Course Title: Issues in Canadian Geography

Course Code: CGC1D

Grade: 9

Course Type: Academic

Credit Value: 1.0

Prerequisite: None

Curriculum Policy Document: Canadian and World Studies, The Ontario

Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10, 2018 (revised)

Department: Canadian and World Studies

Course Developer: EduOnline

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course examines interrelationships within and between Canada’s natural and human systems and how these systems interconnect with those in other parts of the world. Students will explore environmental, economic, and social geographic issues relating to topics such as transportation options, energy choices, and urban development. Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking and the geographic inquiry process, including spatial technologies, to investigate various geographic issues and to develop possible approaches for making Canada a more sustainable place in which to live.