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Step Three Action Blog Post: (and ongoing) – reflection (Charles Best)  Greater Vancouver Food bank.

1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples)  I was able to volunteer at the greater Vancouver food bank Burnaby warehouse on April the 19th because it was a Pro-D Day. That day I was sorting all the donations into […]

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Blog post #2

Do some research on your possible action areas (or your specific action you have already chosen) that you listed in your Action Post #1.   1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start.  I plan on volunteering with the greater Vancouver Food […]

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Blog post #5-key ideas in ancient philosophy and how these philosophical thoughts influenced their societies

As a reminder my question is “To what extent do modern philosophers contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and how does their work compare to the contributions of philosophers from the past?” To help answer this today I will be researching some key ideas in ancient philosophy […]

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Blog post #4 – What are the key areas of focus for modern philosophers, what are they saying, and who are they? What is their impact?

To what extent do modern philosophers contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and how does their work compare to the contributions of philosophers from the past?  In my last blog post I explored the how philosophy help us in understanding our life, and our world as well as […]

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Blog post #3 – To what extent do modern philosophers contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and how does their work compare to the contributions of philosophers from the past?

Blog #3: Round 1 of research My inquiry question is “To what extent do modern philosophers contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and how does their work compare to the contributions of philosophers from the past?” To address this my first round of research will be “How/does […]

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Blog post #2 – To what extent do modern philosophers contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and how does their work compare to the contributions of philosophers from the past?

Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question. How/does philosophy help us in understanding our life, and our world? How does it contribute to our world? To understand how modern philosophers contribute to our world it is first […]

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Blog post #1

Blog #1: Inquiry project 1. State your inquiry question. (Please refer to the Essential Questions page for examples)  To what extent do modern philosophers contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and how does their work compare to the contributions of philosophers from the past? 2. Explain why […]

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About me

Hello everyone, I’m Sammie and I am a 15-year-old French emersion grade 11 student at Dr. Charles Best secondary school which is in Coquitlam BC. This is my third year in social responsibility which means I’ve been doing it since 19th grade. One of my favorite subjects in school is […]

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Blog post #5 – What are the possible future implications of marxist theory on our modern day society?

Blog post #5  As a reminder my question is What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? In my last blog post I talked about how Marxism has been involved in revolutions and societies throughout […]

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Blog post #4 – How has Marxism has been involved in various revolutions and societies in history and who are some prominent Marxist figures? 

  As a reminder my question is What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? In my last blog post I talked about what Marxism is and its key principles. In this blog post I will […]

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Blog post #2 – What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? 

Blog #2: Project plan 1. Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question.  What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history?  What is […]

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Blog post #1 – What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history

Blog #1: Inquiry project 1. State your inquiry question. (Please refer to the Essential Questions page for examples)  My inquiry question for semester 2 is What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? 2. Explain […]

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Blog post #7 Reflection

Blog #7: Reflection Hi everyone, this semester my inquiry question “was should we decriminalize drugs?”. I concluded that yes, we should decriminalize drugs, though that is only one step to tackle the opioid/overdose crisis. To fully address this crisis, we must look towards legalization. 1. Address the following questions: a. […]

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Blogpost #5 – How decriminalizing could help tackle the opioid crisis

How decriminalizing could help tackle the opioid crisis/ the difference between legalization and decriminalization.  In my last blog post I talked about How the criminalization of drugs effects marginalized communities and the effect that the decriminalization of drugs could have on these communities. In this blog post I will be looking […]

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Blog post #4 – How the criminalization of drugs effects marginalized communities / the effect that the decriminalization of drugs could have on these communities?

Blog post #4 – How the criminalization of drugs effects marginalized communities / the effect that the decriminalization of drugs could have on these communities?  In my last blog post I researched what the decriminalization of drugs entails and What an initiative like this look like both locally in British […]

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Blog #7: Reflection – How does the prison industrial complex affect marginalized groups

Blog #7: Reflection 1. Address the following questions: a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges?  Throughout my inquiry project a challenge that I faced was finding information and sources that was both unbiased and that was at a level […]

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Blog post #5 – how the prison industrial complex affects marginalized groups and how/ if the term prison industrial complex is relevant here is so called “Canada.” 

Just as a reminder my question is how the prison industrial complex affects marginalized groups. In my last blog post I talked about what groups are affected by the prison industrial complex and how people’s intersecting marginalized identities play a role in how they are affected by the prison industrial […]

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Blog post #4 -What Marginalized groups are affected by the prison industrial complex? 

What Marginalized groups are affected by the prison industrial complex?  Just as a reminder my question is how the prison industrial complex affects marginalized groups. In this blog post I will be talking about what groups are affected by the prison industrial complex and how people’s intersecting marginalized identities play […]

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Blog post #2

Blog #2: Project plan 1. Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question.  What is the prison industrial complex?  This will help me and others who read my post really under stand the prison industrial complex. I think this […]

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Blog post #1

Blog #1: Inquiry project 1. State your inquiry question.  My inquiry question for this semester is: How does the prison industrial complex affect marginalized groups? 2. Explain why this is a question of interest for you.  This semester I chose the question How does the prison industrial complex affect marginalized […]

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Blog post #6

Blog #6: Reflection a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges?  Throughout this inquiry project one of the challenges that I had to overcome was sometimes a lack of information and resources that were easy for me to comprehend. Sometimes […]

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Blog post #5

Blog #5: Round 3 of research  My inquiry question is: Are humans naturally selfish?   In my last blog post, I wrote about how it is not just the systems that we live by that make us selfish but also our society and culture affects the way we act , and causes us […]

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Blog post #4

Just as a reminder my inquiry question is: Are Humans naturally selfish   In my last post I talked about what Human nature is/ if it is something that really exists, and how things like social Darwinism play into why some philosophers believe in the concept of human nature. In this post I will be researching […]

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Blog post #3

Blog #3: Round 1 of research Are humans born selfish?  As I discussed in my blog post #2 For my first round of research, I will be reaching the concept of human nature, and whether it is something that actually exists.   People describe human nature as different traits or characteristics that all humans share, but people and philosophers often debate on […]

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Blog post #2

My inquiry question is, are humans naturally selfish. To help answer this question these are the things is will be researching!   What is human nature  To answer my big question “are humans naturally selfish” I think it is important to research and understand what exactly the concept of “human nature” is and if “human nature” is really something that exists.  Is it our upbringing / society […]

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About me

Hello everyone, my name is Sammie Lycon and I am currently a grade nine student at Charles best secondary, in Coquitlam Canada. My favorite subjects are socials and English . Something about me that might surprise others is that i play two instruments , the piano and the cello. I […]

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