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GGR202H5F: Geography of Canada

Summer 2024

Course Ethos: This course is a community space that supports learning at all stages, for everyone who joins. All worldviews are welcome. There will be no tolerance of racism, ableism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, or discrimination for any other dimension of our humanity. If you have any other concerns, please contact whomever you feel most comfortable communicating with so we can make changes. This might be the course instructor (Ray), TAs, Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment chair (Dr. Laura Brown),trusted staff or faculty, Sexual and Gender Diversity Office, theUofT Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office, or anywhere else who can get in touch with us on your behalf.

Course Description:

This course will spotlight how Canada, as a nation, is constructed through historical and contemporary systems of inclusions and exclusions. Taking a geographic approach to Canada means taking a look at the social construction of ‘Canada’ through the politics and production of spaces. We will explore how landscape, borders, regions, territory, land, and environment are imagined, organized, contested and fought for by individuals and communities.

Course Objectives:

1. Understand key events in Canada’s recent history

2. Apply theories and concepts from human geography such as place, landscape, demographics, immigration, resource use and development

3. Define social inclusion and exclusion in Canada

4. Compare individual and community social construction of space in Canada

5. Identify the key differences in the same phenomena at different geographic scales

6. Examine your own role in shaping the geographies of Canada, including an exploration of the limits of your knowledge

7. Develop research and communication skills applicable beyond this course, including critical reading, effective writing, and interpersonal communication

Assessment:

Assessment Details

Class participation involves joining the synchronous class virtually and engaging in various verbal and non-verbalways. Quizzes will be online through Quercus with 48 hours available to decide when you will open the quiz that has a 1-hour time limit. The quiz material will be based on the lecture content since the previous quiz. The final exam will be online, 2 hours long, administered over Quercus, and the exact date and time will be set by the Registrar’soffice.

Reading and Lecture Materials

There is no required textbook for this course. Reading materials and media used in class will be posted to Quercus and linked through the lecture slides. All materials and media that are listed in lecture slides are opportunities for assessment. Only open content (free to you) will be used. Please email the course  instructor if you require any accommodations to these materials to improve their accessibility.

Use of ChatGPT/Generative Artificial Intelligence

Students are encouraged to make use of technology, including generative artificial intelligence tools, to   contribute to their understanding of course materials. Students may not use artificial intelligence tools for quizzes or completing written assignments in this course or generating text submitted as their own writing. You will be accountable for all content submitted under your name.

• Student Technology Requirements and Connection Tools:

Students are expected to review and be in compliance with the University’s requirements for online learning (https://www.viceprovoststudents.utoronto.ca/tech-requirements-online-learning/). More resources are available on the UTM Library’s Learn Anywhere website

(https://utm.library.utoronto.ca/students/quercus/learn-anywhere).

Zoom may be used in the delivery of components of this course. Students are required to register for a UTM Zoom account (https://utoronto.zoom.us) prior to the first lecture. Only authenticated users can join the zoom meetings; please follow theinstructions to ensure that your account is authenticated.

• Privacy and Use of Course Materials Notifications:

This course, including your participation, will be recorded on video and will be available to students in the course for viewing remotely and after each session. Lecture materials are posted in Quercus as powerpoint slides. Efforts will be made to record each lecture however this technology sometimes fails, so lecture recordings cannot be guaranteed. Course videos and materials belong to your instructor, the University, and/or other sources depending on the specific facts of each situation, and are protected by copyright. Do not download, copy, or share any course or student materials or videos without the explicit permission of the instructor. For questions about recording and use of videos in which you appear please contact your instructor.

• Communications Policy:

Students are encouraged to be available during posted office hour(s). Correspondence by email or requesting a meeting outside of the scheduled office hour(s) is also acceptable. In all email correspondence regarding this course, please note the following:

1.  Always use your University of Toronto email address (…@mail.utoronto.ca) for all course-related communications.

2.  Include the course code as part of your subject line, and include your full name and student number in the body of the email

3.  Check the course Quercus site before emailing a question, to make sure that it has not already been answered

Please contact the department’s Academic Advisor (advisor.gg[email protected]) for any department- or program-related queries or to submit documentation regarding a missed quiz or test.

