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Reflection Post:

Throughout this blog, I learned a lot about both Women’s rights and Global issues in general.  I now realize that every problem around the world affects us in some way.  We all share the same world, so whatever happens in it is our responsibility.  Since everyone is affected, we all should be trying to contribute to these issues.  Some people think they can’t make a difference but they actually can.  Everyone is able to make a change in the world even it is small change, it still counts.  Just think if everyone makes a small difference, we could eventually make a big change.  But we can’t just dive into problems without thinking about them.  We need to have a logical approach to them in order to actually make a change.  It’s kind of like sports.  If you just go into the game without a plan or a strategy, you don’t really have a chance at winning.  But if you plan out a strategy, then you have a better chance at being successful.

Another issue with the world is that it can be hard to balance our need for resources with the protection of the environment.  I think it is important to keep the balance, but we should make the protection of the environment come first, and make sure that we are getting our resources as environmentally friendly as possible, since I believe that is a more important issue right now.  I think everyone is a little bit responsible for finding a solution to this issue.  Corporations need to make their products more environmentally friendly for people to buy, the government needs to act on many global issues, but really it all comes down to us.  Most of the world is made up of just regular people, so we are the ones that need to make a difference.  I think issues have gotten better over the last few decades.  Our society is much more accepting to all people, and we have made some progress towards global issues.  We still have a lot to do though before all of the world’s issues are solved.

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Ok kids! I'm all done.  I've marked everything posted before this and I'm exiting this padlet to switch to report cards.  It has been a JOY to have taught you for the last three years - and some of you even in elementary school!  I wish you all the best and look forward to seeing you at Grad:)

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There are so many different things you yourself can do to pitch in and help with this issue, such as supporting foundations that raise awareness for victims. If you know someone that has been a victim to sex trafficking you can encourage them to seek help to overcome the great deal of trauma that comes along with sexual assault and abuse. It is really hard because there honestly isn't much to do prevention wise. Although, making the topic known through media and informing people that sex trafficking is definitely a crime and is terribly wrong to do someone, will spread awareness against the topic and hopefully lower the rates.

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A Plan To Help:

There are many ways to get involved within your community or even your town you live in, just by making everyone more aware of what's going on to Women still today. One way we could help solve this issue would be by protesting to make the Governments around the world feel pressured into doing it to make whoever disobeys Women’s rights commands must be punished or spend time in jail. Yes I know a problem just doesn't go away on it's own it takes time and someday we can meet the goal and hopefully succeed, to make women know that there is people out there who do care.

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Reflection

Writing this blog was like throwing a glass of cold water on my face. I already knew a little about this issue, but I had no idea how bad the abuse, ridicule, and unfair treatment altogether was! I feel a sense of gratefulness for at least being a woman in Canada. Although no woman is treated completely equally, it is better than living in a country where women don’t have any rights at all. All global issues have an impact on every single person. In my case, it was women all over the world. After making this blog, I wish everyone in the world would research the treatment of women, because every person can contribute a positive change. There is power in numbers, that is why I believe that equality will soon be in check with all of the growing women’s right’s organizations. I believe that the government should take this issue by the reins and make a change. Globally, I think women have made a huge change! However I think that somehow we can make it all happen. Equality in every city and every country. Developing countries who refuse women to be treated like equals will be a tough case to crack but i believe that we can do it. Donating small amounts of money to organizations for women shelters, and international fighters for women can push this problem so far forward. We have come so far in pushing meninists out of our way and showing the world who’s really in charge. I hope for every country all over the world to come to their senses and treat women how they all should be treated.

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I believe that with something as big as the fight for women's right's is, you'd have to be extremely willing and goal-driven to fight as hard as you can. For the majority of people, awareness and just standing up for this issue when you hear someone down talking down about women can really make a difference. However, there are also the people who can really make huge differences just with their advantages. Big celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and Emma Watson constantly use their fame and popularity to spread the rights of women, which I think that's what all big stars should do. Something that I could do in the future is join protests or become more involved in politics. I always think about being a woman in 2016 and how much I hate being called "just a girl." I plan to do something about it.

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Reflection
Our world has many many issues occurring everywhere all the time. How we react to them is what matters. Globalization is getting better and better every year, but it is still not good enough. Globalization is so important because the more people across the globe agreeing with each other and acting as one, will ultimately make bigger changes towards these global issues. These global issues definitely have an impact on every single person in many different ways, most of us just don’t realize it. Us in Canada and the people in developed countries are those people that don’t experience these issues as much. What we don’t think about enough is that there are millions of people suffering from global issues. There are some people in developed countries that are stepping up when it comes to contributing to positive change. But, many, many more need to step up and contribute. Even donating small amounts of money to different organizations or awaring people of what is happening will help in some way. It doesn’t seem like it is making a difference but it is. The more people making tiny little changes like donating clothes to the salvation army will bring big change. This is because every person that is helping builds up into a lot of help and change. There are local and global issues everywhere. To solve these issues, we have to really think about ways to solve them and have a logical and problem solving approach. No matter if it is global or local, we have to find ways to solve them and use logical thinking. The world is getting better at balancing resources without harming the environment but we can do much better. For example, with Megacities, they cause many environmental issues like pollution for example. We have to find even better ways of using our resources and balancing them evenly. When this happens, it will be very good for the environment which is an important part of our world. Who should be responsible for these issues? Well, I think that first we need to achieve more globalization and then have the leaders of countries and governments come together to solve these issues. While the different governments came together, the people of Earth can still help by doing their own part. We really have to come together to solve these massive issues. Over the past few decades, I think that our world globally has gotten worse in some ways and better in some ways. Decades ago, the population was much smaller and this growing population now seems to be worse to our world than better. There have also been improvements in science that have been amazing economically, but very harmful to our environment which is so crucial. We live on a beautiful planet and we have to keep it that way. This means that we have to achieve globalization and step up as one to save our planet. Everyone has to be a global citizen and contribute to better change. There are so many issues out there, just like urbanization and migration to Megacities, and we have really have to realize what is happening to our Earth and bring about big changes.

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Organizations involved-The organizations involved are
Canada'a role in the issue-

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I strongly believe that sex trafficking is absolutely awful, as well as being an extreme violation of human rights. It is so incredibly unfortunate that it has to take place at all. I wish there was a way to completely diminish all sexual violence. However, that is not realistic but there are so many things us as a global community can do to help.

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Global citizen means that you are citizen of what ever country you want to be apart of. It's important to be one because people treat you the same way as everyone else with the same kind of respect, and you are able to have a voice in everything you have an important part for in the world.

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Sex trafficking has been going on for many centuries, but it hasn’t always been portrayed as a massive issue. Many countries that follow extremely different living standards based on cultural beliefs, do not believe that sex slavery is a violation nor a problem. Some actually believe that women are meant to be forced into these acts. However, as i mentioned previously sex trade affects many more people than just women. One of the first ever movements regarding sex trafficking and the prevention and recovery of it was in the 1980’s. In 2000 the United States inforced more strict laws that ensure punishments for people guilty abusing sex trade.

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Africa  suffers from epidemics of cholera, measles, and polio, and   malaria  parasite have caused a lot of death in Africa  especially small children.  AIDS is another killer disease in Africa , 24 million  people  are  infected with HIV. It will be difficult to solve  Africans  poverty complex problem, but with lots of help anything is possible.

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Reflection post

Sex trafficking is a big global issue because it affect people all around the world from people rights being ripped away from them or from the many families losing people from being enslaved and sold global.

As a global community there are lots of small action that can help to stop the act of sex trafficking because we can form group that will hopefully grow into something much bigger help us stop the slavery.

Globally many thing have not charge for the better but have help fix other things with it like global sex trafficking has become a manger problem do to the advancement  of the internet but from this its also help us to start programs to help stop this issue.

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Organizations involved with slavery

There are many organizations that help prevent slavery. In canada we have a lot of them, here are a list of the organizations that help fight slavery in Canada that help every where:

Action Coalition on Human Trafficking in Alberta: www.actalberta.org

Alliance Against Modern Slavery: www.allianceagainstmodernslavery.org

Canadian Council for Refugees: http://ccrweb.ca/

Canadian Centre for Child Protection: http://www.protectchildren.ca/app/en/

FCJ Refugee Centre: www.fcjrefugeecentre.org/

Free-Them: www.freethem.ca/

London Anti-Human Trafficking Committee: http://www.stopht.ca/

Ottawa Coalition to End Human Trafficking: www.endhumantrafficking.ca

Persons Against the Crime of Trafficking in Humans: http://www.pact-ottawa.org/

Salvation Army: http://www.salvationarmy.ca/tag/human-sexual-trafficking/

South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario Forced Marriage Project: http://www.forcedmarriages.ca

Tracia's Trust: http://www.gov.mb.ca/fs/traciastrust/index.html

Walk With Me Canada Victim Services: http://www.walk-with-me.org

Windsor Essex Fighting the International Growth of Human Trafficking: http://westophumantrafficking.ca/

Information found at http://www.allianceagainstmodernslavery.org/organizations_against_modern_slavery

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The “Hurters”

The main people that are causing all the trouble are ISIS and ISIS wannabes. An example of this is the guy that shot up that bar in Florida, He was born in America but claimed to be part of ISIS.

