Thursday, January 05, 2017

January 5


I talked a little bit today about the genocide in Darfur, and making connections between what's happened in the past surrounding the international community's inaction, and what has been happening in the Syrian Civil War since 2011. It was agreed that I should put together some sort of package on this topic so that you can learn more about this situation. I also showed you a CBC documentary called "Darfur: On Our Watch". Please remember that your next major assessment is on Monday, January 9th, when you write your Unit 3 Final Exam. You also have Part A of the your Final Exam (it counts for 10% of your course grade) on Wednesday next week, and you have your Unit 4 Final Exam next Friday (January 13th).


Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations that I have sent to you:
  • "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism"
  • "Canada's Foreign Policy"
  • "Nationalism and Internationalism"
Please review all of the Unit 3 Key Terms from the Unit 3 Worksheet in addition to the key concepts that were introduced in the PowerPoint presentations. In addition to this, I would like to emphasize the following points with you:
  • know the difference between multilateralism, unilateralism and bilateralism and know examples of each
  • know the spectrum of foreign policy: internationalism, nationalism, ultranationalism, and supranationalism
  • know the different foreign policy options
  • know the 6 themes of Canadian foreign policy/Canada's foreign policy goals
  • what influences foreign policy decisions?
  • methods of foreign policy
  • motivations for nations involvement or non-involvement in international affairs
  • how can foreign policy promote internationalism?
  • tied aid, bilateral aid, multilateral aid
  • examples of INGOs and IGOs
  • the United Nations (organization/structure, bodies, etc.)
  • peacemaking vs. peacekeeping (and examples)
  • different understandings of internationalism (types of internationalism)
  • why do international organizations exist? purposes and examples


You wrote a Social 30-1 WRA II Essay on free speech and the guarantee of civil rights in democratic systems today in the Blue Lab in the Library.

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