Geography

Exploring Canadian Geography - CGC 1W1 

This course builds on learning in Grades 7 and 8 in geography. Students will explore relationships within and between Canada’s natural and human systems and how they interconnect with other parts of the world. Students will also examine environmental and economic issues, and their impact related to topics such as natural resources and industries, careers, land use and responsible development, and sustainability. In addition, students will understand the connections that diverse communities and individuals have with the physical environment and each other throughout Canada, including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit perspectives. Students will apply geographic thinking, use the geographic inquiry process, and use geospatial technologies throughout their investigations.

The units for this course will be announced once the new curriculum comes out.

Explorer la géographie du Canada - CGC 1WF

***This course is identical to Grade 9 Exploring Canadian Geography, except that French is the language of instruction.

Travel and Tourism: A Geographic Perspective - CGG 3O1

This course focuses on issues related to travel and tourism within and between various regions of the world. Students will investigate unique environmental, socio-cultural, economic, and political characteristics of selected world regions. They will explore travel patterns and trends as well as tensions related to tourism, and will predict future tourism destinations. Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking and the geographic inquiry process, including spatial technologies, to investigate the impact of the travel industry on natural environments and human communities.  Tour amazing sites from around the world from our classroom!

The units for this course are as follows:

1. Travel Like a Geographer

2. Sustainable Tourism

3. Past/Present /Future of Tourism

4. Challenge and Change in Tourism

Check out the course website for CGG 3O1 for more information about the topics and activities that your teacher will choose from.

Forces of Nature:  Physical Processes and Disasters  - CGF 3M1

In this course, students will explore physical processes related to the earth’s water, land, and air. They will investigate how these processes shape the planet’s natural characteristics and affect human systems, how they are involved in the creation of natural disasters, and how they influence the impacts of human disasters. Throughout the course, students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking and the geographic inquiry process and use spatial technologies to analyse these processes, make predictions related to natural disasters, and assess ways of responding to them.   This entire course is taught through the lens of natural disasters!  

The units for this course are as follows:

1. Geographic Approaches

2. Dynamic Earth

3. Humans on Earth

4. Interdependence

5. Natural Disasters

Check out the course website for CGF 3M1 for more information about the topics and activities that your teacher will choose from.

Outdoor Education Specialist High Skills Major

The Outdoor Education program at USS is unique in that students will be eligible to receive credits for two different high school courses (PAD 3O1 and CGR 4MD), a credit from Fleming College (Ecosystem Skills), participate in field trip excursions, and gain certifications that count toward the Environment Specialist High Skills Major Program (SHSM).  

For detailed information about this amazing opportunity, check out the Outdoor Education website. 

World Issues: A Geographic Analysis - CGW 4U1

In this course, students will address the challenge of creating a more sustainable and equitable world. They will explore issues involving a wide range of topics, including economic disparities, threats to the environment, globalization, human rights, and quality of life, and will analyse government policies, international agreements, and individual responsibilities relating to them. Students will apply the concepts of geographic thinking and the geographic inquiry process, including the use of spatial technologies, to investigate these complex issues and their impacts on natural and human communities around the world.  The world has big problems, but you can learn how to help solve them!

The units for this course are as follows:

1. Geographic Approaches

2. Environmental Issues

3. Economic Issues

4. Cultural / Political Issues