...Geography is one of the many disciplines included in the interdisciplinary subject of social studies. It is a vital component of social studies as it helps students develop a mental map of their community, province and country. Developing a personal mental map allows students to imagine and bring together the concepts and information they receive about the spatial organization of society and it relationships with natural resources, disasters, weather patterns and climate. This unit will focus on three major components of Canadian geography each of which will be scaffolded upon the next. The unit will be concerned with the regional and physical geography of Canada and the natural resources found within each region. I chose to introduce regional...
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...Canada Geography , people Historical and political background Economy Geography and people Geography Geographic size: 3.9 million square miles Capital: Ottawa Major cities and population: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Halifax The landmass of Canada is around 3,849,674.042 square miles, and it occupies the northern half of North America. Canada has six time zones, and it has coastlines on the Atlantic and Pacific and the Arctic Ocean, giving it the longest coastline on the world. Canada also has a boundary of 5,525 miles with the United States in the southern. The northern of Canada is Arctic islands, which come within 497 miles of the North Pole. Geography of Canada changes significantly with different its part and with the different region. There are such different climate accompany with landscape. There is a lot lakes and rivers spread out over the country. Canada has more than two million lake and it takes 7 per cent of the Canadian land mass. The biggest lake is Great Bear Lake located in the Northwest Territories. (“Geography Canada”, 2013) However, Canada has only 12 per cent of the land in northernmost is suitable for agriculture because of the harsh climate. Therefore, most of the Canadian live within a few hundred miles in the southern border, where the climate is milder. People Population: 35,163, 430 inhabitants (world population review, 2013) From the chart of Canada’s population growth, Canada’s inhabitants...
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...The urban in fragile, uncertain, neoliberal times: towards new geographies of social justice? R. ALAN WALKS Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Cananda L5L 1C6 (e-mail: alan.walks@utoronto.ca) Canadian cities are at a crossroads. The neoliberalization of governance at multiple scales, inadequate re-investment in urban infrastructure, increasing reliance on continental and international trade, and the restructuring of the space economy have combined to weaken Canada’s cities just as the global economic system is undergoing transformation. Canadian urban geographic scholarship has much to offer under current conditions, and is already making significant contributions in key areas. In particular, research on what might be called the contours and impacts of urban restructuring and the neoliberal city, immigration and cities of difference, and urban environmental justice show much promise and are likely to define the core of Canadian urban geography into the future. Key words: cities, urban geography, Canada, economic restructuring, neoliberalism, social justice L’urbain ` une ´poque fragile, incertaine et a e n´olib´rale: vers de nouvelles g´ographies de la e e e justice sociale? ` Les villes canadiennes sont a la crois´e des chemins. e Alors que l’´conomie mondiale traverse une p´riode e e de transformation, la situation des villes au Canada se pr´carise avec les effets de la restructuration e ` n´olib´rale de la gouvernance a multiples...
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...Chapter 1 - Geography Matters: Definitions: * Human geography the study of the spatial organization of human activity and of people’s relationships with their environments * Cartography: the body of practical and theoretical knowledge about making distinctive visual representations of Earth’s surface in the form of maps * Map projection: a systematic rendering on a flat surface of the geographic coordinates of the features found on Earth’s surface * Ethnocentrism: the attitude that a persona’s own race and culture are superior to those of others * Imperialism: the extension of the power of a nation through direct/indirect control of the economic and political life of other territories * Masculinism: the assumption that the world is and should be shaped mainly by men for men * environmental determinism: a doctrine holding that human activities are controlled by the environment * globalization: the increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental political and cultural change * ecumene: the total habitable area of a country. Sine it depends on the prevailing technology, the available ecumene varies over time. Canada’s ecumene is so much less than its total area. * Geodemographic research: investigation using census data and commercial data (i.e. sales data and property records) about populations of small districts to create profiles of those populations for market research ...
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...What is human geography ? Nature of place Meanings Assumptions and expectations Disciple and power relations Developing Location.. whats here why is it here Region (imaginary- formal, function and perceptual) Place Landscape 2.1 What is globalization 2.2 what are the connections between globalization and geographical ? 2.3 why do some people or groups oppose globalization Political geography 3.1 spiritual organization-states nations 3.2 the modern nation-state 3.4 Geopolitics and critical geopolitics. 3.5 supranational organizations and the future of the state Understanding the current world map POLITICAL GEORAPHY study the effect of political actions on humans geography. spatial analysis of political phenomenon moving around people are going around. Ex china going to Afghanistan for resources The study of states- their groupings and global relations. France cannot stand the US.. their relationship is lost Territory, sovereignty, and boundaries TERRITORITALITY a country’s or local community’s sense of property and attachment toward its territory, as expressed by its determination to keep it inviolable and strongly defended (text pg 53) it’s a space of something its our natural action to protect or control our territory.. and meaning of territory. Must all the land be owned? Ex even when we went to the moon we had to plant a flag and say it was ours SOVEREIGNTYexclusive control over territory a principle of international relations(all...