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Being aware of other people is just a little bit of what it means to be a global citizen, you also have to involve yourself in the many organizations that exist to help people around the globe and their are so many more, more than could ever fit in this blog, but if anyone of us were to go out we could help in so many ways. So do that and help the people of the world.

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Reece- Comment on Dylan's Reflection post

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Reece- Comment on Dylan's Reflection post

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I totally agree with you Dylan, the since the recognition of globalization the world has come along way. Anybody can say they will make a difference but because of how close we are globally we can actually make a difference.

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History- 1800-1870
Level of carbon dioxide gas (CO2) in the atmosphere, as later measured in ancient ice, is about 290 ppm (parts per million).

Mean global temperature (1850-1890) is roughly 13.7°C.

First Industrial Revolution. Coal, railroads, and land clearing speed up greenhouse gas emission, while better agriculture and sanitation speed up population growth.

1824
Fourier calculates that the Earth would be far colder if it lacked an atmosphere.

1859
Tyndall discovers that some gases block infrared radiation. He suggests that changes in the concentration of the gases could bring climate change.

1896
Arrhenius publishes first calculation of global warming from human emissions of CO2.

1897
Chamberlin produces a model for global carbon exchange including feedbacks.

1870-1910
Second Industrial Revolution. Fertilizers and other chemicals, electricity, and public health further accelerate growth.

1914-1918
World War I; governments learn to mobilize and control industrial societies.

1920-1925
Opening of Texas and Persian Gulf oil fields inaugurates era of cheap energy.

1930s
Global warming trend since late 19th century reported.

Milankovitch proposes orbital changes as the cause of ice ages.

1938
Callendar argues that CO2 greenhouse global warming is underway, reviving interest in the question.

1939-1945
World War II. Military grand strategy is largely driven by a struggle to control oil fields.

1945
US Office of Naval Research begins generous funding of many fields of science, some of which happen to be useful for understanding climate change.

1956
Ewing and Donn offer a feedback model for quick ice age onset.

Phillips produces a somewhat realistic computer model of the global atmosphere.

Plass calculates that adding CO2 to the atmosphere will have a significant effect on the radiation balance.

1957
Launch of Soviet Sputnik satellite. Cold War concerns support 1957-58 International Geophysical Year, bringing new funding and coordination to climate studies.

Revelle finds that CO2 produced by humans will not be readily absorbed by the oceans.

1958
Telescope studies show a greenhouse effect raises temperature of the atmosphere of Venus far above the boiling point of water.

1960
Mitchell reports downturn of global temperatures since the early 1940s.

Keeling accurately measures CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere and detects an annual rise. The level is 315 ppm. Mean global temperature (five-year average) is 13.9°C.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis, peak of the Cold War.

1963
Calculations suggest that feedback with water vapor could make the climate acutely sensitive to changes in CO2 level.

1965
Boulder, Colo. meeting on causes of climate change: Lorenz and others point out the chaotic nature of climate system and the possibility of sudden shifts.

1966
Emiliani's analysis of deep-sea cores and Broecker's analysis of ancient corals show that the timing of ice ages was set by small orbital shifts, suggesting that the climate system is sensitive to small changes.

1967
International Global Atmospheric Research Program established, mainly to gather data for better short-range weather prediction, but including climate.

Manabe and Wetherald make a convincing calculation that doubling CO2 would raise world temperatures a couple of degrees.

1968
Studies suggest a possibility of collapse of Antarctic ice sheets, which would raise sea levels catastrophically.

1969
Astronauts walk on the Moon, and people perceive the Earth as a fragile whole.

Budyko and Sellers present models of catastrophic ice-albedo feedbacks.

Nimbus III satellite begins to provide comprehensive global atmospheric temperature measurements.

1970
First Earth Day. Environmental movement attains strong influence, spreads concern about global degradation.

Creation of US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the world's leading funder of climate research.

Aerosols from human activity are shown to be increasing swiftly. Bryson claims they counteract global warming and may bring serious cooling.

1971
SMIC conference of leading scientists reports a danger of rapid and serious global change caused by humans, calls for an organized research effort.

Mariner 9 spacecraft finds a great dust storm warming the atmosphere of Mars, plus indications of a radically different climate in the past.

1972
Ice cores and other evidence show big climate shifts in the past between relatively stable modes in the space of a thousand years or so, especially around 11,000 years ago.

Droughts in Africa, Ukraine, India cause world food crisis, spreading fears about climate change.

1973
Oil embargo and price rise bring first "energy crisis".

1974
Serious droughts since 1972 increase concern about climate, with cooling from aerosols suspected to be as likely as warming; scientists are doubtful as journalists talk of a new ice age.

1975
Warnings about environmental effects of airplanes leads to investigations of trace gases in the stratosphere and discovery of danger to ozone layer.

Manabe and collaborators produce complex but plausible computer models which show a temperature rise of several degrees for doubled CO2.

1976
Studies show that CFCs (1975) and also methane and ozone (1976) can make a serious contribution to the greenhouse effect.

Deep-sea cores show a dominating influence from 100,000-year Milankovitch orbital changes, emphasizing the role of feedbacks.
Deforestation and other ecosystem changes are recognized as major factors in the future of the climate.

Eddy shows that there were prolonged periods without sunspots in past centuries, corresponding to cold periods .

1977
Scientific opinion tends to converge on global warming, not cooling, as the chief climate risk in next century.

1978
Attempts to coordinate climate research in US end with an inadequate National Climate Program Act, accompanied by rapid but temporary growth in funding.

1979
Second oil "energy crisis." Strengthened environmental movement encourages renewable energy sources, inhibits nuclear energy growth.

US National Academy of Sciences report finds it highly credible that doubling CO2 will bring 1.5-4.5°C global warming.

World Climate Research Programme launched to coordinate international research.

1981
Election of Reagan brings backlash against environmental movement to power. Political conservatism is linked to skepticism about global warming.

IBM Personal Computer introduced. Advanced economies are increasingly delinked from energy.

Hansen and others show that sulfate aerosols can significantly cool the climate, raising confidence in models showing future greenhouse warming.

Some scientists predict greenhouse warming "signal" should be visible by about the year 2000.

1982
Greenland ice cores reveal drastic temperature oscillations in the space of a century in the distant past.

Strong global warming since mid-1970s is reported, with 1981 the warmest year on record.

1983
Reports from US National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Protection Agency spark conflict, as greenhouse warming becomes prominent in mainstream politics.

1985
Ramanathan and collaborators announce that global warming may come twice as fast as expected, from rise of methane and other trace greenhouse gases.

Villach Conference declares consensus among experts that some global warming seems inevitable, calls on governments to consider international agreements to restrict emissions.

Antarctic ice cores show that CO2 and temperature went up and down together through past ice ages, pointing to powerful biological and geochemical feedbacks.

Broecker speculates that a reorganization of North Atlantic Ocean circulation can bring swift and radical climate change.

1986
Meltdown of reactor at Chernobyl (Soviet Union) cripples plans to replace fossil fuels with nuclear power.

1987
Montreal Protocol of the Vienna Convention imposes international restrictions on emission of ozone-destroying gases.

1988
News media coverage of global warming leaps upward following record heat and droughts plus testimony by Hansen.

Toronto conference calls for strict, specific limits on greenhouse gas emissions; UK Prime Minister Thatcher is first major leader to call for action.

Ice-core and biology studies confirm living ecosystems give climate feedback by way of methane, which could accelerate global warming.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is established.

1989
Fossil-fuel and other U.S. industries form Global Climate Coalition to tell politicians and the public that climate science is too uncertain to justify action.

1990
First IPCC report says world has been warming and future warming seems likely.

1991
Mt. Pinatubo explodes; Hansen predicts cooling pattern, verifying (by 1995) computer models of aerosol effects.

Global warming skeptics claim that 20th-century temperature changes followed from solar influences. (The solar-climate correlation would fail in the following decade.)

Studies from 55 million years ago show possibility of eruption of methane from the seabed with enormous self-sustained warming. 1992
Conference in Rio de Janeiro produces UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, but US blocks calls for serious action.