• Inclement Weather Closure:

If UTM campus is closed due to inclement weather, all classes are cancelled, whether online or in person. Campus closures are posted on the Campus Status page. Instructors may not schedule additional “make-up” class meetings beyond the class hours already in the UTM Timetable.

• Missed Term Work:

Late assignments will be subject to a late penalty of 10% per day (including weekends) of the total marks for the assignment. Assignments submitted five calendar days beyond the due date will be  assigned a grade of zero.

Term Work – Accommodations

1.    Accommodations due to late registration into the course will NOT be approved.

2.    In courses with final exams, there will be nore-writes or make-ups for term tests/quizzes missed for University-accepted, verifiable reasons. Instead, the final exam will be re-weighted by the value of the term test/quiz.

3.    For in-class or online quiz/test, students CANNOT petition to re-write a quiz/test once it has begun.  If you are feeling ill, please do not start the online or in-class test and seek medical   attention immediately.

4.    Extension requests are not permitted for open-book, or take-home tests. Extensions are built into the time provided for the test.

5.   Assignments cannot be re-weighted to the final exam.

6.    For extension requests, the maximum extension (where/when possible) is 3 days.

7.    Extension requests must be made IN ADVANCE of the assignment due date.

8.    Assignments handed in AFTER the work has been returned to the class cannot be marked for credit.

9.    Students are responsible for ensuring a strong, reliable internet connection. Special

consideration requests due to poor internet connection (i.e. unable to complete the online quiz / unable to submit assignment before the deadline) will not be accepted.

10. Students are expected to back up their work at all times.  As such, extension requests due to computer issues (stolen, crashed, damaged etc.) will not be considered.

11. Extension requests will NOT be approved for Group Assignments

12. It is every student’s responsibility to ensure that their online submission is submitted

successfully by the due date.  Accommodations will not be made for unsuccessful submissions due to, but not limited to: i) the system timing out ii) submitting the incorrect document(s) iii) poor internet connection / no internet connection etc.

13. Holidays and pre-purchased plane tickets, family plans, your friend’s wedding, lack of

preparation, or too many other tests/assignments are not acceptable excuses for missing a quiz, a test, an item of term work, or requesting an extension of time. Such requests will be denied.

14. For extensions of time beyond the examination period you must submit a petition through the Office of the Registrar.https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/registrar/forms

How to Request an Accommodation

In the Geography, Geomatics and Environment department, professors cannot grant extensions on term work or allow makeups for missed items. Instead, you must follow the following steps:

1.    You must submit an online Special Consideration Request within 24 hours of the due date or test using the following link:https://uoft.service-now.com/utm_scr

•    Students registered with Accessibility Services are also required to submit an online Special Consideration Request using the above link.

2.    Declare absence on ACORN; or upload submit supporting documentation to your request:

•    ACORN Absence Declaration Tool: Students may utilize this option once per

term for a single absence period of up to seven consecutive days. The

declaration period must include the day of declaration and may include past

and/or future dates, for a total of up to 7 calendar days. Use of this declaration does not require supporting documentation and should be used in addition to

the missed term work policy outlined in their course syllabus. It remains the

student’s responsibility to initiate the process of academic consideration for

missed academic obligations by following the instructions in the course syllabus and submitting a Special Consideration Request.  Instructors may exclude one

term test/quiz, as per the course syllabus. For more information and to declare    absence:https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/registrar/enrolment/manage/absence-declaration

•    Supporting documentation for illness is due within 72 hours of the due date or

test. Use only the U of T Verification of Illness form

https://registrar.utoronto.ca/policies-and-guidelines/verification-of-illness-or- injury/and attach to the Special Consideration Request. Letters from medical professionals or other types of medical documents will not be accepted.

3.    If absent for a presentation or group assignment, then email your instructor.

Please note that students are required to submit their assignment/labassoon as they are able, and they should NOT wait for the decision of the committee. Number of days approved for an extension will be calculated from the original assignment due date.