- Explore how sovereignty threats could have impacts on biodiversity in Canada.
- Explore how melting ice affects shipping routes, ecosystems, and Canada’s territorial claims. Use climate models or data sets to predict how boundaries might shift in the next 50 years.
- Explore how threats to soveriegnty might impact careers in science, biology, and environmental research.
- Investigate how international trade agreements have impacted conservation efforts, and how the collapse of global free trade might impact the environment.
- Examine the environmental science behind extracting oil, gas, or minerals in disputed areas. Weigh the ecological costs against economic and sovereignty benefits.
- Listen to Kate Moran and Brian Menounos‘ podcasts and determine if the loss of data sharing with different countries will affect major decisions that affect biodiversity in Canada.
Canada at a Crossroads Chapter 1: Science