Study of ancient climates reveals climate sensitivity in same range as predicted independently by computer models.

1993
Greenland ice cores suggest that great climate changes (at least on a regional scale) can occur in the space of a single decade.

1995
Second IPCC report detects "signature" of human-caused greenhouse effect warming, declares that serious warming is likely in the coming century.

Reports of the breaking up of Antarctic ice shelves and other signs of actual current warming in polar regions begin affecting public opinion.

1997
Toyota introduces Prius in Japan, first mass-market electric hybrid car; swift progress in large wind turbines and other energy alternatives.

International conference produces Kyoto Protocol, setting targets for industrialized nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if enough nations sign onto a treaty (rejected by US Senate in advance).

1998
A "Super El Niño" makes this an exceptionally warm year, equaled in later years but not clearly exceeded until 2014. Borehole data confirm extraordinary warming trend.

Qualms about arbitrariness in computer models diminish as teams model ice-age climate and dispense with special adjustments to reproduce current climate.

1999
Criticism that satellite measurements show no warming are dismissed by National Academy Panel.

Ramanathan detects massive "brown cloud" of aerosols from South Asia.

2000
Global Climate Coalition dissolves as many corporations grapple with threat of warming, but oil lobby convinces US administration to deny problem.

Variety of studies emphasize variability and importance of biological feedbacks in carbon cycle, liable to accelerate warming.

2001
Third IPCC report states baldly that global warming, unprecedented since the end of the last ice age, is "very likely," with highly damaging future impacts and possible severe surprises. Effective end of debate among all but a few scientists.

Bonn meeting, with participation of most countries but not US, develops mechanisms for working towards Kyoto targets.

National Academy panel sees a "paradigm shift" in scientific recognition of the risk of abrupt climate change (decade-scale).

Warming observed in ocean basins; match with computer models gives a clear signature of greenhouse effect warming.

2002
Studies find surprisingly strong "global dimming," due to pollution, has retarded arrival of greenhouse warming, but dimming is now decreasing.

2003
Numerous observations raise concern that collapse of ice sheets (West Antarctica, Greenland) can raise sea levels faster than most had believed.

Deadly summer heat wave in Europe accelerates divergence between European and US public opinion.

2004
First major books, movie and art work featuring global warming appear.

2005
Kyoto treaty goes into effect, signed by major industrial nations except US. Work to retard emissions accelerates in Japan, Western Europe, US regional governments and corporations.

Hurricane Katrina and other major tropical storms spur debate over impact of global warming on storm intensity.

2006
In longstanding "hockey stick" controversy, scientists conclude post-1980 global warming was unprecedented for centuries or more.  The rise could not be attributed to changes in solar energy.

"An Inconvenient Truth" documentary persuades many but sharpens political polarization.

China overtakes the United States as the world’s biggest emitter of CO2.

2007
Fourth IPCC report warns that serious effects of warming have become evident; cost of reducing emissions would be far less than the damage they will cause.

Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and Arctic Ocean sea-ice cover found to be shrinking faster than expected.

2008
Climate scientists (although not the public) recognize that even if all greenhouse gas emissions could be halted immediately, global warming will continue for millennia.

2009
Many experts warn that global warming is arriving at a faster and more dangerous pace than anticipated just a few years earlier.

Excerpts from stolen e-mails of climate scientists fuel public skepticism.

Copenhagen conference fails to negotiate binding agreements: end of hopes of avoiding dangerous future climate change.

2012
Controversial "attribution" studies find recent disastrous heat waves, droughts, extremes of precipitation, and floods were made worse by global warming.

2013
An apparent pause or "hiatus" in global warming of the atmosphere since 1998 is discussed and explained; the atmosphere is still warming, and the oceans have continued to get rapidly warmer.

2015
Researchers find collapse of West Antarctic ice sheet is irreversible, will bring meters of sea level rise over future centuries.

Paris Agreement: nearly all nations pledge to set targets for their own greenhouse gas cuts and to report their progress.

Mean global temperature is 14.7°C, the warmest in thousands of years. Level of CO2 in the atmosphere reaches 400 ppm, the highest in millions of years.

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History
Slavery has been around for ever, first known case of slavery was way back in 1760 BC, This was a serious process then, with a death penalty to all how even attempted to help a slave escape. Slavery was known in almost every ancient civilization and society including Summer Ancient, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China The Akkadian Empire, Assyria, Ancient India, Ancient Greece, The Roman Empire, The Hebrew Kingdoms of Ancient Levant, and The Pre-Columbian civilization of the Americans. Slavery has being a part of human life since the ancient time and all the way up to today.

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What does it mean to be a global citizen

A global citizen is someone who is aware of the world and has a sense of their responsibility as a global citizen and understands how the world works.

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Reflection
In the end everyone should be treated as equal no matter what, people also need to see what is happening in the bigger picture, you know the terrorist attacks and that such, could we just call time out and deal with that first then we deal with everything else. But when it is done we can deal with the inequality. Also to add all this is possible because of the bad without it.

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public threats to lgbt - NO NAME.  CAN'T MARK THIS!!!!

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public threats to lgbt - NO NAME.  CAN'T MARK THIS!!!!

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Even though LGBTQIA people may have the rights now they are still in  danger of losing them one of the most racist runners in the american election donald trump has promised to revoke the nationwide right to marry for LGBTQIA people if he's elected and he has a massive following which is honestly terrifying not only for LGBTQIA people but also mexicans and muslims because he has promised absolutely horrible things for these people that rival what hitler's plans for the jews were but on the other side of this one of his running mates bernie sanders has is incredibly pro LGBT rights and honestly has many great ideas sorry that got a bit political there but i felt i had to bring it up at some point or another

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Brock's comment on Josef's comment on Ben's comment on Keri's post.

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I completely agree. It's disheartening knowing that in the globalized 21st century that we live in that it is possible that we just let these people sit in poverty. This topic should be in the 'Number 1 to-fix' list in my opinion.

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I agree, Dylan did do good a great job this post. I also agree that is is relaxing knowing that countries are coming together and thinking of the plans in case something bad truly does happen.

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Brock's comment on Josef's comment on Bennett's comment on Dylan's post.

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Brock's comment on Josef's comment on Bennett's comment on Dylan's post.

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You took the words right out of my mouth. People should not be discriminated or told "no" just because they area different gender. Everybody is born free so it's hard to believe that in this century it it still happening.

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Challenges involved

Many obvious obstacles that would appear whilst trying to gain equal rights would be the people who are stubborn to change and will do anything to keep what they had, the power the men or women had over the other gender, this is my theory of how abuse came to be. Stubborn people who lose their power over their partner and want that fear to control them.

How Canada is involved

Canada is involved just by the basic fact that we made same sex marriage and from 2005, and from that day on people have wanted to make everything equal, the way we dress or act, talk or walk and many more things people want to be equal with their gender counterpart.

How people get involved

Now comes the fun part, where I will talk about how people get involved in the equal rights, the good and the bad. Note that this is still my opinion. People who do good to me is the people help people who actually need help “3rd world helpers”, people who help others in other countries, they donate, they go to the countries to fight with the subdued.Still my opinion. Then their are people who do nothing but complain    “1st world “helpers” ” these people are known as “femi-nazis”, people who take the equality to an extreme, they go out and spread their cause. They are the main people who make the feminists look bad since they go way farther then what most would go and they have also started taking pictures of people with signs replying to "why we need feminism" their are great ones saying that we need it for women in other countries and to stop the amount of overlook murders that had girls killed. I hate to say the next bit but it entirely true to me and the facts that I have collected. Some say they want a great paying job and a family, but it is not possible not even men can have both. This is why more households have women as the caretakers, also because they have more of a bond to their own children rather then men. Then people say women don't get paid as much as men do, thinking over this in my head I think of the companies point of view, "we have to pay this guy 1 dollar to every 77 cents this lady makes" business idea "lets just hear every women we a can because it costs less to pay them". But this does not happen. Also those charts dont factor in what job, a oil rig worker will earn more then a nanny and that,s why we need feminism. One person risks their life on a platform, while the worst thing that could happen to a nanny is get vomit on them. I'am gonna end this here.

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Comment on Bennett's Comment on Dylan's Post- Josef

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I also strongly agree with Bennett, its quite disappointing that we are in the 21st century and we are still battling this issue. It's difficult to understand why some people's views on gender equality is so discriminating and negative. People need to understand that no matter what the gender is, if a female is partaking in the same job as a male, they should both be payed equally by law. People need to step away from this mentality, and focus more on the job being done, not whether it is a female or a male doing it.

