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Chapter Seven
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Part One
THE MORE YOU KNOW (THE LESS YOU KNOW) - if you're a critical thinker, you know you gotta watch the story below
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Questions & Activities
Reflect on your lesson with short activities, or by exploring referenced articles, featured podcasts, term definitions, and more!
Featured Hot Take
Separating fact from opinion and weighing the validity of competing facts can be overwhelming. Don’t be overwhelmed! Dawna Friesen – an award-winning journalist and the anchor of Global National – wants to help.
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
- Have we forgotten the value of mainstream media or has mainstream media lost its values?
- How important is it to think critically about the information we consume? Can the media help us be better critical thinkers?
- Can good questions overcome bias or will bias always filter through in the questions we ask?
- Are we equipped to separate good research from fake news if how we see the world is so clearly coloured by our biases?
Part Two
YOUR TEACHER WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE ACTIVITIES BELOW THAT WILL HELP YOU WITH YOUR PROJECT.
Bias in the Media
How do you identify journalistic bias? Why is it important to understand? We're going to guide you through this confusing topic.
Self-Reflection
Take the time to re-reflect on your values and upbringing in order to better understand your biases and how they influence your opinions.
Bias Analysis
Is your final project being influenced by your bias? Is that a good thing? Is that a bad thing? Time to analyze your project for blind spots.
Find Common Ground
Find a policy-focused story with a message you instinctively disagree with and work to find positive attributes.
The Art of Disagreeing
Is it possible to disagree respectfully? Absolutely! Learn and practice how to disagree without being disagreeable.
Fake News
What is fake news? How to determine a reliable source of information? We'll help you separate fact from fiction.
Further Reflections
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Resources From the Curated Library
Quick takes on how to bring prototyping into policy-making
Sub-Category: Prototyping
Source: Medium
File Type: Guide
Overview: How to bring prototyping into policy making
Web Link: https://medium.com/legal-design-and-innovation/quick-takes-on-how-to-bring-prototyping-into-policy-making-cc720f306d93
Why are collaboration and compromise important in business?
Why are collaboration and compromise important in business?
Bias: Centre Right
Sub-Category: Collaboration
Source: Virgin
File Type: Opinion
Overview: Why collaboration and compromise are critical in business
Web Link: https://www.virgin.com/entrepreneur/why-are-collaboration-and-compromise-important-business
How to ask the better question
How to ask the better question
Sub-Category: Interviews
Source: TED
File Type: Video
Overview: How to ask the better question
Opinion vs. Analysis
Sub-Category: Fact vs Opinion
Source: CBC
File Type: Article
Overview: The difference between opinion and analysis
Web Link: https://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/community/editorsblog/2013/06/opinion-vs-analysis.html
I hated writing—until I learned there’s a science to it
Bias: none
Source: Science
File Type: Essay
Overview: I hated writing—until I learned there’s a science to it
Web Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/i-hated-writing-until-i-learned-there-s-science-it
Additional Resources
Further Exploration
Lack of ambition in Canada creating ‘600-pound beaver in the room’: Shopify president
Bias: none
Source: CTV News
File Type: Article
Overview: Lack of ambition in Canada creating \\'600-pound beaver in the room\\': Shopify...
Canada: Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity
Bias: Centre
Source: McGill-Queen\'s University Press
File Type: Book
Overview: Canada Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity
Web Link: https://www.mqup.ca/canada-products-9780228017622.php?page_id=73&
Attend to your own nuts
Bias: Centre/Right
Source: The Line
File Type: Essay
Overview: Attend to your own nuts: We’re prepared by attribution biases to see...
The progressive bullies came for me: Harassment is apparently fine, as long as those with the wrong politics are the target
Bias: Centre/Right
Source: National Post
File Type: Opinion
Overview: The progressive bullies came for me: Harassment is apparently fine, as long...
Just conservation is where environmental issues and social justice commingle
Sub-Category: Culture Divide
Source: Science Daily
File Type: Journal
Overview: Social justice and environmental conservation often are at conflict
Web Link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180301115444.htm
Just conservation...
Sustainable Development and Social Justice: Conflicting Urgencies and the Search for Common Ground in Urban and Regional Planning
Sustainable Development and Social Justice: Conflicting Urgencies and the Search for Common Ground in...
On Cultural Appropriation, Canadians Are Hypocrites
On Cultural Appropriation, Canadians Are Hypocrites
Bias: Left
Sub-Category: Culture Divide
Source: The Walrus
File Type: Opinion
Overview: Why cultural appropriation is wrong
Web Link: https://thewalrus.ca/on-cultural-appropriation-canadians-are-hypocrites/
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A young woman of color in the west craves her connection to nature but...
On the Stubborn Whiteness of Environmentalism
On the Stubborn Whiteness of Environmentalism
Bias: Left
Sub-Category: Culture Divide
Source: Inside Higher Ed
File Type: Opinion
Overview: American perspective on the need...
Bias Analysis
This activity will use information you uncovered in Chapter Two and in the self-reflection activity you did this chapter. Why? It's time to analyze...
The Art of Disagreeing
Disagreements and conflict are a part of life. Whether you disagree with someone because of your beliefs, habits, personality, communication style, ambitions or priorities,...
Fake News
Fake news refers to false or misleading information that is most often spread through social media. It's usually created and distributed intentionally to misinform,...
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