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Geography 2109 Canada and its Regions

Geography 2109 Canada and its Regions. Professor: David Burhoe Assistants: Holley Donohoe Joan Bunbury Pierre-Mathieu Le Bel. Geography 2109 A Regional Geography of Canada. What is expected of me in this course? Overall Objectives Specific Objectives. Course Overview.

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Geography 2109 Canada and its Regions

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  1. Geography 2109Canada and its Regions Professor: David Burhoe Assistants: Holley Donohoe Joan Bunbury Pierre-Mathieu Le Bel

  2. Geography 2109A Regional Geography of Canada What is expected of me • in this course? • Overall Objectives • Specific Objectives Course Overview “Regional Geography” • What is it? • Assignments and Marks

  3. “Regional” Geography • is a thematic perspective for the study of a spatial area • is a hypothesis that this area is delimited at the regional scale by certain attributes • is an investigative approach to attributes of boundaries: • - e.g. physical, sociological, economic, historical, political, and cultural boundaries

  4. What Shapes Regional Boundaries? • Climate • Earth-Sun relationship • Topographical elevation • Oceans and currents • Geo-Physical Forces • Mountain-building & drift • Composition & Erosion • Population • Species distribution • Human choices

  5. What is expected of me in GEG2109? • Learn Geographic methods of assembling information • Deductive/inductive reasoning • Map use and interpretation • Statistics and their interpretation Apply these to illustrate and explain key perspectives on contemporary Canadian issues - Energy and resource use - Sustainability - Genetically-Modified Organisms - Aboriginal self-government - Language and human rights - Immigration trends and impacts - the East/West divide

  6. Specific Objectives • DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF : • Key concepts • Core/Periphery/Transitional Region • Economic diversification, etc. • Maps and their uses • Boundaries; distribution • Landmark Decisions & Trends • Acts (BNA, NAFTA) & Institutions • Canadian values and policy

  7. Assignments, Marks & Information Course Websites: http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~dburhoe/geg2109 NB: case sensitive http://www.oup.com/ca/geogcanada NB: case sensitive login UserID: Regional Password: hudsonbay

  8. Geography 2109Canada and its Regions Professor: David Burhoe (dburhoe@uottawa.ca) Assistants: Holley Donohoe (h.donohoe@rogers.com) Joan Bunbury (jbunbury@uottawa.ca) Pierre-Mathieu Le Bel (perduenchine@yahoo.com)

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