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I agree with your comment, and I would like to expand upon the subject. Most often people forget that children who mature in societies that have always suffered through poverty, can never understand life outside their poverty. They grow up not realizing the true potential of the world and what it is like to truly live in a developed country. That being said, these kids mature pretty content with their lives because they have never been exposed to something greater. Which can be perhaps both saddening and a good thing.

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Reflection
Throughout this blog I have learned a lot.  Not just about Marine pollution, but about global issues in general, and how they affect our everyday lives.  There are some global issues that may not directly affect us as Canadian citizens, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care, nor that they are not a part of our lives.  We all share the same planet, so we should all be helping to make it a fair and equal place for everyone to live, and keep striving to make the world better in all aspects.  Sometimes though, people are intimidated by these massive global problems, and don’t know how to approach the issue or how they are able to help.  Every single person is capable of contributing to improving our world.  You don’t have to cure cancer, or invent a time machine.  If everyone just commits themselves to making a small change, together we could make a huge change.  We already have the numbers, we just need everyone to act.

However, we can’t fix every problem simply by having everyone change their behaviors.  For example, with marine pollution, though it would help immensely, even if everyone stopped littering or did another small action, it still wouldn’t be enough to save the oceans.  It is the same with every global issue.  We need a logical and strategic solution to tackle these problems.  A huge part of this is keeping balance.  There are so many global issues, and it is nearly impossible to try to solve all of them at once.  That is why we need to figure out which issues are more pressing than others, and decide which need to be prioritized first.  While on the topic of balance, there are some issues that compete with one another.  An example of that is our constant need for resources competing with the protection of the environment.  We need to find balance between these two, and the best way I propose of doing that is compromising them.  We should be trying to find more environmentally friendly ways of accessing resources, or even more environmentally friendly resources in general.  This way we can keep up with the demand of resources while simultaneously helping the environment.  One example of how to do this is with energy.  Instead of using things like oil or gas as energy, we should be using more wind, sun, tides, etc.  In the near future, we will need to come up with even more ways of maintaining this balance.

I think we are all in some way responsible for finding a solution to this issue, and any other issues.  It may at first glance seem that it is the government’s responsibility, but we all actually have a role.  We are the ones responsible for electing a government that will push to find answers to problems.  The government is responsible for doing all they can to solve these issues, and also making sure that corporations are contributing as well. Corporations are responsible for making the products people buy from them as harmless as possible.  I think generally, global issues have definitely improved in the last few decades.  The only problem though, is that as our technology continues to evolve, we are constantly facing new problems.  All in all though, the problems we have been facing for tens of years I believed have improved, but we have a long road ahead of us before our world becomes the place we want it to be.

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Carly's Comment On Brock's Comment On Josef's Post

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Carly's Comment On Brock's Comment On Josef's Post

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I couldn’t agree more with Brock.  Everyone should be entitled to their own thoughts, opinions, and religions.  People who dictate what others can and can’t believe are abusing their right to freedom of thought, which is not fair in any way, yet is all too common in our society.  It is truly saddening to know that over 40,000 people have died for this reason, and really makes you question what our world has come to.  The whole issue is completely cruel.  Our thoughts and beliefs are such a huge aspect of our entire existence.  If that is taken away from us, what do have left?

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REFLECTION

Before doing this blog I had no idea that slavery was such a big issue, but I realize that it is huge. I believe that global issues have an impact on all of in someway. If it didn’t we wouldn’t need to know about the issues that happen in our world. I think that everyone in our society is capable to make a change for the greater good. Most of the time you think “i'm just one person I can't make a difference”, now imagine a world with everyone in it that thought that way. We would have n world to live in. If everyone says “I can make a change”, as a society we really can make a difference and make a change that helps us in a positive way. Doing something as simple as donating can make a big change it doesn’t have to be a lot because if everyone donated just a little bit, think about how much money would be raised to help the problems that have been happening for decades. A little change can go along way in this world. You can’t just go into a problem thinking you can solve it by doing something as simple as just giving money or using violence. You have to think of a strategy or better yet multiple strategies because it is almost guaranteed that some of your ideas are going to fail. So you always need a back up and think logically about the situation, don’t just think about it from your perspective. Think about it as a globalized citizen, get more than one opinion also. We need a healthy balance between our needed resources and our environment, we need to try and find alternatives to our most common resources such as wood, and oil. These alternatives need to be healthy for the environment, I know there are some alternatives for oil, but are they really healthy for the  environment. We can’t rush to get these alternatives out or they may be more harmful and less efficient than the resources we already use, it will take time and money to come up with these solutions. In the long run it will help us and our environment. I think that we all need to play a part in finding the solution to this problem, if we don’t it may never be fixed or may take too much time and we would most likely forget why and who we are trying to help. We have to keep in mind that people living in slavery is terrible and they get treated like they don’t belong, some are even killed. I don’t think that anyone should have to live their life like that. We are all humans we all deserve to be be treated like equals. I feel like globally our world has gotten worse over the last few decades. I think this because now we have a lot more freedom so people feel like they can do whatever they want. For example the people who keep people as slaves, no one is stopping them so they are going to keep doing it. I think as a society it is our responsibility to make this world a better place, and as of right now we are not. We need to make a change and my generation is the perfect opportunity to do so.

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Reflection

I started working on this social studies assignment as if were any other piece of work one of my teachers handed me, but while trying to find my topic for the blog I realized something while staring at the many global issues listed for possible topic Ideas. I realized they are not just ideas the teacher has listed their all real global issues happening all around the world to someone out there you’ve never meant. As soon as that though dawn on me I had an instant affinity and my outlook changed on this whole social studies unit. As I started to research more on the topic of Global issues I found out much more, I found out that everyone is impacted in someway to some degree even if the issue happens to be slavery in place you’ve never heard of before or something that affects you every time you breath like air pollution. I started to make connections to how these global issues affect me some more than others, so I wanted to find out if I could possible contribute to positive change and I can in the most simple ways. Donating to charities helps out poverty and slavery, carpooling contributes positive change to air pollution it's just that simple. I realized that we don’t need a bunch on politics from the government telling us how to make earth a better place, if you truly wanna make a change for a better you do it yourself and that's just call being a global citizen. Some may argue that the past few decades humans have been living in a very environmentally unreasonable way, we haven't been share food and resources in a efficient way that keeps everyone happy and fed, and if believe in that argument do as I said before take charge for your self. Grow your own organic food go to the farmers market, don’t buy materials that have been made by sweatshops and make sure you think over your action before following through because it's the small action that truly make the big difference.

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Reflection Post:  I can honestly say drunk driving is one of the world’s issues we need to work on as a society. The problem can’t be fixed in one day and we all know that, it has to take time and we have to take steps. It isn’t always the big things that make a change, and having the biggest group of people. But, having a good amount of people that actually is committed to fixing the issue, will make the biggest impact.

Everyone can help. This doesn’t just apply to the issue I’ve been talking about, anyone can help with any issue going on in our world. The more help we can get with fixing problems like poverty and gender equality is better. People think just sending a message out to the world over FaceBook won’t help. But you never know how many people are going to read that or how it will have an impact on someone in so many different ways.

I really do think that global issues have an impact on everyone. Say if something happened in another part of the world like the shooting in Orlando that happened recently, the whole world knew about it in less than 24 hours of it happening. That really goes to show how much we support each other and send our help out to anyone across the world. Even today I still see posts on social media about it because of how much it scared people and how many people are traumatized from that one event. One event can have such a huge impact on so many people’s lives.

I think individuals should be responsible for finding a solution to any issue. I think the government would just do what’s best for them and not think about anyone else. That's why us as individual citizens need to work together to try to fix these issues together. We can’t just leave it to the government like we do for everything else. We can’t leave just one person by themselves to fix these issues.

I think over the last few years things have gotten better but I do think if we put more effort in we could of accomplished more than we thought we could. I think we don’t realize how much of an impact we have on the issues in today’s age. The more we help, the better things get. Sometimes we don’t realize what we have accomplished until we are done and look back at we did. Together, we can make the world a better place to be.

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Reflection
Even though some of these issues might not happen here in Canada they still affect our lives in some way, whether it's having a family member in that part of the world or trying to solve the problem because everybody can make a difference in the world it may or may not make a huge change but it will change something and something is better than nothing. Whether it’s a global issue or a local issue they can’t just be gone in one day, you need to have a plan to solve the problem and you also need to have people who are willing to put in the effort and time to help solve the issue. Globalization has really helped a lot of the issues in the world but there are still a lot that need to be solved, for example world starvation some countries have more than enough food and others have barely any and if it were up to the people we would probably share or trade our food with some of the developing countries but it is up to the government and we need to trust that they will make the right choice.Everyone should be responsible to finding a solution because everybody plays a big part in these issues and we should all have a say in what we think is right. In the past few decades in my opinion I feel that we have helped a lot of problems but have not completely solved them, for example we have helped racism in the world but we have never actually fully solved it because it still happens today but it is better now than it is was thirty years ago, so to back up my statement even though we have helped many of the world's problems we are still not finished we can stop when there is world peace, but until then we must keep striving to make the world a better place.

