1. Why should you be interested in Geography?
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2. Grade 11 Courses CGG3O – Travel and Tourism: A Geographic Perspective
Why take this course?
- expand your knowledge of travel spots
- learn about international travel issues (e.g. coral reef destruction)
Cool things we’ve done…
- walking tour of Toronto
- traveled to Italy
What do you need to get in?
grade 9 academic, ESL or applied
Geography of Canada
CGF3M - Forces of Nature: Physical Processes and Disasters
Why take this course?
- learn more about earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes and tornadoes
- explore causes & impacts of natural disasters
Cool things we’ve done…
- rock and fossil hunting in abandoned mines in Bancroft, Ontario
- an eco-tour of Costa Rica where we visited active volcanoes, and tropical jungles
What do you need to get in?
- grade 9 academic, ESL or applied Geography of Canada

3. Grade 12 Courses CGW4U - World Issues: A Geographic Analysis
Why take this course?
get a great background on current events and world concerns
- learn about globalization, poverty, overpopulation, hunger, deforestation, water depletion, conflict in the Middle East, colonial impacts, role of World Bank and IMF
Cool things we’ve done…
- Action Project – raised funds to address an international issue
- volunteered at a homeless shelter in Toronto
traveled to Costa Rica for 2 weeks to do volunteer work in small village
What do you need to get in?
- any U or M course in Canadian & World Studies, English, or Social Science & Humanities
CGU4M - World Geography: Urban Patterns & Population Issues
Why take this course?
- learn about specific countries such as…Australia, Afghanistan, & Tibet.
- explore migration patterns and imagine life as a refugee
look at cultural interactions and how a culture can evolve or completely disappear
Cool things we’ve done…
Personal/Family Migration stories
What do you need to get in?
- any U, C or M course in Canadian & World Studies, English, or Social Science & Humanities

4. CGR4M - The Environment and Resource Management
Why take this course?
- you love the environment
- you want to understand the physical world and your impact on it
- learn about innovative new ways of doing things that are eco-friendly
Cool things we’ve done…
- designed and sold UHS water bottles
- gone tree planting
- conducted a garbage audit
built solar ovens and cooked brownies
- designed sustainable buildings
What do you need to get in?
- any U, C or M course in Canadian & World Studies, English, or Social Science & Humanities