What do you think?
- What divisions do you see within your community? How can we heal them?
- What's your take on the future of work - the future of Canada's economy? Is it changing or will we continue to be a resource-focused nation?
- How can we sustain rural and Indigenous communities and their economies? By protecting nature? By prioritizing our economy?
- In today’s society, is there room for respectful disagreement? Will those who state we can disagree only agree to disagree with those who share their same worldview?
- How do we create space for the complex, uncomfortable (increasingly controversial) conversations required to move Canada forward?
- Do you think we can safeguard biodiversity and grow our economy and achieve meaningful truth and reconciliation?
- Is it possible to find solutions to this issue that heal the urban-rural divide?
Terms & Concepts
- Knowledge Based Economy
- Economic Diversification
- Reconciliation
- Government Subsidization
Task
Gather in small groups and answer the following:
- How do we balance biodiversity and the economy, with the rights and values of different cultures? What should we do when different cultural values clash - and what happens if those values differ within one culture? How should we reconcile science and economics, ethics and resources, minority and majority will?
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