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A Plan To Help
This is a big problem and requires a big solution.  Fortunately though, if we act now, we may still have a chance at restoring our oceans to what they once were.  My individual plan is to continue to spread awareness and do my part in protecting the ocean, and I hope everyone will try to do the same.  Whether it’s as simple as making a commitment to stop littering, or as big as joining an organization that helps oceans, everyone has a part to play.  It doesn’t really matter how big your part is, just the fact that you are making an effort is great, and still a lot more than many other people are doing.  With that being said, a lot will have to be done in order to save our oceans.  Along with people making an effort to help out, we will also need the government to make some big changes.  We are going to need new laws put in place for the sustainability of our oceans, and have them help spread awareness of this issue.  Finally, we are going to need industries on board as well.  Companies should be working to find more efficient ways of running their facilities and making their products, so there is less runoff and waste in the ocean.  Some companies have already started doing that, which is spectacular.  Essentially, the best plan I believe is to get as many people involved as we can, as quickly as possible.  The lives of animals are in jeopardy, and they truly need our help.  We’ve already waited too long.  The time to act is now.

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Reflection

I believe that every global issue impacts everyone around the world no matter how big or small it is there are always going to be connections to everyone around the world. In my mind everyone can contribute to any issue they want by donating or raising awareness for the problem or issue. If one person donated a little bit of money to a charity it could be the start to a huge change and everyone is capable of doing this. I do believe that it takes a logic approach to solve issues because to solve issues that we want to all we have to do is raise awareness or donate money and that's logical thinking. We balance the resources and the health of the environment by just taking what we need so that our earth can stay healthy and we can live. I think that everyone should be responsible for finding a solution to issues because we has humans need to look out for each other so that we can make our earth sustainable. Globally things have changed for the better, we as a society have found cures for diseases and we have come so far to what we are today and I believe we will keep moving forward, globally.

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Comment on Keri's comment on Noah's post- Ben

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Well written article Noah, and i agree with Keri that, that is never a point that i have never thought about because we think that they know that there are better lives and better places out there when really they might not even educated enough to think that there is a whole other world beyond what they are used to. We often take our lives for granted and we shouldn't because that could be one of us as easily as it was one of them.

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Comment on Brock's comment on Josef's post-Ben

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I agree with Brock it is a shame that over 400,000 lives have been lost just because they believe in something different, people need to realize that people are allowed to believe in what they want to believe in and no one should go against that because they might think what you believe in is wrong and you should believe in what they believe in, it's a complicated subject but it should not be solved with violence.

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How Can Individuals Get Involved/ A Plan to Help

You can get involved by helping anyone who has a problem with this and if you see or hear something that may be offensive to someone you need to stop it and the person will greatly appreciate it. One person might not change the world but if everyone comes together we can make a big change and hopefully put this terrible topic to peace. We can make a plan to help be maybe starting a group at your school where you come up with ideas to help fix racism in your school or community and as i said before if you can tell that someone is getting mean things said to them or done to them go over and make it right because ignoring it only makes it worse.

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Well written Dylan, that article gave me a good understanding of other peoples perspectives on globalization. I like how u gave examples and made it easy to understand where you are coming from. It is also reassuring to know that other countries have or back in case something bad happens.

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How is Canada involved

Canada is involved in this topic because of CAERS. If you have never heard of CAERS it is an organization that stands for Canadian Anti-racism Education and Research Society, and what they do is pretty straightforward they try and stop racism in Canada and the world. The organization is based out of B.C and a cool thing that they do is they have a report spot on their webpage that allows you to tell them your hate crime and if the problem is serious then they will target your town and help solve racism in your area

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Reflection Post

Thanks to globalization we have become closer together as a globe. We don’t just sit around and watch if another country is in need of help. We go help them develop and grow. Most countries are not alone when it comes to issues within their country. It is up to everyone else to guide them through the rough time. All that is truly needed to help stop global problems is one little spark. From there, hopefully the rest of the world will notice and help solve whatever the issue might be. Because of globalization we have each others backs.

If something happens in one country and is not stopped, such as terrorism. Not only is the country to blame but every other one is included in stopping these issues or for letting them happen.

We have come along quite a way since globalization was first recognized. We have come together more as a globe and have succeeded at beating the issues that have risen. New problems come up every day throughout the globe and I don’t think we will solve all problems in the near future, but hopefully sometime.

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Reflection Post:
While researching my topic for my blog I have learned many new things and now want to take a stand for children and women's education. This is a globally issue that affects everyone in some way. Everyone as to take part if not without it we will not be able to change the world for better good. Global issues affect everyone for example with children's education it maybe your child or someone you may know child might have a hard time getting an education. Everyone is capable for contributing a positive change by enforcing the problem and contributing no matter how big or small it may be. Small actions can make a change in the world because there is 7 billion people in the world who may be helping which adds up. Global and local issues do require a logical and problem solving approach because you can't just snap your fingers and everything be OK you need to approach the issue in a good manner. We should be the solutions for this problem because if everyone takes a stand and contributes we can make a really big difference in the world.

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Challenges Involved
Challenges that people have faced from this topic were not being treated equal as the whites who thought and some still think that they are better than all the other ethnicity when they aren't. Also it wasn’t until 1965 that African American people were allowed to vote which is very depressing thinking that just because someone who has different colored skin makes it wrong for them to have a say in our world. Also back in the 1900’s people of different race than the whites had to have totally different places to go and be allowed into, for example they weren't allowed to use the same washrooms as the whites or eat in the same restaurants as them and in some places they weren’t even in that specific place. It's a good thing it is still not like that but it is still a massive problem that needs fixing.

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Who is involved detrimentally?

People or groups that have been involved detrimentally or in a harmful way were people who have accused people of different skin colors or different religions in anyway or anyhow. Also as I said before the KKK has played a big harmful part in the whole topic but they don't understand that they are the same as everyone else and they need to except that.

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Mission Statement

My mission statement for my topic on racial and ethnicity equality is to make sure that people know the full story on what actually happens everyday to colored people. I also want people to realize that this still happens today as many may not know that, and they need to know how big of a problem this is and how much offence gets taken from the people who are treated like this. This is a very big problem in the world right now and needs to be stopped ASAP.

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Global issues do not just affect a small group of people, they affect the entire world. We cannot just stand by while people are suffering. This blog made me realize that there is more to meet the eye in this world. There is terror, sadness, happiness, unrest, and many more things. People need to see that every bit of support makes a difference, sometimes all it takes is a simple click of a button. You would be surprised of how much one person can change in this world, not everyone has the same rights as you or I may have but if you support a change and share your opinion, then you will be heard.
It might take a while to come up with solutions to problems but during this time period people can band together and think of this as one other than thinking of this apart. Basically what I'm trying to say is that instead of being 192 different independent minds, we need to come together and think of solutions as one. We need to share things instead of horde them, we need to solve problems together rather than create them while protecting what we have accomplished, while protecting our home. I believe the United Nations got it right, we need a world where we can come together and solve issues as one. The world will keep becoming a better place globalization, protection for our environments, and stop this violence.

The next decade will decide what will the world look like. It will be life or death. with rising threats like ISIL and Russia, etc, it will only be a matter of time before the world finds out the truth, gets a smack in the face and realizes that they need to wake up.

"Wars do not determine winners, they determine who is left" -Bertrand russell

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People around the world can show their support by letting their voices be heard, there are many websites (For example: http://unitedhelpukraine.org/) thats main goal is to help those in need that have been affected by this crisis. People can donate or just share these websites and groups to help raise awareness for these people that need our help more than ever.

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Challenges
Many of the challenges faced are overwhelming. We cannot just force Russia to give back the land, nor can we just let them walk free. An invasion would be the result of more than than we need and I for one do not want more death. We cannot just let Russia walk away like it never happen either, Russia must pay and release what they they have taken and we need laws in place to make sure these types of things do not happen again.

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Who is Helping? And who is contributing?
The United Nations, The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, The European Union, and many other local organisations are trying to get Russia to give back Ukraine' land by placing sanctions as well as trying to help refugees and give support to Ukrainian people during their time of need.

