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Chapter Five

Here’s How

Part One

Lesson Media
  • Watch video (overview of concepts in this chapter)
  • Reflect (activities and discussions)

Part Two

Activities
  • Break down concepts and definitions
  • Test your comprehension
  • Apply your knowledge

Part Three

Inquiry Media
  • Watch video that relates concepts to the real world
  • Reflect and discuss

Part One

Trust the process - To process or not to process, that is the question.

Read Story Instead

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

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Questions & Activities

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

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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.

Collaboration is Key

Learn how collaboration can help. Work with others to create a plan to promote your policies and reach the right audience.

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Success vs Failure

Learn from those who came before you! Analyze policy proposals that worked and those that very much didn't.

Find out

Nail the Process

It's time to recap everything you've learned to make sure you really do understand how our political process works.

Reflect now!

Process Planning

You have your better question, now how will you find the better answer? It's time to create a plan. * Recommended

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Part Three

HOW DOES THIS CLASS RELATE TO REAL-WORLD ISSUES?

Inquiry Media

Canada at a Crossroads

This five-part story is featured across each of the first five chapters 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.

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Alternate Inquiry Media

Looking to explore another topic for student inquiry? Choose from 5 other themes.

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Featured Resources

Featured Hot Takes

The process is more important than the outcome. Trust the process. We hear these sayings all the time. But are they accurate? We asked two leaders with very different perspectives to share their process – their story.  

Heather Scoffield has three decades of experience and has built a reputation as one of Canada’s leading journalists on economics and politics. An award-winning reporter, she spent her career writing for the country’s top newspapers, including as the Toronto Star’s Ottawa Bureau Chief and economics columnist.

Harvey Locke is a globally recognized leader on biodiversity, having founded the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and the Nature Needs Half movement.

We’re featuring these podcasts across all five Nature Labs subjects. You might not like art, or science, or English, or social studies, but they are all related and by listening to this podcast, hopefully you’ll better understand why.

Reflection

Heather Scoffield

  • What did you think of Heather's story and the processes she used to advance ideas?
  • Do you think Heather's vision for balancing people and nature is the right one?
  • Has Heather given you a better insight into how you can work with business leaders - major corporations - to balance people and nature?
  • Were you surprised by her comments? Did she change your perspective or reaffirm what you already believed?
  • What can you learn from Heather that would help your policy proposal have a better chance of success?
More on Heather Scoffield

Harvey Locke

  • What did you think of Harvey's story and the processes he's used to advance ideas?
  • Do you think Harvey's vision for balancing people and nature is the right one?
  • Has Harvey given you a better insight into how environmental movements - advocates - build and run campaigns?
  • Were you surprised by his comments? Did he change your perspective or reaffirm what you already believed?
  • What can you learn from Harvey that would help your policy proposal have a better chance of success?
More on Harvey Locke
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