1. Relationship with Land
SS10 Unit 1 Wrap Up
North West Territories

2. Characterizing the relationship in “Relationship with Land”
Adjectives with Positive Connotations
Adjectives with Negative Connotations

3. How do we make land-use decisions?
Before We Started the Pipeline Hearing….
How do we make land-use decisions?
Unit 1 Relationship with Land

4. What characterises the European-traditions of land use in Canada?
“Hewers of wood and drawers of water.”
Before We Started the Pipeline Hearing….
Mercantilism
Discuss the european traditions of resource extraction from Canada- the notion of a staples economy, the number of resources that have been extracted from Canada historically and into the present. What is our sense of how rich in resources we are? What has that meant for how we envision the environment?

5. How to we relate to land in Canada?
Before We Started the Pipeline Hearing….
Socially?
Politically- who owns land (private property rights, first nations land claims), political boundaries (cities, provinces/territories)
Socially- cultural connection, recreation, beautification of yards, national identity romanticised?
Economically- food, water, money-making, money-spending
Draw upon theories as to why this is at certain points… european traditions? Scientific knowledge? Cultural values? Abundance?
Politically?
Economically?

6. How do we make decisions? | 2
Using what you have learned about
Geographical thinking
Physiographic regions of Canada
Advantage/disadvantage of regions
Create a diagram (flow chart, thought-web, system diagram) that identifies how a certain stakeholder (see our list from earlier) would make a decision to support/oppose a project that requires resource extraction, infrastructure development or otherwise change to the land.
Before We Started the Pipeline Hearing….
1) Who needs to make decisions in these very real, significant and enduring problems?- generate list of general categories of stakeholders
2) What processes could be used to make problem-solving decisions?- generate list of processes (townhalls, legislation, free market forces)
3) What principles are foundational to some of these processes?- generate list (democracy, free market, accessibility)

7. Manitoba

8. Relationship (with Land)
How does all of this (GIS, geographical thinking, pipeline) fit together?….
Relationship (with Land)
Shapes and Shaped By
Values
Attitudes
Perspectives
Knowledge(s)
Decisions
Which
When
How and By whom
For what purpose
Canada: What is it?
Past
Present
Future

9. BC

10. After the Pipeline Hearing….
Values, histories and perspectives that informed our decisions…
1. What are the values, histories and perspectives that were present in our pipeline hearing?
2. What were the values, values, histories and perspectives that were underrepresented in the pipeline hearings?
After the Pipeline Hearing….

11. Values, histories and perspectives that inform decisions…
Utilitarian
Economy is prioritized
Scientific knowledge is prioritized
Actions: Cost/Benefit Analysis, Return on Investment
Aesthetic/Humanist
Biological, spiritual, personal history is prioritized
Multiple Ways of Knowing acknowledged
Harms/Benefits Analysis, Maximizing purpose analysis

12. Nova Scotia

13. Relationship with Land: Final Critical Writing
Discuss the evolution of values over time in Canada with respect to Relationship with Land; past, present and future.
What was?
What is?
What should be?
Due: Thursday Nov 20.
1-2 pages, APA references expected (from existing research)
Post to hub under your own folder.
Focus on 3Es
Explain (Point)
Evidence (Example)
Extend (Analyse)
This symbol, for us, means critical thinking.
Think outward and apply concepts, ideas, information to new situations or experiences.
There is no right or wrong answer; you should aim to support your thoughts with evidence.

14. Relationship with Land: Final Reflective Writing
What happened in the pipeline hearing process?
Due: Sunday Nov 16.
1 page
Post to hub under your own folder.
Expand from Reflective Writing Guide discussed today
This symbol, for us, means reflective thinking:
Think inward, get personal, be thoughtful.
There is no right or wrong answer