragraph about this) (5 points)

5.Listen to/ watch any TWO of the following podcasts or videos. (15 points)

For each, provide a succinct summary that identifies the key take-home messages. Be sure to keep this second component of the exercise in mind. We are not just looking for overviews but precisely how each podcast / video relates to or could fit into our course. We will be looking more at quality than quantity but as a rough guideline I expect you will be able to provide an overview of each of the two episodes adequately in under 800 words (total).

1. Podcast: The Big Story (May 20, 2022), "What's in Bill 96? And why is it tearing apart Quebec's uneasy language truce?" available here: https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2022/05/20/whats-in-bill-96-and-why-is-it-tearing-apart- quebecs-uneasy-language-truce/It's a gigantic update to Quebec's language laws, which have been part of the cultural fabric of the province for 50 years—and the proposal even goes so far as to update Canada's constitution.So what's in the bill? What does it actually mean? And what happens next?

2. Podcast: Curious Canadian History (Season 7, Episode 11, Feb 1, 2022) "To the Winner Goes the Spoils: The Origins of Lord Stanley's Cup" https://podcast.app/curious-canadian-history-p123589/ In this episode David talks with author Jordan Goldstein about the history of hockey's Stanley Cup and its complex relationship to the way Canadians understand themselves and their nation.

3. Podcast: CBC, The Secret Life of Canada (Season 2, Episode 2, Feb 19 2019) "The Province of Jamaica". This episode explores Caribbean migration to Canada, how a Caribbean island might have become a Canadian province, and black labour activism. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/203-the-secret-life-of-canada/episode/156712 48-s2-the-province-of-jamaica

4. Video: CBC News (Apr 6, 2017) "Why the Battle of Vimy Ridge Matters" https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/915790915611 As Canadians marked the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 2017, it's worth asking: Why does Canada keep commemorating that moment in history?