Unit 1

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Part 'A' Reflection

In this unit I learned that, The CRTC regulates and supervises all aspects of Canadian broadcasting. for example: internet, cell phone laws, television and radio laws. I found it interesting that, Bill 101 had such a huge impact on globalization and all types of the identities. Such as collective identity, cultural identity, individual identity. I can connect what I have learned in class to my identity. And the impact that globalization had has on it. What surprised me in this unit was that Bill 101 Assimilated the immigrants that came to Quebec, and that they had no choice in the matter. But people who were English (Anglophone) had the right to go to English schools and the immigrants were basically forced to learn French. This could result in the loss of their own culture One question that I still have is why they made Bill 101 such a strong law. The reason why this question comes to mind is because they were trying to preserve the French language. But the fact that they forced the immigrants to go to the French schools could result in the loss of their own culture and religion. One skill or learning strategy that i found helpful was the word wheel, the word wheel is a wheel with nine circles, what you have to do is pick nine words and put them in the circles and state how they relate or are connected to each other. Example is Marginalization and the Metis. They are connected by the fact that the metis were Marginalized because they were Francophone and FIrst Nations. Therefore they felt that they had no place in society.

Part 'B' Economic Globalization

Outsourcing has many impacts on people in negative ways. In the source you see the father saying 'no you may not outsource your homework to india.' This shows that the little girl wants someone else to do her homework. this ties in to outsourcing by the fact that companies send their jobs to places for them to do their work and production. Another example from the source is that the father states that she wants to send her homework to India. This states that india is a major place where outsourcing takes place, which results to loss of culture. Therefore, by Transnational companies sending their jobs to places like india there is a loss of culture.

Outsourcing is where a company hires another company to do their work or production. This can reduce the costs of production and the wages are lower. Lower wages mean more profit. Outsourcing also applies to lower costs, lower the wages. Advantages are higher the profit, and lower the prices. So it benefits the consumers and the companies. A disadvantage of outsourcing is, The people who are doing the work do not get paid much money. There is also a loss of culture by outsourcing. Because they are taught English. Take some Canadian companies for example, when you call technical support, like Dell or something along the lines of, you are calling a different place in the world, such as India. These people are taught English and taught the accent. this shows that there would be a loss of culture within the workers.

Transnational companies do outsourcing because in the process they save money and make more profit within their product being sold. the consumers also pay less than they would have to if the companies did not outsource.

Part C: Globalization and Identity

Bill 101 has many opinions behind it. One opinion is that it has failed and that government should not have a role in preserving the french language. In the source you see that the speaker thinks that they do not need Bill 101 to protect the french language. This shows that Bill 101 has not worked because the person believes that the french language will be spoken for a long time. Another example form the source you see that the speaker also thinks that the government should not play a role to create an identity, like citing Bill 101 for example. This shows that people believe that there does not need to be a law for preserving the francophone language. Therefore, with some citizens thinking that the french language will be spoken for a long time and that their does not need to be a law preserving the francophone language, this shows that Bill 101 has failed.

Historical Globalization

Part 'A': Reflection:

In this unit I learned that Cultural Contact between the Beothuk, Six Nations Confederacy, Hunters of the Plains and Europeans all resulted with the first nations people dying and all their resources and land were taken over by the Europeans.

I found it really interesting that Imperialism had such negative effects all around the world, Such as, People losing their culture, religion and customs. There were some positive things such as resources being traded and goods being produced as well.

I can connect what  I have learned in class to: My English class because the Europeans tried to assimilate the first nations peoples by teaching them the English language.

What surprised me in this unit was all about the residential schools. There was a lot of shocks to me about what they had done to the students there, Mental, Physical and Emotional abuse and that the Europeans thought that what they were doing was 'the right thing to do' and was going to be good for the first nations in there future. But they were wrong to teach them the way that they did. It did have a positive effect on them in the way that they knew more about the Europeans and a different language and culture but that did not mean that the Europeans had to make the first nations let go of their culture in the process.

One concept that I am still having difficulty with is the leads to industrialization. From the silk road to mercantilism, capitalism and industrialization.

One skill or learning strategy I found useful was S.O.A.P.S which was a source interpreting sheet that consisted of analyzing the: Subject- what the general subject or topic is trying to tell us, Occasion- what was the time or place, Audience- who was the source created for. (Who would be the general people that they are trying to connect to), Purpose- why the source was created and what was the author trying to communicate. And Speaker- whose voice is telling the story.

Part 'B': Early Economic Globalization: