News in Review Resource Guide December 2011 Credits Resource Guide Writers: Sean Dolan, Peter Flaherty, Jim L’Abbé, Jennifer Watt 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: Michael Serapio Senior Producer: Nigel Gibson Producer: Lou Kovacs Video Writer: Nigel Gibson Director: Douglas Syrota 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 www.cbc.ca/news/. 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 © 2011 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News in Review, December 2011 1. The Rise of the Occupy Movement (Length: 13:28) 2. Canada’s Controversial Crime Bill (Length: 14:56) 3. The Struggle to Save Canada’s Farmland (Length: 13:36) 4. Healing the Invisible Wounds of War (Length: 14:12) Contents In This Issue . ......................................................................................... 4 THE RISE OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT .................................. 6 Introduction...............................................................................................................6 Video.Review............................................................................................................7 The.Rise.of.the.Movement........................................................................................9 The.Movement.Comes.to.Canada...........................................................................11 Thorstein.Veblen.and.the.Modern.World................................................................13 Adbusters................................................................................................................14 Activity:.Up.for.Debate..........................................................................................15 CANADA’S CONTROVERSIAL CRIME BILL ............................. 16 Introduction.............................................................................................................16 Video.Review..........................................................................................................17 Bill.C-10:.The.Omnibus.Crime.Bill........................................................................19 Bill.C-10:.Why.So.Controversial?..........................................................................21 Lessons.from.Texas.................................................................................................23 Activity:.Fear.of.Crime,.Need.for.Safety................................................................25 THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE CANADA’S FARMLAND ................ 26 Introduction.............................................................................................................26 Video.Review..........................................................................................................27 Disappearing.Farmland...........................................................................................30 “Taters.versus.Craters”.in.Melancthon.Township...................................................33 Two.Views.from.the.Nation....................................................................................35 Activity:.Wasted.Food............................................................................................37 HEALING THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF WAR ........................ 38 Introduction.............................................................................................................38 Video.Review..........................................................................................................39 PTSD.......................................................................................................................41 Mental.Illness.and.the.Military...............................................................................44 The.Ongoing.Costs.of.War......................................................................................47 Activity:.Breaking.the.Silence................................................................................49 News in Review Index ............................................................................ 50 CBC News in Review • December 2011 • Page In This Issue . THE RISE OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT (Length: 13:28) NiR Study In.September.a.group.called.Occupy.Wall.Street.began.a.series.of.demonstrations.in. Modules Using print and video New.York.City..The.movement.began.as.a.public.protest.against.social.and.economic. material from archival inequality.and.what.the.protestors.call.corporate.greed..In.October.the.movement. issues of News in spread.to.several.Canadian.cities..In.this.News in Review.story.we’ll.look.at.the. Review, teachers and Occupy.movement.and.its.plans.to.change.the.world.. students can create thematic modules NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos for independent The.Eurozone.and.the.Economic.Crisis. Anatomy of a Revolution assignments, and small November.2011 Meltdown: The Secret History of the group study. Is.the.Recession.Really.Over?.. Global Financial Collapse December.2009 Canada.Gets.a.Recession.Budget. Related CBC Videos March.2009 Other videos available from CBC Learning; Canada.Faces.a.Recession,.December.2008 see the back cover for contact details. CANADA’S CONTROVERSIAL CRIME BILL (Length: 14:56) Canada’s.Conservative.majority.government.has.introduced.a.bill.that.would.make. major.changes.to.the.way.justice.is.administered.in.this.country..Bill.C-10.would,. among.other.things,.stiffen.penalties.for.young.offenders.and.force.judges.to.apply. minimum.mandatory.sentences..In.this.News in Review story.we’ll.look.at.why.the. bill.is.controversial.and.travel.to.Texas.to.see.how.similar.legislation.has.worked.out. in.that.U.S..state. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos A.Community.Fights.Gangs.and.Guns. Crime and Punishment: Plea Bargains & November.2008 Conditional Sentencing Gang.Wars:.Bloodbath.in.Vancouver. Crime and Punishment: Politics of February.2006 Punishment Deathly Silence: Black Crime in Toronto CBC News in Review • December 2011 • Page 4 THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE CANADA’S FARMLAND (Length: 13:36) Every.year.Canada.loses.thousands.of.acres.of.farmland..The.land.is.lost.when. farmers.give.up.farming.or.sell.their.land.to.developers..But.now.some.Canadians.are. trying to fight back. In thisNews in Review.story.we’ll.look.at.a.group.of.farmers.in. Ontario.who.thought.they.were.selling.their.land.to.a.big.company.so.it.could.grow. potatoes,.only.to.discover.it.was.to.be.turned.into.a.quarry.. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos Canada’s.Long,.Hot.Summer.. Farms Inc. September.2002 The Great Food Revolution: A Citizen’s The.Farm.Diary,.November.2001 Guide to Eating in the 21st Century Down.on.the.Farm:.Crisis.in.Agriculture. February.1999 HEALING THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF WAR (Length: 14:12) Canada.recently.ended.its.combat.mission.in.Afghanistan..During.the.many.years.of. fighting, more than 150 soldiers were killed, and thousands of others were wounded. But.many.who.survived.are.suffering.from.the.invisible.wounds.of.post-traumatic. stress.disorder,.or.PTSD..In.this.News in Review.story.we’ll.look.at.how.new. treatments.are.offering.new.hope.to.many.of.our.young.soldiers.. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos Canada.and.the.Afghanistan.Legacy. Beyond Words: Photographers of War May.2011 Broken Heroes Afghanistan:.A.Frontline.Report. Love, Hate and Propaganda: The Cold November.2010 War Afghanistan:.A.Soldier’s.Story,.March.2009 Love, Hate and Propaganda: WWII for a The.Hidden.Wounds.of.War,.February.2008 New Generation Remote Control War Sections.marked.with.this.symbol.contain.content.suitable.for.younger.viewers. Exercises.marked.with.this.symbol.indicate.that.a.worksheet.to.aid.in.the.exploration.of. the.topic.is.available.online. CBC News in Review • December 2011 • Page 5 THE RISE OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT Introduction In July 2011, Vancouver-based Adbusters preached against corporate greed and Focus (an anti-consumerist magazine and bank bailouts and for finding solutions to In September 2011, hundreds of people website) raised the alarm. Citing a the social plagues of unemployment and camped out in a New growing gap between the rich and the poverty. York City park as part poor, Adbusters challenged its followers Within a month a larger Occupy of a protest called to protest the inherent injustice of having movement caught on around the world. Occupy Wall Street. one per cent of the population control At its peak, over 900 cities in 80-plus Within a month, over 30 per cent of the world’s wealth countries had Occupy protesters camping the initial idea went while the