Outcome Chart - Ontario - Law CLN4U: Canadian and International Law
This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for Law CLN4U: Canadian and International Law, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
The Inquiry Process and Skill Development in Legal Studies
Overall Expectations
The Inquiry Process in Legal Studies: use the legal studies inquiry process and the concepts of legal thinking when investigating legal issues in Canada and around the world, and issues relating to international law
Specific Expectations
A1.1 formulate different types of questions to guide investigations into legal issues in Canada and around the world, and issues relating to international law
A1.2 select and organize relevant evidence and information from primary and secondary sources
A1.4 interpret and analyse legal issues (e.g., debates about laws governing the use of various controlled substances) using evidence and information relevant to their investigations and a variety of tools and strategies and taking into account relevant legal theories and ethical and equity concerns
A1.6 evaluate and synthesize their findings to formulate conclusions and/or make informed judgements or predictions about the issues they are investigating
A1.7 communicate their ideas, arguments, and conclusions using various formats and styles, as appropriate for the audience and purpose
A1.8 use accepted forms of documentation (e.g., footnotes or endnotes, author/date citations, reference lists, bibliographies, credits) to acknowledge different types of sources (e.g., legal references [case law, legislation], websites, blogs, books, journals, articles, oral evidence/interviews, archival sources)
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Lesson Plans
- Bias in News Sources
- Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues
- Free Speech and the Internet
- Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
- Making Media for Democratic Citizenship
- Online Propaganda and the Proliferation of Hate
Rights and Freedoms
Overall Expectations
Legal Principles of Human Rights Law: explain the principles underpinning human rights law and the legal significance of those laws, in Canada and internationally
Specific Expectations
C1.1 compare the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms with the rights charters of other nations or international bodies in terms of their legal force and scope
C1.2 identify the rights and freedoms protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and their corresponding responsibilities or obligations (e.g., right to trial by jury/responsibility to serve on a jury), and explain the implications of these rights and responsibilities for various individuals and groups in Canadian society
C1.3 explain the legal implications of a country’s signing of various internationally recognized treaties and conventions related to the protection of human rights (e.g., Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Geneva Conventions, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)
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Overall Expectations
Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms: compare the roles of the legislative and judicial branches of government in protecting human rights and freedoms, with a particular emphasis on Canada
Specific Expectations
C3.1 explain the role of Parliament in creating the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the role of the judiciary in interpreting and enforcing the Charter’s provisions
C3.3 explain from a legal perspective (e.g., with reference to Charter sections 1 and 33) why it may or may not be justifiable to limit individual or collective rights and freedoms in some situations
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Overall Expectations
Contemporary Issues: analyse various contemporary issues in relation to their impact or potential impact on human rights law
Specific Expectations
C4.1 analyse from a legal perspective contemporary circumstances in which individual or group rights and freedoms are threatened
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International Legal Issues
Overall Expectations
Criminal Law: analyse various key concepts, legal systems, and issues in criminal law, in Canada and internationally
Specific Expectations
E1.1 analyse from a legal perspective the concept of morality as well as differing definitions of certain criminal offences in the domestic law of various countries (e.g., culpable and non-culpable homicide; assisted suicide; hate crimes; fraud; sexual offences – procuring and living off the avails of prostitution, obscenity, child pornography; computer crimes – financial theft, identity theft, copyright infringement, dissemination of child pornography)
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Overall Expectations
Emerging Legal Issues: analyse emerging global issues and their implications for international law
Specific Expectations
E4.1 analyse from a legal perspective how various technological advances (e.g., in communications or surveillance technology, in medical science, in financial transactions) may challenge or support the administration of justice, in Canada and internationally (e.g., challenges: protection of privacy of victims/accused, protection of intellectual property; supports: developments in quality of DNA evidence, availability of surveillance information from CCTV cameras)
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