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case; a presentation on how a community dealing with a local crime might use a healing circle; a debate about French-language rights; a case study illustrating the effects of changes in Canadian family law; a blog highlighting stereotypes in media portrayals of people accused and/or convicted of committing crimes)
A1.8 use accepted forms of documentation
(e.g., endnotes or footnotes, author/date citations, reference lists, bibliographies, credits) to acknow- ledge different types of sources (e.g., case law, legislation, websites, blogs, books, articles, oral evidence)
A1.9 use terminology appropriate to the audience and purpose when communicating the results of their investigations (e.g., vocabulary specific to their inquiry, terminology related to the law and legal processes)
A2. Developing Transferable Skills
Throughout this course, students will:
A2.1 describe ways in which investigations related to the law help them develop skills, including the essential skills in the Ontario Skills Passport (e.g., graphing, oral communication, technological, numeracy, literacy, and decision-making skills), that can be transferred to the world of work and to everyday life
A2.2 apply in everyday contexts skills and work habits developed through law-related inquiries (e.g., conflict-resolution skills used to mediate or arbitrate disputes, reasoning skills used to balance competing rights, oral communication skills)
A2.3 use the concepts of legal thinking when analysing current events related to legal issues in order to enhance their understanding of these events and their role as informed citizens (e.g., to identify competing rights relevant to a controversial issue in the news, to understand
a new ruling related to due process and the admissibility of evidence)
Sample questions: “Why could the computer record of Internet sites previously visited by the accused not be used in evidence in the case of R. v. M. Rafferty (2012) (the Tori Stafford case)?” “What process was used to evaluate the policing and civil rights concerns that emerged following the G20 summit meeting in Toronto in 2010? Why is it important to have a review process?”
A2.4 identify some careers in which a law back- ground might be useful (e.g., police or peace officer, court reporter, corrections officer, game warden, lawyer, paralegal, politician, policy analyst, staff member at a non-governmental organization, journalist, adjudicator, mediator)
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