HSB4UExamining 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-manufacturing-employment-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/canadian-manufacturing-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)