Chapter 2 Questions
+ Voices from the Story and Referenced Resources
Think about it
- Are there any unanswered questions or areas that require further investigation based on the story?
- Can you apply the information from the story to real-life situations or other contexts?
- Can you give an example of a misunderstanding or misinterpretation that could occur when important context is missing?
- How does context help us better understand a situation?
- How can cultural knowledge help improve our understanding of differing societal values and conflicts in our world today?
- Should ecological context be weighed alongside cultural context when investigating complex issues?
- Should we have more empathy for different contexts and perspectives?
- How will global job trends impact you?
- Do you think our economy will continue to change? Does this prospect make you happy or nervous?
- What do you think the future of work will look like?
- How can you be better prepared for the future of work?
- Do you embrace change? If not, what skills do you need to develop that can help?
- What's the most important lesson you learned in this story?
- How can understanding the social and economic context of a community or region allow us to solve complex problems?
- Reflect on a time when hearing a different context made you rethink a situation or perspective.
- Reflect on a situation where you felt your viewpoint was not heard. How did it make you feel?
- How does listening to diverse perspectives contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of complex topics or current events?
- How can the lessons from this story help you with your future career?
Reflection Activity
- Option One: Write a self-reflection on the story. Did you enjoy it? What did you learn? How did it make you feel and think?
- Option Two: Design a poster that celebrates the most interesting fact you learned in this story.
- Option Three: Find three websites or articles that relate to themes presented in this story. Explain why you selected them.
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Referenced Resources
- Grizzly Bears
- Elk
- Mountain pine tree that feeds grizzlies threatened due to climate change, beetles, fungus, officials say
- Cod Moratorium of 1992
- BC salmon fishery on verge of commercial collapse
- Running on Empty: The BC Forestry Crash
- Sovereignty bills are symbols of discontent in today's Canada
- Quebec and the right to be different
- Ottawa's "just transition" needs to be challenged for encouraging fantasy around oil and gas
- Don’t ‘bothsides’ the just transition
- Arrests continue as the old-growth protest near Fairy Creek moves into another year
- Federal government steps into Greenbelt debate, launching study that could delay some development
- Nova Scotia pitches something 'better than a carbon tax' to Ottawa
- Shame on the federal government,' N.S. premier says of clean fuel rules
- Houston continues fight with Feds over carbon tax, runs ad campaign
- N.S. moves step closer to protecting 20% of its land and water by 2030
- Nova Scotia announces 17 new, expanded protected areas, and 10 more to come
- New report says federal carbon levy expected to cost most Nova Scotians more
- Nova Scotia gets 14 new nature reserves, wilderness areas, including area in Sackville
- Ottawa's carbon tax will hit Nova Scotia hard
- How B.C. brought in Canada's 1st carbon tax and avoided economic disaster
- B.C. gets a C grade in protecting land and oceans: report
- B.C. holding out on federal conservation targets and large-scale protected areas
- The environment is the top issue for Ontario voters, but are candidates taking it seriously enough?
- Environment is top election issue for Metro Vancouver residents: survey
- Canadians unified on forest protection although wildfire cause divisive: poll
- Survey supports outdoor group's call for additional B.C. Parks funding
- Don’t forget about rural Canadians when crafting environmental plans
- The rural-urban split matters more than you think
- Algonquin Logging Museum
- 10 Key Facts on Canada’s Natural Resources
- Acts administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Visible Forest Stages
- Like it or not, building houses on the Greenbelt is necessary
- Logging Algonquin Park is just one example how Ontario is failing to protect nature
- After almost 3 decades, cod are still not back off N.L. Scientists worry it may never happen
- DFO shuts most B.C. fisheries in desperate effort to save salmon
- Ghost town no more: How tourism revived a once-decimated Newfoundland fishing community
- Grasslands National Park
- From cowboys to tourists: How the Grasslands kept Val Marie alive
- Sovereignty act shows Ottawa that Alberta will continue to fight for its rights
- 'We are not backing down': Premier Moe says legislation on parental rights coming this fall
- Danielle Smith wants vaccine status to be a human right. Expect a petri dish of problems
- Declaration Act Action Plan
- Quebec English speakers brace as major provisions of language law come into effect
- Geez, everyone likes parks, concludes $150,000 Parks Canada survey
- Bear watching more profitable than bear hunting, says study
- Banff Rules and Regulations
- Canada's National Parks Are Colonial Crime Scenes
- B.C. national park faces opposition as debate continues over land protection
- Ranchers frustrated with 'unchecked growth' of grizzly bear population
- Rise in Grizzly-Bear Deaths Has Some Environmentalists Worried
- What's Wrong with Putting a Price on Nature?
