Grade 10 Civics: Citizen’s Handbook
Examples of Civic Issues
Aboriginal / Native issues Assisted suicide / Euthanasia Canadian pension plan Child labour Childcare Citizenship test / Canadian values Civil rights Corporate tax Disabled access Economic growth Economic stimulus Eldercare Electoral reform Employment insurance Environmental regulation Environmental regulations on businesses Fair trade Felony voting rights Fracking Free trade Gender workplace diversity Government spending Gun control Healthcare Healthcare funding Healthcare privatization Homelessness and affordable housing |
Immigration Income splitting Income tax LGBTQ rights Logging old growth forests Long form census Marijuana legalization Military spending National debt Oil pipelines (Keystone, Northern Gateway) Parole Postsecondary education (university tuition) Poverty Privacy in the information age Public transportation Quebec sovereignty Racism Renewable energy Senate reform Syrian refugees Temporary foreign workers Unemployment and underemployment Urban sprawl Waste management (Garbage disposal and recycling) Welfare Whistleblowers |
Recommended Sources of Information
Gale Cengage Learning Infotrac
Large selection of databases, ebooks, movies and more provided to all YRDSB High Schools. See the library circulation desk for a password. You can access this resource at school or anywhere you have access to the Internet.
Canadian and international headlines, articles, wireless services, e-mail digests, and live internet radio.
Breaking national news and current national news.
Canadian edition of the internet newspaper: get the latest Canadian and world news covering politics, business, lifestyle and the viral web