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Chapter Two

The Context of It All

Part One

CONTEXTUALIZING CONTEXT - For a little context on why context is important, read the story below!

Read Story Instead

Prefer reading instead? Here's the text version of your lesson.

Questions & Activities

Reflect on your lesson with short activities, or by exploring referenced articles, featured podcasts, term definitions, and more!

Featured Hot Take

We all need a little context. How to get it? Pollsters help! And few are as informed as Shachi Kurl, the Executive Director of the Angus Reid Institute. She took time away from analyzing the news – and our opinions on the news – to join us in conversation.

We’re featuring this podcast across all five Nature Labs subjects. You might not like every course you take in school, but they are all related. By listening to this podcast, hopefully you’ll better understand why.

Reflection

  • Does polling inform better decisions? Does it help create more empathy for those we disagree with?
  • How valuable is it to have unbiased, impartial research to better understand public opinion?
  • Do you believe polling can be unbiased? Or can the questions that drive research polls be loaded or leading, helping create answers that reinforce certain perspectives?
  • How do we create more movements that unify, rather than divide? Does it begin with story?
  • How can a better understanding of our neighbours, and our nation, inform better stories?

Part Two

THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES WILL HELP YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS YOU NEED TO LEARN IN THIS CLASS. YOUR TEACHER WILL SELECT WHICH ACTIVITIES YOU NEED TO COMPLETE BELOW.

Defining Your Community

Who are your people? Why do you need them? Get to know yourself and your communities.

Mapping Biodiversity

What's your natural context? Find and map the biodiversity hotspots in your community.

Understanding Your Views

How has your upbringing shaped who you are? Why is it important to understand the context of others?

What's Your Context?

How do you think we should balance people and nature? Start brainstorming your ideas and questions. * Recommended

How To Research

You get that research matters, but how to actually do it? And how can good research drive good storytelling? We have the answers!

The Curated Library

Understand the context. Use the Curated Library to compare and contrast different perspectives on an issue that interests you.

Part Three

HOW DOES THIS CLASS RELATE TO REAL-WORLD ISSUES?

Inquiry Media

Can we save every species?

Canada at a Crossroads

NEW: Inquiry Media Series

This five-part story will be featured across each of the first five chapters of Nature Labs and will ask students to explore the question of how Canada can protect our economy and sovereignty while still addressing the other challenges of our time, including biodiversity, the climate, and reconciliation. (Chapter Three coming Dec. 1st)

Further Exploration

Latest News

Newfoundland & Labrador Election: #9 – What does this mean?

https://youtu.be/WBezlG0trxg An overview of the Newfoundland and Labrador election with your host, Simon Jackson. ICYMI - Here's a playlist of the previous updates from last night: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLghJkRMPFsTgqMFeaqyW_2mouT4hxz5ZC

Newfoundland & Labrador Election: #8 – The Results

https://youtu.be/YYq2zz6KEmU An overview of the Newfoundland and Labrador election with your host, Simon Jackson.

Newfoundland & Labrador Election: #7 – Bridging Divides

https://youtu.be/rBTIKrlpI7U An overview of the Newfoundland and Labrador election with your host, Simon Jackson. The Life and Times of Honorable, Dr. Donald H. Oliver, CM, ONS,...

Resources From the Curated Library

The problem with problems, and a better way to frame them visually

The problem with problems, and a better way to frame them visually Sub-Category: Problem Solving Source: Prototypor File Type: Graphic Overview: A visual look at problem solving Web Link: https://blog.prototypr.io/the-problem-with-problems-and-a-better-way-to-frame-them-visually-b3bb71f30baf

How your brain works and how it tackles problems

How your brain works and how it tackles problems Sub-Category: Problem Solving Source: Khan Academy File Type: Video Overview: Learn about types of problems and common approaches to solving them. Web Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine/executive-systems-of-the-brain/cognition-lesson/v/problem-solving

From Purpose to Impact

Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Process vs Product Source: Harvard Business Review File Type: Essay Overview: Purpose to impact: how you can lead change Web Link: https://hbr.org/2014/05/from-purpose-to-impact

What is Context

What is it? Context refers to the circumstances, environment, background or setting that surrounds and influences a particular situation, event or communication. It's the information...

Additional Resources

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Chapters

Chapter One

The System of Things

Chapter Five

Here’s How

Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

Chapter Two

The Context of It All

Chapter Six

Your Turn

Chapter Ten

Keep Going

Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

Chapter Eight

Be Better

Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)