- Put a price on nature? We must stop this neoliberal road to ruin
- The Coming of Knowledge-Based Business
- The objectives of the Global Innovation Clusters
- Clusters and the New Economics of Competition
- Quebec Press Council rules debate moderator Shachi Kurl was biased in question on Bills 21 and 96
- Why 6 in 10 Canadians feel the country is divided
- Replacing the pan-Canadian consensus
- The environment is Canada's biggest wedge issue
- The anatomy of social media's mad-making machine
- Technology and Tyranny: Social Media and the End of the Liberal World Order
- This is what's wrong with Canada's Left
- This is what's wrong with Canada's Right
- Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World
- Supply chain disruptions are increasing
- How AI Is Changing The Future Of Work
- ChatGPT
- Shifting Demographics
- Canada's economy in 2041: How we'll work, live and spend
- Make remote work a plus instead of a penalty for gender equality
- Trend to Watch: Shifting Consumption Patterns
- Innovation is accelerating. Here’s how to keep up with the pace.
- What Is Disruptive Innovation?
- Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy
- Existential threats to humanity are soaring this year
- Global Risks Report 2023
- The Threat of Civil Breakdown Is Real
- Water Stress: A Global Problem That's Getting Worse
- It is still 90 seconds to midnight
- Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- New economic adviser on deck in the Prime Minister's Office
- Employment in 2030: Skills for the future of Canada’s labour market
- Youth at risk of unemployment with future entry-level jobs replaced by automation
- Making the future work for us
- How technology is reshaping supply and demand for natural resources
- What is Green Building?
- How far can vertical farming go?
- Southwestern Ontario hit hardest by decline in manufacturing, study shows
- Why manufacturing may not be the future of Canada's auto industry
- OPINION | What happens if Albertans keep praying for another oil boom, but God has none left to give?
- Forget Recovery—It’s Time for an Economic Reorientation in Canada
- Canada needs a new economic vision, and new policies to go with it
- Resources of the Future
- Canada has to transform its economy – or be left behind
- Furor in Alberta over Ottawa’s Just Transition plan shows chasm of mistrust between Trudeau Liberals and West
- Canada's energy jobs transition bill sparks discord in oil heartland
- How innovation can build the Canadian economy
- The future of the knowledge economy is local
- The future is here, but is Canada ready to take advantage of it?
- Global Oil Demand Growth to Slow Significantly by 2028
- Canada pledges to help countries stop using Russian oil
- The Energy Transition is Happening - Will Canada Notice?
- The $2 Trillion Transition: Canada's road to Net Zero
- A war of words over ‘just transition’ is just the beginning
- Far and Widening: The Rise of Polarization in Canada
- Politics and disengagement: Two-in-five say there’s “no room” for compromise in Canada; most say their interests are ignored
- Canada’s largest sectors and its workers will be most disrupted by AI, report shows
- 'Significant disruption': 300 million jobs at risk due to AI
- AI will transform every aspect of professional work, new “Future of Professionals” report shows
- Technology and the future of growth: Challenges of change
- Canada’s demographic crisis threatens incomes and living standards
- Canadian technologies that will change how we live
- Can We Train Our Creative Muscles?
- Your Key to Success Lies in Your Strengths
- Pitbull and Richard Branson agree on this key ingredient for success
- Want to Be Successful? Have Fun. Seriously.
- 50 Ways to Get a Job
- The Standard Job-Search Process Is Broken. Here's How to Fix It.
- A World Without Work
- 85% Of Jobs That Will Exist In 2030 Haven’t Been Invented Yet: Dell
- The Future of Work: Preparing for Jobs That Don’t Yet Exist
- 70% Aren't Prepared For The Future Of Work
- The Future Of Work: Think And Work Like An Entrepreneur
- The skills that will get you a job in 2023 – and beyond
- Canada shouldn't aspire to be the new Silicon Valley
- Futurpreneur
- Entrepreneurship Programs
- Intrapreneurship Program
- Intrapreneurs are the new entrepreneurs
- Teaching the Dinosaur to Dance
- Global Democracy Weakens in 2022
- Threats To Democracy Rise In A Third Of Countries
- There Are No Rules
- How to Understand the Global Spread of Political Polarization
- Revealed: the rise and rise of populist rhetoric
- The Rise of Global Populism
- Canada's angry, divisive politics are as old as Canada itself
- Do Canadians deserve their reputation for being nice?
- Why virtue signaling isn't the same as virtue
- Divergent bilingualism, linguistic anxieties, and Bill 96
- Trans Mountain pipeline: Some of the main arguments for and against it
- Province holding feedback sessions on Bighorn proposal
- Bighorn rally Thursday in Red Deer
- Under pressure: Canadians are losing trust in their governments, adding stress to our public institutions
- Canadians' trust in the news media hits a new low
- Trust in government is recovering but a new “generational trust gap” is emerging
- Millennials don't trust anyone. That's a big deal.
- Millenials and Gen Z have lost trust and loyalty with business
- Millennials aren't apathetic – they just don't trust politicians