Russia and Russia's allies are giving the Ukraine and the previous organisations listed above a hard time, they seem to not be letting up in giving it back, or admitting that they were 100% involved either. It is only a matter of time before conflict arises again, and it may not be so peaceful the next time.

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Reflection:

While I was researching and learning more about my topic, I was astonished and saddened at how women are being treated in the workplace. I’m a female with no work experience so far, but reading the stories and statistics of what’s happening right now truly hurt me (and didn’t exactly make me excited to get a job). Women have been silent for too long, our voices constantly being silenced by people in charge. As I mentioned in my other posts, our generation is the first to truly be raised on change and given new ways of thinking. We should use this valuable gift given to us, and take the stand against injustices against women- not only in the workplace, but all aspects of life. After doing this blog and learning all I have not only from my research but everyone else’s posts I will definitely stand up and try to make a change for us and future generations. I believe the changes we make now will echo throughout generations and be a big step towards equal rights for every human.

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Reflection Post:

Global issues are truly such a tragic element that belongs in our world.  No matter how much you try to avoid them, they are always with you.  It doesn't matter where you go.  You could be on a nice vacation to Florida or you could be in the middle of some of these issues, such as Sub-Saharan Africa for example.  There is never enough need for positive change in our world.  Everybody should be aware that they are capable to making change in our world today.  It really doesn't have to be much.  It could just be making a small donation or instead of giving your old clothes to the garbage, give it to the Salvation Army.  Every one of your small actions could make for big change in our world.  In order to solve an issue, you need a smart approach on how to fix it.  Organizations such as UNICEF and the Salvation Army are trying to help poverty.  Other organizations have also done a good job helping other global issues.  Making change to someone else's life in a positive way makes you feel good about yourself so why can't we do that more often.  Everyone needs to stop avoiding global issues and make a change.

To aid people with what they need if they are apart of a global issue is very important but we need to make sure we are keeping the environment safe while doing so.  To keep a good balance we should send over large amounts of food and clothing on one plane at certain times every year to whoever needs it,  instead of sending smaller amounts of food on more flights because plane exhaust hurts our environment.

I think everybody needs to be on board with trying to help out with global issues.  The government obviously has the most control of people within their countries so they should put together organizations who help these issues.  The organizations will then ask citizens for their support by making donations.   Everyone is involved.  Over the past few decades, there are many issues that have shown great improvement but there is also many issues that have remained the same or even gotten worse.  Issues such as ISIS have evolved in their favor over the past decade so we obviously don't want to see that happening.  An issue such as racism has showed a lot of good change over the past few decades.  We should always be trying to help out with global issues and everyone needs to be aware of how serious they really are.

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Geography of the Issue and Canada's Role
Canada, like many other Nations and Organizations, has denounced Russia and is offering its prayers and hopes to those affected by the conflict. The United Nations and The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is encouraging Russia to respect the Ukraine and return it foreign soil. Canada is encouraging this as well as the European Union

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Comment on Gabe's Comment on Josef's Post- Bennett

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I think Gabe did a good job summarizing Josef's post, which was solid.  Some of the facts about ISIS are pretty astonishing considering how much they've done.  It's truly such a bad group of people and it needs to be stopped as soon as possible.  You never know what they might do next.

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Dylan's Comment on Brock's Comment on Josef's Post

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Dylan's Comment on Brock's Comment on Josef's Post

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You are 100% right how it is truly not fair for ISIS to take the lives of so many. Just because they are not crazy in the head like ISIS. Like you said people have the right to freedom of expression and thought. But ISIS takes it way to far and is violating others human rights. I

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Comment on Dylan's Comment on Jenna M's Post- Bennett

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I strongly agree with Dylan and Jenna.  It's hard to believe people these days still do not treat women with proper rights.  Men and women should be treated equally.  There shouldn't be any reason are giving their jobs to men before women.

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Josef's comment on Ben's comment on Noah's post

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I also had no idea that Canada was so involved in helping free the slaves. If all countries did this we could possibly solve this problem in no time, I agree with everything Ben and Noah have mentioned. Looking forward to reading the rest of your posts.

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A Plan To Help:

I strongly believe the way to help close the wage gap is understanding and the will to change. The wage gap has been around for centuries, and as the generation raised on change and new ways of thinking, I think we should take the stand against the wage gap. Among the mass of amazing websites and organizations that you can donate to and support, you can also make changes on your own by educating and trying to change the gap in your own workplace. This isn’t a problem we can keep shoving off for later generations to deal with, we have the power to change and I believe closing the wage gap will be one big step towards equality.

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Dylan's Comment to Josef's Comment on Noah's Post

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Dylan's Comment to Josef's Comment on Noah's Post

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I'm siding with Josef on this one, Noah did a great job giving a description on the organizations involved. His posts are very interesting to read and actually educate me.

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I agree with you, I like how in your post you didn't just say what something was then move on. You always give a brief description which I think is a great thing to do. I like how you said it might sound bad, but it is the truth, that's because it is. Keep up the great work

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Hurters/Plan to Help

One of the major causes and hurters for unemployment is not people, not anything other than technology… Technology has taken many jobs away from people and are permanent replacements. An example of this is factory workers. A lot of people probably would have lost their jobs because of robots and machines taking their place on the field. While the employees must sit on the bench and go find another team to play for.

Different trials and programs can help solve unemployment and poverty, but I think one of the easiest ways to down the poverty rate because of unemployment is to hire an unemployed worker that you might know or even not, and hire them to do small jobs. What I mean by small jobs is lawn care, house cleaning, dog walking, etc. This will probably not give the worker a steady income but something is better than nothing. Another way is for people who own their own business and are self employed. Hire unemployed people who need work! It depends on the job but for some jobs the worker will only need a small bit of training. And they are working.

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Noah's Comment on Brock's Comment on Josef's post

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Noah's Comment on Brock's Comment on Josef's post

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I agree with you Brock I think its crazy that ISIS has killed 4000* people for no reason whats so ever. People have the right to their own religion and I think it is stupid that there are people out there who want to take that away. I agree with what you said about people should be able to have their own opinion and expression.

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Comment on Carly's Comment on Rae-Lynn's Post- Bennett

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I totally agree with Carly and Rae-Lynn on their remarks about drunk driving.  There is no excuse for anyone to go on the road under the influence of alcohol.  They are selfish people for sure.  Like Carly said, they aren't just putting themselves at risk, they're putting everybody else's lives at risk who passes by them on the road.

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What a Global Citizen Is:

To me, a global citizen is someone of any gender, race, age, or sexuality. My definition includes the whole world, which is who I believe should be treated equally, and with all their human rights respected. Sadly, in today’s world that’s still a subject some have yet to learn. I believe all global citizen’s rights should be respected by everyone, not just communities but politicians, presidents, prime ministers, and everyone who’s willing to make a change.

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Comment on Hannah's Comment on Zoey's Post- Bennett

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I definitely agree with Hannah and Zoey.  Making a little bit more effort to help those who are involved with poverty is definitely not a hard thing to do.  More people should become more aware of this and like Zoey said, people who do know about it need to raise awareness to let other people know.

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Keri- Comment on Hannah's Comment on Zoey's Post

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Keri- Comment on Hannah's Comment on Zoey's Post

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I’m with Hannah on this one, I knew it was a problem but I didn’t think it was that bad. You whole blog, Zoey, really helped me learn about how big of an issue this really is. And I agree, passion and Knowledge are two of the few things you need to solve anything. Without them the points would be void and meaningless, and you are the opposite of that! Keep up the great work, Zoey!

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A Global Citizen
A Global Citizen is somebody who takes things into their own hands, they don't just sit around and let the the world turn around them. They are right in the action, they give support and help with push support for current issues and things going on around the world. A global Citizen should take responsible for taking care of other civilians, pushing for human rights and getting equality between people.

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Global Citizen

A global citizen is someone who will help places in the globe push through stressful or hard times. Someone who contributes their fair share of time and effort to help solve these global issues that have yet to be decoded. Global citizens to me are very important to our globe. Without global citizens some problems we have defeated may still be among us today. Very rarely does it just take one global citizen to achieve a major goal, that is why we as global citizens need to come together and solve global problems.

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I think Noah did a good job on his post "How is Canada Involved?"   I liked the way he started off his paragraph by asking a question to get the reader engaged.  He mentioned that slaves often flee to Canada and I think it's great that people around the world see that our country is a safe place to live compared to some other countries.

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WHO IS INVOLVED DETRIMENTALLY

I think that slavery involves mostly poor people or just people in countries that don’t have a lot of education or are not very developed. I do realize that it sounds bad to say that but it is the truth. Places with less education would have more people trying to make money so slavery may be the option. Also places with a super high population such as India would have a high amount of people living in slavery. This is because there is too many people for jobs resulting in people becoming slaves to make some kind of an honest living for their families.

