1. Canada and Globalization
CGC 1D1
Lester B. Pearson High School

2. Globalization • “process whereby the world’s people are
becoming increasingly interconnected in all
facets of their lives—cultural, economic,
political, technological, and environmental”

3. Video: Globalization: What does it really mean?

4. Is Globalization a new phenomena?
For centuries there has always been interest in the trade and sharing of goods (ex. spices) and ideas (ex. spread of religion).
Spice trade

5. There is debate whether globalization is good or bad

6. Video: No Logo: Brands, Globalization & Resistance

7. How globalization has increased over the last few decades?
1.Faster technological changes
- ex. information technology (speed and cost)

8. Cost of a 3-Minute Telephone Call,
New York to London
(Constant 1990, U.S. $)
$0.30

9. Reduction of Communication Distance
Ex. Call Centers in India
Greater access to information
Ex. World Wide Web

10. How globalization has increased over the last few decades?
1.Faster technological changes
- ex. information technology (speed and cost)
2. Improvements in Transportation (speed & cost) ex. Containerized Shipping

11. Change of World Wide Shipping
Past: Long shore men
Longer to load ship/ trains / trucks
Able to carry lots of goods
Lots of people load goods
Present Day : Containers
Fast to load ship/ trains / trucks
Able to carry lots of goods
Cranes do most of the work

12. Decrease in Cost for Air Transportation per Passengers Mile (in 1990 US dollars)

13. How globalization has increased over the last few decades?
1.Faster technological changes - ex. information technology (speed and cost)
2. Improvements in Transportation (speed & cost) ex. Containerized Shipping
3. Globalized Companies
big international corporations around the world (ex. Pepsi)

14. Big International Companies
Who are the top 4 biggest global companies in 2012?
1. Exxon Mobil
2. JPMorgan Chase
3. General Electric
4. Royal Dutch Shell

15. Big International Companies Is it new? Who started it?
The Dutch East India Company ( ) is know to be the world’s first multinational company and the first to issue stock. They bought spices in South-East Asia and sold them in Europe.

16. How globalization has increased over the last few decades?
1.Faster technological changes - ex. information technology (speed and cost)
2. Improvements in Transportation (speed & cost) ex. Containerized Shipping
3. Globalized Companies -big international corporations around the world (ex. Pepsi)
4. Internationalization of economic activity - increased global trade, stock markets & investments

18. Advantages of globalization
Easier to communicate with people around the world
Easier to travel
Cultural interchange
International trade
Better and cheaper products
Improvement of new technologies
The transport of the products is easier and faster
Globalization creates a political and an economical connections, which helps countries to get along with each other more

19. Disadvantages of globalization
Companies move jobs overseas, creating unemployment in countries where the jobs originated
The businessmen and the big companies are the only winners in globalization
Exploitation of the workers in the developing countries – incl. children
Sweatshops

20. Disadvantages of globalization
Money problems can easily be spread (ex. US recession, Greece)
The mix of cultures can lead loss of national identity
Small companies have to go out of business because they cant compete with the big international companies
Gap between the poor and the rich people increases

21. Globalization Activity
You will be organizing yourselves into teams of 4 people, given 1 large sheet of paper and markers. You and your group members will be asked to answer one of the following five questions on the large sheet. This will then be presented in front of the class.
How has globalization affected your life?
Is globalization good for the world?
What will globalization look like fifty years from now?
Do you think globalization will make us all the same in the future?
Which countries do you think like or hate globalization most?