September 2009 News in Review Resource Guide September 2009 Credits Resource Guide Writers: Diane Ballantyne, Sean Dolan, Peter Flaherty, Jim L’Abbé Copy Editor and Desktop Publisher: Susan Rosenthal Resource Guide Graphics: Laraine Bone Production Assistant: Carolyn McCarthy Resource Guide Editor: Jill Colyer Supervising Manager: Karen Bower Host: Carla Robinson Senior Producer: Nigel Gibson Producer: Lou Kovacs Video Writers: Nigel Gibson Director: Ian Cooper Graphic Artist: Mark W. Harvey Editor: Stanley Iwanski Visit us at our Web site at our Web site at http://newsinreview.cbclearning.ca, where you will find News in Review indexes and an electronic version of this resource guide. As a companion resource, we recommend that students and teachers access CBC News Online, a multimedia current news source that is found on the CBC’s home page at http://cbcnews.cbc.ca. Close-captioning News in Review programs are close-captioned. Subscribers may wish to obtain decoders and “open” these captions for the hearing impaired, for English as a Second Language students, or for situations in which the additional on-screen print component will enhance learning. CBC Learning authorizes the reproduction of material contained in this resource guide for educational purposes. Please identify the source. News in Review is distributed by CBC Learning, P.O. Box 500, Station A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5W 1E6 Tel: (416) 205-6384 • Fax: (416) 205-2376 • E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2009 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News in Review, September 2009 1. Two Canadians Meet in Space (Length: 15:22) 2. Canada and the Swine Flu (Length: 14:54) 3. Iran’s Summer of Discontent (Length: 13:50) 4. Asbestos: Canada’s Ugly Secret (Length: 12:47) Contents In This Issue . ......................................................................................... 4 TWO CANADIANS MEET IN SPACE ......................................... 6 Introduction ..............................................................................................................6 Video Review ...........................................................................................................7 Canada’s Space Program ..........................................................................................9 Julie Payette ...........................................................................................................11 Expedition 20/21 ....................................................................................................13 Future of Space Exploration ..................................................................................15 Activity: Reconsidering Canada’s Role .................................................................17 CANADA AND THE SWINE FLU .............................................. 18 Introduction ............................................................................................................18 Viewing Guide .......................................................................................................19 H1N1 Virus: An FAQ Sheet ...................................................................................21 Canada’s Pandemic Preparedness ..........................................................................23 First Nations Communities ....................................................................................25 The “Spanish Lady”: The Flu Pandemic of 1918 ..................................................27 Activity: You Decide ..............................................................................................29 IRAN’S SUMMER OF DISCONTENT ........................................ 30 Introduction ............................................................................................................30 Video Review .........................................................................................................31 Election Outrage ....................................................................................................33 Iran: The View from the West ................................................................................35 Youth Revolution ...................................................................................................37 The Governments of Canada and Iran ...................................................................39 Activity: Driven to Protest .....................................................................................40 ASBESTOS: CANADA’S UGLY SECRET ................................... 41 Introduction ............................................................................................................41 Video Review .........................................................................................................42 History of Asbestos ...............................................................................................44 The Safety Debate ..................................................................................................46 Asbestos by the Numbers .......................................................................................48 International Asbestos Sales Controversy ..............................................................50 Activity: Should Canada stop selling asbestos? .....................................................53 News in Review Index ............................................................................ 54 CBC News in Review • September 2009 • Page 3 In This Issue . TWO CANADIANS MEET IN SPACE (Length: 15:22) NiR Study In July, Canadian astronaut Julie Payette rocketed into space and made history. When Modules Using print and video she met her colleague Robert Thirsk on board the International Space Station, it material from archival was the first time two Canadians had been in space at once. In thisNews in Review issues of News in story we’ll look at the mission that brought the two astronauts together and examine Review, teachers and Canada’s role in space. students can create thematic modules NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos for independent A Canadian Rides the Shuttle into Space Asteroid: The Doomsday Rock assignments, and small October 2006 Project X: Flight group study. Next Floor Mars? The Space Elevator History of Science in Canada: The Space April 2004 Age: Aeronautics & Telecommunications Mars Invasion: Exploring the Red Planet Lost in Space Related CBC Videos Other videos available March 2004 from CBC Learning; Shuttle Columbia: Disaster in the Skies see the back cover for April 2003 contact details. Mars: Exploring the Red Planet, April 2002 CANADA AND THE SWINE FLU (Length: 14:54) As the swine flu continues to spread around the world, Canada’s health-care system is stepping up its pandemic preparations. The H1N1 virus first arrived in Canada in the spring, and health authorities are expecting many more cases this winter. In this News in Review story we’ll look at what we know about the virus and how it’s affecting Canadians. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos Avian Flu: Preparing for a Pandemic Antibiotics: Growing Resistance January 2006 Black Dawn: The Next Pandemic Dead Heat: The Race to Find a Cure for Influenza Food Borne Diseases CBC News in Review • September 2009 • Page 4 IRAN’S SUMMER OF DISCONTENT (Length: 13:50) In early August Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in as President of Iran, after weeks of sometimes bloody unrest. Ahmadinejad was elected in June, but his opponents said the vote had been rigged and took to the streets in protest. At least 30 people were killed and hundreds were arrested. In this News in Review story we’ll look at the controversial election and at the mass demonstrations that followed. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos Iran Seizes British Sailors, May 2007 Iran’s Young Rebels City of Death: Iran’s Killer Quake Beyond the Veil February 2004 Nuclear Jihad: Can the Terrorists Get the Iran: The Winds of Change, May 2000 Bomb ASBESTOS: CANADA’S UGLY SECRET (Length: 12:47) Asbestos is a mineral that was once widely used in the construction industry. Canada produces about 10 per cent of the world’s supply, but because it can cause severe lung problems its use in this country is limited. Instead most of it is shipped to developing countries. In this News in Review story we’ll look at how those sales are helping a dying industry in Canada but sickening and killing workers in countries like India. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos Electronic Waste and China Cell Phones: The Ring Heard Around the December 2008 World Green Sweep: Transforming our Trash Sections marked with this symbol contain content suitable for younger viewers. CBC News in Review • September 2009 • Page 5 TWO CANADIANS MEET IN SPACE Introduction The important role that Canada making it ready for its first full-time has played in the history of space resident scientists. On this second visit Download the mp3 of this Introduction exploration is one that few Canadians she was to continue construction on at newsinreview. appreciate. Many are really only aware the almost-completed station. Payette’s cbclearning.ca of two contributions. The first of mission will be one of the last of the these is the Canadarm, that long crane shuttle flights, as the shuttle program is Focus we see sticking out of every space scheduled to end in 2010. An extraordinary shuttle, waving some large piece of Bob Thirsk had also flown on a shuttle event in Canadian shuttle freight at its end. The second mission before. This time, however, he space