Discuss the Gender and women study in the National Association of Native Friendship Centers in Canada, using indigenous women or communities. Write an essay about one relevant feature (conflict) in Europe.

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Indigenous activism

Section 1

1. Make research on this and give full details on “Court treatment of treaty law in the context of Indigenous laws in Canada (i.e. Anishinaabek perspective)” 2500 words.
2. Discuss the Gender and women study in the National Association of Native Friendship Centers in Canada, using indigenous women or communities 1000 words It should be in this manner below 1. Introduction 2. Body- a number of paragraphs about the person or event. 3. Conclusion

Section 2

Write an essay about one relevant feature (conflict) in Europe. The topic can be any conflicts, such as the impacts and outcomes of war (armed conflicts), resources use conflicts, the control and management of state borders, and conflicts in cultural realms (e.g., the transformation and evolution of European identity). The paper should include an introduction, body (paragraphs about the topic), and a conclusion. In the introduction section, you will need to give a brief introduction of the conflict and its impacts. Specifically, you will include a thesis statement at the end of the first paragraph explaining briefly what you will discuss in your paper.

Why did you choose this site? How did you feel about it going in according to your own history (age, race, gender, background, etc.)? What assumptions did you make about this culture?

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Ethnography Assignment

Ethnography involves studying and writing about a particular group, community, or subculture. Your role in this assignment is that of a primary researcher. The point of ethnography is to watch, to try to understand what’s going on, and to ask questions to test your observations.

 Here are some examples of observation sites:

– Barber shops, nursing homes, firefighters, religious institutions, political organizations, self-help groups, emergency medical squads, athletic teams or games, concerts, businesses of all sorts (fast food restaurants, stores, bars, night clubs, coffee houses, gyms, hotel lobbies, etc.), fraternities, sororities, clubs, internet forums, subcultural groups (skateboarders, punk rockers, biker group, etc.), theatre troupes, schools, prisons, subway or ferry riding during peak and off-peak times, train or bus stations, airports etc. You can also compare two separate sites.

Notice what is interesting about this community and the way community members interact with each other. Attempt to understand how the people you’re observing view their world. This means you must observe closely, take good notes, and distance yourself from the site you’re observing. Remember, you are an observer, not a participant observer for this assignment. You may want to divide people into social categories within this space, and write about how they perform different roles. Also record your feelings about what you see, hear, and experience. Pay attention to details – sights, smells, etc. Take careful notice of language and jargon used. You also may want to sketch diagrams or take pictures of the spaces you are talking about.

– Write a report (a paper) of what you have found using the following three sections:

  1. Positioning yourself as the researcher: Why did you choose this site? How did you feel about it going in according to your own history (age, race, gender, background, etc.)? What assumptions did you make about this culture?
  2. What can you say about the people in this social space? This section is the bulk of your paper. Drawing from your field notes, tell us what you saw and heard. Talk about the patterns and rituals you observed. What are the “rules” or norms of this place? Which way is the right way to behave? How do you know who is an outsider? Here you are creating a picture of your culture, so don’t forget about dialogue, descriptions, etc.
  3. Reflections: What have you learned about yourself in the process of studying this subculture? For example, if you researched a comic book store, do you now understand what aspects of the store surprised you or intrigued you? What have you learned about the group you studied or society as a whole? Instead of giving a comprehensive overview, you should concentrate on specific points. You should not only restate what others have told you, but should develop your own conclusions from your observations. However, all of these conclusions must be supported by observation or existing research on the type of site you are observing (not a requirement).

Discuss from a sociological perspective the difference between race and ethnicity, along with the terms prejudice, racism, and scapegoat. Explain how your racial or ethnic identity has played a significant (positive or negative) role in your life?

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Discussion 3

In Chapter 12, race and ethnicity are presented in detail. When looked at from a sociological perspective, the concepts of race and ethnicity and the consequences of these terms are far more complex than common usage and everyday understanding.

In your discussion posting, first:

1) Discuss from a sociological perspective the difference between race and ethnicity, along with the terms prejudice, racism, and scapegoat. Explain how your racial or ethnic identity has played a significant (positive or negative) role in your life?

2) Racial and ethnic stereotypes are everywhere in the mass media (social media, television ads, magazines etc). Surveying some of these mediums, identify racial or ethnic stereotypes in the media. Who were the targets?

Choose an important development in human society – for example: . Research the social conditions at the time and place of this development

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Social Contexts

A. Choose an important development in human society – for example: Emancipation, Public sanitation, Vaccinations

B. Research the social conditions at the time and place of this development

´i.e. what was happening prior to and/or during this time that made this discovery/development possible

Research the debate over whether governments should increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour and, based on your research, write an essay that answers this question: Should the government of Manitoba increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour?

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Essay on workers’ rights

Research the debate over whether governments should increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour and, based on your research, write an essay that answers this question: Should the government of Manitoba increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour? essay must: explain both sides of the debate; make a clear and logical argument that answers the question above; and support your argument with evidence drawn from at least six (6) appropriate sources, at least two (2) of which you must find on your own. Important thing this essay must have:The paper has a well-defined thesis and makes important points.Organization is entirely logical: the argument is developed step by step from introduction to conclusion with no irrelevant material.Documentation is ample and in the correct form, and indicates that the writer has examined the most important available sources. The paper has been written in a clear, literate, and scholarly fashion.The paper displays insight, originality, and a thorough understanding of the subject under discussion. Sources: The following is a list of sources to help you get started on your research. You may use these sources in your essay, but you must also use at least two (2) sources that you find on your own. Dionne-Simard, Dominique, and Jacob Miller. Maximum Insights on Minimum Wage Worker: 20 Years of Data. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2019.