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...assessing the potential benefits and costs, the potential risks and the implementation plan have to consider historical aspects, geography, market, investments, human resources and supply chain as well. The North West Company is a leading community retailer to serve in the following regions: Northern Canada, Western Canada, Rural Alaska, The South Pacific and The Caribbean. Most of them are located in smaller; remote communities and generally not accessible by all-weather roads. Transportation is a considerable portion of North West’s expenses. With the goal of efficient logistic in mind, ordering was centralized, with input from the district and regional managers, and product was pushed to stores based on historical sales and forecast. Cooperation between North West Company with Giant Tiger Limited in 2001 which applied Pull Strategy System and the stores were growing well; This evidence made us to consider whether this pull strategy system overall would be more benefit than the current one. Based on the above reasons, I as a Director of Procurement and Marketing of North West Company decide to keep the current Push system innovatively such as realigned warehouse processing and shipping schedules, repositioning store location and distribution center on the remote communities and generally not accessible by all-weather road; and some of regional communities retailing that are generally accessible by all-weather road to open Giant Tiger store to implement Pull Strategy System...
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...assessing the potential benefits and costs, the potential risks and the implementation plan have to consider historical aspects, geography, market, investments, human resources and supply chain as well. The North West Company is a leading community retailer to serve in the following regions: Northern Canada, Western Canada, Rural Alaska, The South Pacific and The Caribbean. Most of them are located in smaller; remote communities and generally not accessible by all-weather roads. Transportation is a considerable portion of North West’s expenses. With the goal of efficient logistic in mind, ordering was centralized, with input from the district and regional managers, and product was pushed to stores based on historical sales and forecast. Cooperation between North West Company with Giant Tiger Limited in 2001 which applied Pull Strategy System and the stores were growing well; This evidence made us to consider whether this pull strategy system overall would be more benefit than the current one. Based on the above reasons, I as a Director of Procurement and Marketing of North West Company decide to keep the current Push system innovatively such as realigned warehouse processing and shipping schedules, repositioning store location and distribution center on the remote communities and generally not accessible by all-weather road; and some of regional communities retailing that are generally accessible by all-weather road to open Giant Tiger store to implement Pull Strategy System...
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...assessing the potential benefits and costs, the potential risks and the implementation plan have to consider historical aspects, geography, market, investments, human resources and supply chain as well. The North West Company is a leading community retailer to serve in the following regions: Northern Canada, Western Canada, Rural Alaska, The South Pacific and The Caribbean. Most of them are located in smaller; remote communities and generally not accessible by all-weather roads. Transportation is a considerable portion of North West’s expenses. With the goal of efficient logistic in mind, ordering was centralized, with input from the district and regional managers, and product was pushed to stores based on historical sales and forecast. Cooperation between North West Company with Giant Tiger Limited in 2001 which applied Pull Strategy System and the stores were growing well; This evidence made us to consider whether this pull strategy system overall would be more benefit than the current one. Based on the above reasons, I as a Director of Procurement and Marketing of North West Company decide to keep the current Push system innovatively such as realigned warehouse processing and shipping schedules, repositioning store location and distribution center on the remote communities and generally not accessible by all-weather road; and some of regional communities retailing that are generally accessible by all-weather road to open Giant Tiger store to implement Pull Strategy System...
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...Climate The reason why I am writing about Canada is because as a young kid I have always wanted to go there because I am a huge hockey fan and they have always been good at that sport, and I have always wanted to go to Niagara falls. So, I figure that if I write about the climate, that I can find out what it is like there. One of Canada’s major landforms is the Canadian Shield. The Canadian shield is a large horseshoe shaped area that covers eight million square miles of Canada. The whole shield is Precambrian rocks, and a thick forest. The picture below shows what the Canadian shield looks like.  Another landform in Canada is the Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls is a city in the regional municipality of Niagara. This is located in southeastern Ontario, Canada. It is also at a port on the Niagara River opposite Niagara Falls. The city overlooks the falls that are 177 ft high and in the falls, it carries nine times more water than the share of New York’s part of the waterfall. Niagara Falls is an enormously popular tourist destination, and it also serves as a major source of electricity for Ontario.  Some of the common animals that can be found in Canada are the Arctic fox’s, bald eagle, caribou, fisher cats, moose, and deer’s. Canada is part of the arctic and sub arctic regions. The sub arctic part is in the south of Canada and the arctic region is in the north part. Canada’s climate varies wildly based on geography, from perma-frost in the north to four seasons...