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It's horrible to think that over 40,000 people have lost their lives just because they do not believe what they preach. Everybody should have the right to their own opinion and to their own expressions.

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Global Citizen Post

In my eyes a Global Citizen is someone who is always willing to go the extra mile, and not put himself before anyone else even if he or she is less or more privileged. I believe that it is very important for more people to become active global citizen because we have many global problems that need more attention than they receive.If the world had more responsible global citizens ISIS would have never broke out in the first place almost 30 years ago.

Who Is ISIS Targeting

ISIS has changed their official target as the years went by, it went from the government of Syria to the American troops in the middle east and now everyone who doesn’t choose Islam as their one and only religion. In their path more than 4600 innocent people have lost their lives for not agreeing with ISIS’s terms. these innocent people came from all around the world Paris, Middle east, Canada, China and many other countries. So Official today ISIS is targeting Innocent people who don't believe in Islam as their religion

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Global Citizen

A global citizen may be defined as someone who takes responsibility for global issues.  A global citizen is someone who identifies with being part of an emerging world community and whose actions contribute towards building this communities values and practices.
To simplify that sentence, I would say a global citizen is someone who tries to help our world as much as possible and never in any way, hurt it.  In my opinion, there are not enough global citizens in our world today and that is why there are so many tragic things happening such as things like poverty and global warming.  If everyone could make an effort to become more of a global citizen, I think our world would see a lot of change in a positive way.

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Global Citizen Post

In my eyes a Global Citizen is someone who is always willing to go the extra mile, and not put himself before anyone else even if he or she is less or more privileged. I believe that it is very important for more people to become active global citizen because we have many global problems that need more attention than they receive.If the world had more responsible global citizens ISIS would have never broke out in the first place almost 30 years ago.

Who Is ISIS Targeting

ISIS has changed their official target as the years went by, it went from the government of Syria to the American troops in the middle east and now everyone who doesn’t choose islam as their one and only religion. In their path more than 4600 innocent people have lost their lives for not agreeing with ISIS’s terms. these innocent people came from all around the world Paris, Middle east, Canada, China and many other countries.

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I didn't know that Canada was so involved in freeing slaves from the slave traders. It's really frustrating knowing

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Well written topic Noah, I didn't know that Canada helped that much with slaves. one problem would be if everyone who had been enslaved wanted to come to Canada, Canada may soon get oeverpopulated

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Keri- Comment on Carly's Comment on Rae-Lynn's Post

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Keri- Comment on Carly's Comment on Rae-Lynn's Post

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I agree with the point that some people think drinking doesn’t affect their driving, but they do when it’s too late! Rae-Lynn also made a great point, that people who drink and drive see no problem because many aren’t caught the first time. They think “well it turned out fine every else time so why not?” but then they go and hit someone or get arrested. It seems that over the Decade people have become more and more reckless behind the wheel. I also agree with what Carly said about how selfish it is to endanger other people's lives because you think it's fine to drink and drive.

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HOW IS CANADA INVOLVED

How is Canada helping? Canada has been helping with slaves since long before today. Slaves that become free often flee to Canada and this isn’t a new thing, it’s been happening since the mid 1800’s. Slaves flee to Canada because in Canada they know that they will be protected by our laws. Since Canada is such a free country in makes sense that people would move here. People who were slaves could easily find work and provide for their families. Also in Canada there are so many organizations involved with freeing slaves, such as “Free Them”. Free Them is an organization that focuses on stopping human trafficking (slavery).

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Organizations Involved with the Issue
There are many organizations involved with this issue. Some are good and some are bad a few of the good ones are the YWCA who helps anyone who needs it and provides help with any issues you may have. Some of the bad ones would be the KKK or the Klu Klux Klan who are envied by many coloured people because the KKK will take any person who is not white and burn them in the woods. There have been many groups that have tried to stop them but none of them succeeded. They believe that they are not the same as the whites whenever they are. These groups are not good and need to be stopped right away.

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Being a Global Citizen

Being a global citizen means that you are identified under being part of the world and being somebody that takes part in the everyday world and whose actions contribute to the world's events and practices.  It is important to be a global citizen because we get to help the world in everyday opportunities and we do stuff for the world that helps it so much we also help other global citizens who need a little extra help in their everyday lives.

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Keri- Comment on Jenna C’s Comment on Carly’s Post

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I agree with Jenna, this is a very detailed post. With how Carly wrote this it feels like she wrote don’t a presentation shown to schools. Carly did a wonderful job explaining what you can do to help solve the issue at hand and wrote it in a clear and in an understandable manner.

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A Plan To Help:

In order to put an end to poverty, our world has to become more aware of the issue.  It's as simple as watching the news or reading a book to see what is happening in our world today.  If everyone understands how tragic poverty is, that would give a better chance that more donations would be made which is obviously what we need to do to stop this issue.  To make everyone aware of the issue, people who are educated in regards to poverty must let everyone else know how we can stop this issue and what we can do to stop it.  Lastly, like I said, families who are financially strong need to make an effort to give a donation and stop

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Keri- Comment on Kaitlyn’s Comment on Hannah’s Post

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I agree with Hannah and Kaitlyn, more people need to donate to these organizations to allow them to continue to educate these poor people. I also like when Hannah said that we need to educate people about the truth about this issue, can’t help if you don’t know!

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How I’m gonna personally help

Teenagares will often say “I’m not 18, I can’t join the army” and use that as an excuse to ignore what's happening in places around the world that needs all the help they can get. But that's not necessarily true, any teenager can do his part in helping take down ISIS, it's as simple as doing a few clicks on the computer to donate  a few dollars and that's what i'll be doing. Donating a few dollars to certain places around the world who suffer from ISIS and need my and your money to help them recover.

Why it's been such a difficult challenge to stop ISIS

The reason ISIS has been such a challenge to defeat is very simple and takes place more than 20 years ago. Back in the 90s not a very large amount of people saw the potential of ISIS so not too many people bothered to put in the money and effort it would take to conceal a small but growing problem. Back than Syria was weak due to the current war that was taking place against the stronger and more powerful American troops who wanted their oil fields. Because of this, a small group of rebels was able to overthrow their weak country and take over this is also what lead some conspiracy theorist to  believe why ISIS wants “death to America”.

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That’s a point that I never really thought about, Noah. Sadly, you're right, some slaves wouldn’t know they are slaves if slavery is all they know. They might think it’s normally for life to be like that. I agree that everyone needs to educated about this to be able to get even close to the solution.

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CHALLENGES

I think that the biggest challenge there is when trying to free the slaves is that the people living in slavery don't always know they are. The slaves are not educated enough. What I mean by this is you can't become free of slavery if you don't understand what slavery means or even that you are a slave. If people have been slaves since they were little they wouldn't know anything else other than slavery making it near impossible to realize that they are slaves. That's why we need to educate everyone so that we can help recognize the people who are living as slaves and stop slavery at its core.

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Reflection Post

You may not realize it, but every time an LGBT person is disowned or abandoned by the people they thought cared about them, this affects all of humanity. Every time it pushes us back a step, pushing us away from world peace and down towards destruction of the human race. But it can all be stopped by people like you and me if we were to stand up and help, and it’s so easy. For example in the states, a gay man (who was 20 years old) named Daniel Ashley Pierce who was disowned by his family. Why is this an example? Because the community helped Daniel out to get a place, people spread what happened to Daniel and helped him, and it all started with one person (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZDpw5hkYzU). They raised $19,00 to help pay for Daniel’s living expenses, this is what happens when humans band together. Also if you click and watch the video, beware there is swearing, violence and really bad parents that’ll make you want to barf.
As for who should be responsible to solve it, everyone is responsible. The government, corporations and individuals should all help solve All the inequalities the LGBT community. People in the LGBT community are also responsible to help solve the problems, because some are started by each other in the community. However overall the situation has improved greatly, over the span of only a little above a decade we went from 0/196 to 22/196 countries that allow same-sex marriage. That isn’t as good as it could be, but slowly we are getting there!

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Canada's Involvement

Since Canada is part of the UN (united Nations) we have always taken part in the effort of defeating ISIS, but recently we have more than ever because ISIS has been attacking Syrian immigrants who moved to Canada. ISIS has been going after these innocent citizen for many reason such as they are of Islamic religion who don’t believe in converting everyone else into Islam and other reasons such as they escaped ISIS land and territories. Ways Canada has been involved are donating money to places such as Pairs after the “Pairs Bombing”  and also Canadian military has been used to help end the fight in the middle east.

How Can we Help?