37/ m2019003-eng.pdf. Green, David. The Case for Increasing the Minimum Wage: What Does the Academic Literature Tell Us? Vancouver: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office, 2015.

ffice/2015/04/CCPA-BC-Case-for-Incr-Minimum-Wage_0.pdf. Hajer, Jesse, and Ellen Smirl. Surviving on Minimum Wage: Lived Experiences of Manitoba Workers & Policy Implications. Winnipeg: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba Office, 2020. Employment Standards. What is Minimum Wage? Winnipeg: Government of Manitoba, 2021. Retail Council of Canada. “Minimum Wage by Province.” Retail Council of Canada. Last modified January 2022. Wong, Queenie. $15 Minimum Wage: Jobs for Canada’s Youths at Risk. Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 2017. For help finding additional sources, please see the UM Libraries resource page for this assignment: Remember: You must use at least six (6) relevant sources, and you must find at least two (2) of these sources on your own. Format: Your paper must be in essay style, 12-point font, double-spaced, with page numbers and 1-inch margins, and saved as a Word file. You can use first person pronouns (“I”, “my”, etc.).

Discuss Goerg Simmel’s analysis of group size. Be sure to define and characterize the DYAD and the TRIAD group. How have you experienced OR witnessed Dyadic and Triadic relationships in your life?

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George Simmel’s analysis; Characterize the DYAD and TRIAD group.

Discuss Goerg Simmel’s analysis of group size. Be sure to define and characterize the DYAD and the TRIAD group. How have you experienced OR witnessed Dyadic and Triadic relationships in your life?

Organize your ideas, evidence, and arguments so far, critically assess slide design, and develop a twenty-slide presentation storyboard on your topic.

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SOCSCI – Slide Design Discussion

Connect

Take a look at the video linked below, in which undergraduate students are unknowingly subjected to one of the worst academic presentations of their lives. Fortunately, the presenter was a fictitious and exaggerated caricature of real instructors. Unfortunately, many of those habits are quite common in our contemporary classrooms and workplaces!

Content

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, you should be able to:

  • organize your ideas, evidence, and arguments so far,
  • critically assess slide design, and
  • develop a twenty-slide presentation storyboard on your topic.

Preparing a Presentation

This module will be kept relatively light in terms of content so that you can focus your time and effort on the Presentation Storyboard activity.

The information page for that assignment contains plenty of direction, fodder for thought, and guidance on its own. Be sure that you have reviewed it (and the requirements/expectations for the assignment) before getting started with the Study section below so that you know why this week’s material is relevant.

It is increasingly common to complement public talks, lectures, and presentations with visual slides using Microsoft PowerPoint or other programs such as Google Slides or Apple’s Keynote. As we will see in the videos and resources linked below, too many slides, or too-cluttered slides, can have a horrendous effect. However, there are some tips, tricks, and principles that can help you to make sure that your own slides, if you use them, are effective.

Study

The video ‘Death by PowerPoint’ was developed in order to convince potential customers to try out a digital service called SlideBean. Even though it is a marketing video, it nicely captures some of the common problems recognized by both students and instructors when it comes to how slides are used at university and in the broader community. The second video takes a comedic look at some of the worst offenses that users of PowerPoint commit.

Watch the following two (2) videos:

  • Death by PowerPoint (opens in a new tab) (5:42 min)
  • Life After Death by PowerPoint (opens in a new tab) (3:59 min)

Designing a Presentation Storyboard

To help you further prepare for the assignment, check out the following resources that respectively take a closer look at what is involved in creating a ‘storyboard’, and what the PechaKucha presentation format you will be using for the presentation actually looks like.

The PechaKucha Format

The PechaKucha format for presentations offers a limited structure that can help encourage designers to make strategic choices about what to show and tell in a presentation. Knowing about the PechaKucha format will help you to succeed on your presentation storyboard. Please examine the PechaKucha website here:

 

Select two readings from this course and put them in conversation with one another. How do the analyses, concepts, propositions, set forth in each complement, support, or contradict one another?

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Prompt: Select two readings from this course and put them in conversation with one another. How do the analyses, concepts, propositions, set forth in each complement, support, or contradict one another?

Identify themes related to your chosen topic and organize those themes in a logical manner. The Outline will provide structure to the Research Paper as you work to compose it. When complete, each theme should become a subheading ordered to present each topic/theme to the reader in a logical order.

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Effects Of Alcohol Abuse On Pregnant Women

THEMATIC OUTLINE
The purpose of this assignment is to identify themes related to your chosen topic and organize those themes in a logical manner. The Outline will provide structure to the Research Paper as you work to compose it. When complete, each theme should become a subheading ordered to present each topic/theme to the reader in a logical order. Reviewing the Thematic Outline Worksheet Example should help clarify any questions you may have about the assignment.

A form for the Thematic Outline is provided in this dropbox folder. Complete all sections of the outline. The completed assignment should range in length from 3 to 6 pages.

After completing the readings this week, describe why sex/uality is political? What does it have to do with Disability Studies? Disability rights?

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1. Malinowska, A. (2018). Lost in representation: Disabled sex and the aesthetics of the ‘norm’. Sexualities, 21(3), 364–378.

2. Santinele Martino, A. (2017). Cripping sexualities: An analytic review of theoretical and empirical writing on the intersection of disabilities and sexualities. Sociology Compass, 11(5), 1–15

3. Slater, J., & Liddiard, K. (2018). Why disability studies scholars must challenge transmisogyny and transphobia. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 7(2), 83–93.

After completing the readings this week, describe why sex/uality is political? What does it have to do with Disability Studies? Disability rights?