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...*Corresponding Author Johannes Van Biesebroeck Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 150 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G7,Canada E-mail: jovb@chass.utoronto.ca Gary Gereffi Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0088, USA E-mail: ggere@soc.duke.edu Abstract: This paper lays out the main features of the global automotive industry and identifies several important trends. A boom in developing country sales and production has not yet overshadowed the importance of existing markets in developed regions. Regional integration is very strong at an operational level, yet the industry has recently developed a set of global-scale value chain linkages, and retains national and local elements as well. The paper highlights how global, regional, national and local value chains are nested to create a pattern of global integration that is distinctive to the industry. We use global value chain analysis to help explain the limits of build-to-order in the industry, the role of regional and global suppliers, the shifting geography of production and how the characteristics of value chain linkages in the industry favour tight integration and regional production. We describe how industry concentration focuses power in the hands of a few large lead firms and discuss the implications of this for value chain governance and the geography of production. Keywords: globalisation; automotive industry;...
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...*Corresponding Author Johannes Van Biesebroeck Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 150 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G7,Canada E-mail: jovb@chass.utoronto.ca Gary Gereffi Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0088, USA E-mail: ggere@soc.duke.edu Abstract: This paper lays out the main features of the global automotive industry and identifies several important trends. A boom in developing country sales and production has not yet overshadowed the importance of existing markets in developed regions. Regional integration is very strong at an operational level, yet the industry has recently developed a set of global-scale value chain linkages, and retains national and local elements as well. The paper highlights how global, regional, national and local value chains are nested to create a pattern of global integration that is distinctive to the industry. We use global value chain analysis to help explain the limits of build-to-order in the industry, the role of regional and global suppliers, the shifting geography of production and how the characteristics of value chain linkages in the industry favour tight integration and regional production. We describe how industry concentration focuses power in the hands of a few large lead firms and discuss the implications of this for value chain governance and the geography of production. Keywords: globalisation; automotive industry;...
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...County, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area near Beaverton. Columbia Sportswear also produces footwear, headgear, camping equipment, skiwear, and outerwear accessories. CRI is Symbol of Carter's, Inc.in NYSE. They are the largest branded marketer in the U.S. of apparel exclusively for babies and young children. It was founded in 1865 by William Carter. Previously, the company also made underwear for adults. Carters acquired competitor OshKosh B'Gosh in 2005. Both of the two companies are Manufacture Company for clothes and footwear. The difference is CRI is more focus on the children market and the COLM is more focus on the audit market. Another difference is COLM is would–wide company there market include Asian, Europe and Canada. CRI is more like a National company. Their markets more focus on U.S. A comparison of the two MD&As MD&A Items comparison | Columbia | | Carter's | | Items | Pages | Items | Pages | Business | 2 | Business | 1 | Results of Operations | 7 | Result of Operations | 7 | Liquidity and Capital Resources | 1 | Financial Condition, Capital Resources, and Liquidity | 1 | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 1 | Effects of Inflation and Deflation | 1 | Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates | 1 | Seasonality | 1 | | | Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates | 2 | | | Forward-Looking Statements | 1 |...
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...Reviewing the victim contact reports is necessary for the process to minimize victimization and returning back to criminal activities. There are versions that have been advocated to ensure that there is a change in the perception of the society and ease the desistance process but there are no documented scientific reports to support the same. However, the criminal justice system has officers working in the regions for evaluating the community ideas, opinions and take on the release of the convicts back to the society. Under the Correctional and Conditional Release Act, there are procedures and conditions that parolees are issued with to ensure that the process is successful (Government of Canada, 2018). With the extensive training, the parole and probation officers conduct an analysis of the risk factors before releasing the inmates back to the “hostile...
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...East Asia---------------------------------------------------------------------------------45 South Asia-------------------------------------------------------------------------------47 Southeast Asia-------------------------------------------------------------------------50 Australia and Oceania---------------------------------------------------------------57 Conclusion------------------------------------------------------------------------------60 Bibliography----------------------------------------------------------------------------61 Introduction Diversity Amid Globalization Project is organized to describe and explain the major world regions of Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and so on. The content is of world regional geography that explicitly recognizes the geographic changes accompanying globalization. With this focus we join the many who argue that globalization is the...
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...Positive Impacts Of WTO On Chinese People's Daily Life 【Abstract】Joining the WTO brought many effects to our country, both advantages and disadvantages. These effects embodied in all aspects of economic, political, and People's Daily life was all affected. This paper is to discuss the positive impacts of WTO on Chinese people's daily life. By analyzing the obviously changing in our daily life, this paper will give a conclusion about positive impacts. 【Key Words】 WTO; People’s Daily Life; Chinese 1. China and WTO On December.11, 2001, China has become the WTO's 143th formal member. The Chinese people are very proud to join WTO, because that means our economy has become one part of the world economy and Chinese people could know more about the world form then on. In a world, we become closer to each other. China's market been expanded, but People's employment and daily life is facing new opportunities and challenges. To this, some people think that after joining the WTO there will be more opportunities, some people think that our life might be hampered and we even have to change the way we live. However, think about the good side, China entry into the WTO, brought many benefits to Chinese People's Daily life. 2. Positive impacts of WTO on Chinese People's Daily life 2.1Employment opportunities are increased International unemployment and employment commission and China international development of talent exchange association’s survey shows that there will be...
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