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Chapter Two

The Context of It All

Part One

Contextualizing context

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For a little context on why context is important, continue the story below!

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Hot Takes

Mark Miller

How do you become one of Canada’s most successful storytellers? You ask questions. And Mark Miller asks a lot. Mark’s insatiable curiosity and thirst...

Terrence Jackson

Conversations can go many places when you’re waiting for a bear. Visual storyteller Terrance Jackson, growing bored, asked his colleagues one day if anyone...

Reflection Activity

  • Option One: Create an artist statement on the lesson's story to describe what the message was.
  • Option Two: Write a self reflection on the story. Did you enjoy it? Agree with it? Not agree? How did it make you feel and think?
  • Option Three: Design a poster that celebrates the most interesting fact you learned in this story.
  • Option Four: Find three websites or articles that relate to themes presented in this story. Explain why you selected them.

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.

Investigate Canadian Artists

How are Canadian artists using design principles in their work. Find out!

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Defining Your Community

Who are your people? Why do you need them? Get to know yourself!

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Mapping Biodiversity

Where are the biodiversity hotspots in your community?

Map it!

Understanding Your Views

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

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What's Your Context?

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

Brainstorm

The Curated Library

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

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Part Three

How does this class relate to real-world issues?

Inquiry Media

Are we loving nature to death?

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Hot Take Podcast

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.

More on Shachi Kurl
  • Does polling inform better policy? 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?
  • Do moments have value? Or are sustained movements the only way to truly move the needle?

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Resources From the Curated Library

10 tips for filling your knowledge gaps

10 tips for filling your knowledge gaps Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Gap Analysis Source: One Ten File Type: Resource Overview: 10 tips for filling...

6 (very useful!) Approaches to identify research gaps and generate research questions

6 (very useful!) Approaches to identify research gaps and generate research questions Sub-Category: Gap Analysis Source: LinkedIn File Type: Resource Overview: Ideas...

Focus on What Matters the Most to You

Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Focus Source: Forbes File Type: Opinion Overview: How to focus on what matters Web Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemaddock/2012/07/17/how-successful-people-focus-on-what-matters/#42842e974a01

Design thinking explained

Design thinking explained Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Focus Source: MIT File Type: Opinion Overview: Moving from idea to the focused, better idea Web Link: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/design-thinking-explained

Writing a Research Plan

Writing a Research Plan Sub-Category: Work Plan Source: Science Mag File Type: Guide Overview: How to create a science research work plan Web...
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What is Context

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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...
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Chapters

Chapter One

The System of Things

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Chapter Five

Here’s How

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Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

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Chapter Two

The Context of It All

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Chapter Six

Your Turn

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Chapter Ten

Keep Going

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Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

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Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

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Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

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Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

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Chapter Eight

Be Better

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Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)

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