HSB4U
Examining the Impact of Globalization on Canada
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L. Di Matteo. (2014, May 1). Canadian manufacturing employment: growth and decline. Retrieved from
http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/2014/05/canadian-manufacturingemployment-growth-and-decline-but-more-decline-than-growth.html
L. Di Matteo. (2014, May 1). Canadian manufacturing employment: growth and decline.
Retrieved from
http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/2014/05/canadianmanufacturing-employment-growth-and-decline-but-more-decline-than-growth.html
Video Clip
• Will Globalization Kill Canadian Manufacturing?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBJ3nToBws
• Terminology:
• GDP = 'Gross Domestic Product ' The monetary value of all the
finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in
a specific time period (GDP is usually calculated annually basis).
Case Study: A look at General Motors
• With a partner, read pages 296-97 (GM Canada case study) and
answer the following questions:
• 1. How has the automotive industry affected economics and
unemployment in Canada?
• 2. How does GM use the business practice of outsourcing?
• 3. How has this altered employment patterns in both developed
and developing countries?
• 4. How do multinational corporations like GM drive globalization?
Investigate the Disappearing Canadian
Manufacturing Sector
• Each group will investigate one of the following companies:
• Heinz in Leamington, ON,
• Kellogg in London, ON,
• Navistar in Chatham, ON,
• Caterpillar in London, ON,
• Ford in Oakville, ON.
• Search online to find out:
• Where did the company move its jobs?
• What are the advantages/disadvantages?
• What additional questions did you explore?
• Find evidence to report back to the class.
Reflective Journal/Time capsule
• Now that you have seen different aspects of globalization (e.g.
multinational corporations, Shipbreaking, trade in hbp, effect on
Canadian manufacturing, theoretical perspectives, etc.) write a journal
critically analyzing what you have learned and connecting it to your own
life.
• How has learning about globalization changed the way you see the
world?
• How do you think globalization will affect you, your family and Canadian
society in the future?
(I will photocopy these and give them back to you tomorrow.)
HOMEWORK
• Please read the following articles on Ms. Gluskin’s blog:
• Made in Canada: How globalization has hit the Canadian apparel
industry (Toronto Star, May 2013)
• Canadian automanufacturing: running again, but how much fuel is
left in the tank? (TD Economics report)