There are many things an average citizen can do to towards ending the fight against ISIS, one of the most common things people do is online donations for the less fortunate. There are thousands of these sites and charities who collect money donated by the kind hearted people and give it to people whose life has been affected by ISIS, Pairs has received millions of dollars to recover after the horrific bombing that took place a few months ago. Depending on where you live you can even join the military to and help take down ISIS first hand.

Who's Helping Stop ISIS

It wasn’t until recently that countries started to realize how big of a threat ISIS actually is, so when ISIS first broke out it was only a handful of countries that were attempting to conceal the problem before it became something bigger and more powerful. These few countries were USA, Syria, Iraq and parts of Afghanistan a few of these countries are now current under ISIS power. Today things have changed, ISIS is recognized a national threat and their are many countries helping towards ending ISIS even The United Nations has been taken action to.

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Yea its quite the global issue and i'm glad to know people are starting to realize and help them regain from this poverty.(I also didn't know much about it until this blog as well :) )

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Reflection:

Many people in the world will see this issue and many others in a different way and it's not just invasive and endangered species that's an issue there are thousands out there some worse than others.Maybe its child poverty or polluted water that children drink it’s still a global issue that should be equally treated with the rest of all the issues.Remember you are a person and you may see things differently or you didn't even know what was happening until last friday night but as long as you try to either help out or donate you know you truly did your best to try to decline these issues and no one should criticize you for doing so.From those who want to help out that's great but you must be cautious of your opinions,think long and hard about what you will say nothing to bad.But still it is your opinion wether to help out or to stay behind it all and ignore it.

As for the world it is coming worser as we speak thankfully it hopefully will decline over time,people worry too much about economics and being rich so much that they simply don't see the environment is being trampled on.Humanity has its strengths and its weaknesses and we must conquer those weaknesses if we want to solve these global issues.

As for the species of animals it's going to make a miraculous recovery one day as long as we stay strong and support those that are willing to get up and save the life of animals and to get rid of those invaders! let's do something about it. let's buy less, let's recycle more, let's spend a tiny bit more money on biodegradable soaps, let's bake more to avoid palm oil products...the list is infinite ..... so many ways to help so lets all take part.

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The cause?:

Humans are the main cause for species going extinct,because we take away their habitats and there food by building houses or towers,we also take part for leting global warming take over by polluting the sky and depleting the ozone layer even more than average.Invasive species are also our fault because we were the ones that introduced them to the the native land which they raised to the top of the food chain rather quickly,taking out the native species and claiming the land for themselves such as the ever so invasive zebra mussel.

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How Can Individuals Get Involved
When it comes to stopping urbanization and starting to develop rurally, most people automatically think that one person can’t help at all. They are wrong. One person adds a small fraction to helping this issue. The more “one person's”, the more of a difference. Someone could do something as simple as donating a bit of money to foundations and organizations helping grow rurally. Or, just raising awareness about how harmful these Megacities are and that would just bring more people along. The more people, most of the time, equals bigger change. Also, a big help to developing rural activity would be for a large business owner to move different locations of his business rurally instead of in a city. The more businesses doing this, the more economic opportunities in that area and then it could build from there. Every little idea or program seems tiny to start but builds up and brings about change.

A Plan To Help
An effective plan to help this issue starts with the government of that country. They can bring the most change as they have the power. A plan could be for the government to give rural communities a loan to build infrastructure and attract people away from Megacities. That would definitely be an effective way to start rural development. Or, the government could give companies incentives to locate their business rurally. Although, I don’t know if this would happen too often. A plan for me, or anyone for that matter, is to learn a bit about this issue, and then act on it. I would tell people about the harmful causes and effects of Megacities and tell people that rural development is possible for the better. As I got older, I would maybe even involve my career with the study of Megacities and try my best to activate rural development.

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Reflection Post

This blog gave me a wake up call and helped me realize not every kid is living a life full of happiness and play. Each and every day more and more children are dying before the age of 5. It makes me realize how fortunate I am to get an education and get to drink water whenever and wherever I want. More kids should learn about the struggles others have to endure so they can learn how lucky they are to live safely. Kids should be oblivious to the terrible things that happen in the world. Unfortunately, half of them are living in those terrible situations. From the moment many of these kids are born, we know what their life has in store for them. Whether it’s a long, happy and healthy life or if it will be a major struggle for them to survive. Child poverty is no joke and I finally understand that. Most say child poverty only happens in developing countries, but it is happening right where I live, in my province, city and even neighborhood. Child poverty is an issue and it’s everyone's job, man, woman and child to help. It’s not the government’s job to fix every single issue, and honestly, I don’t think the government is capable enough to solve an issue such as child poverty. If everyone can pitch in and lend a hand, things would be solved much quicker. One small donation can send a child living in poverty to school. That education can encourage them to get a job they are qualified for and to earn money for themselves. One small donation can save the horrible future a child could face and turn that upside down and lead them onto the right path of life. If you don’t think you can’t help change this issue, you’re wrong. Everyone is capable of doing amazing things in this world. The reason why we are here is to ensure that everyone is living a full life with no hate and no suffering. Child poverty is major on a global and local scale. No matter where you go you will find at least a handful of children that need help to overcome an obstacle in their path of life. This generation is one of the greediest generations yet. We believe everything on this earth belongs to us and that we don't have to be resourceful and save what we have. We need to realize what we have is what we got and in order to live in a fair world, poverty and resource wise, we need to share all of our resources evenly among all of the individuals living on this planet. Many things in this world have changed for the better, remained the same or have even gotten worse. What we focus more on will eventually get better while everything else stays the same and progressively gets worse. We need to focus on every issue and at least acknowledge the fact that we have more problems we have to face than a certain few. I know this task is and will be hard, but if everyone cared about this world and its people we would have no problem being more helpful and accepting to change this world.

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Geography of The LGBT Community, Canada’s Role in The LGBT Community and a Plan to Help

People of the LGBT community are all over the world; everywhere there is human, there is bound to be an LGBT person. Even though there are LGBT people all over the globe, not all people can openly express themselves. In some countries you can go to jail if you show gay PDA ( Public Displays of Affection) near a minor. Not with, near. With some countries LGBT people will be killed for just being themselves, or kicked out of the country. Imagine if that was you, your family couldn’t do anything but watch as you die.

Canada’s Role

Canada is as shown in one of my past posts the fourth in the world, first outside of Europe, to legalize same-sex marriage. This alone shows how mature and responsible Canada is being about us LGBT people, Canada legalized our marriage and has many laws/ organizations up to help and protect us. However the fight is far from over; until all countries treat the LGBT community are equal to them, the fight will continue.
A Plan To Help

As a plan to help, just spreading awareness can help. More people, young people, should have easy access to information about the LGBT community. More people should learn about what it feels like to have this empty, half- complete feeling of not knowing. Not knowing part of yourself, or why you don’t feel like your classmate/friends/family. Or what it’s like to feel the dread of having to tell others, hoping they’ll accept you and not abandon.

Another way is to go out there and protest against the ignorant governments who think that you can just permanently change part of your entire being, who think it’s a choice to be what you were born as.

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Global Citizen and the importance of being one

A global Citizen is someone who is involved not only in their community, but also the global community. Global citizens try to help/solve issue that they believe need to change. It is important to be a global citizen because you need to stretch out your hand for someone. If you needed help wouldn’t you want someone there with you? Although they may not be physically there, but mentally there? Not being a global citizen would mean you are either more blind than a bat or you just don’t care about other’s suffering, and I’m not sure which is worse.

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Reflection:
Global issues do affect everyone. Now in the case of my topic, you may not think that LGBT rights and advances have nothing to do with you if youre straight. But in reality they do, more then you think! When there are fair rights in your community and there is acceptance of LGBT's, everyone is happier. The community is stronger and overall better. Everyone had the freedom to be themselves. And everyone can contribute to a positive change on issues. No matter how small ot how large. May it be supporting people's choices or donating towards organizations working on change. It all helps. Global and local issues can't be solved over night. They need planning and logical problem solving. If you want the fair rights and laws to be changed you have to work hard and put in the time for change. It can't be done with a snap of your fingers. Work hard for the change you want to see in the world. And the people responsible for making the's changes can't just be individuals. But, idividuals do help and make a world of difference. But we need the support of corporations and government representives. Here in Canada that's not to much of an issue considering our government is all for LGBT rights! And finally, so many huge changes towards a positive change have happened in the past years! Laws changing, new government reps being one hundred percent all about it and all these communities online and offline, all around the world, supporting people no matter who they are. The world has made a huge change for the better in the face of so many issues. I loved learning all about this topic and I hope others found my posts interesting and helpful.