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Global Issues: Citizenship and Sustainability, Grade 12

  • 40S

Manitoba’s Grade 12 social studies course, from Ecological Sustainability to Human Dignity and Indigenous Knowledge.

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Units
3
Lessons
10
Skills
20
Provincial exam
None
Official curriculum
Manitoba Education

Unit by unit

Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.

Unit 1 · 8 skills

Ecological Sustainability

Ecological footprint

Decisions and consequences

Consumerism and sustainability

Development and its costs

The official wording · 8 outcomes
1.1
Our ecological footprint is exceeding Earth
1.2
Minimize your ecological footprint, and live more responsibly
1.3
Our decisions and actions matter; they have social, environmental, economic, and political consequences.
1.4
take action as a citizen for a sustainable and just future for all.
1.5
A global economic system that depends upon and perpetuates unrestrained consumerism is unsustainable.
1.6
Make consumption decisions that follow ecological and ethical principles
1.7
Economic and technological development has contributed greatly to society, but often with harmful human and environmental consequences.
1.8
Assess the relative value and sustainability of economic and technological developments in order to make informed decisions.

Key ideas

  1. The ecological footprint measures the demand humans place on the Earth's resources.

  2. Decisions have social, environmental, economic, and political consequences at once.

  3. A system that depends on ever-growing consumption strains finite resources.

  4. Development has raised living standards, health, and connection for many.

  5. Our collective footprint now exceeds the planet's capacity to sustain biodiversity and human life.

Watch out for

  • Thinking the Earth's resources are unlimited.
  • Thinking decisions have only one kind of consequence.
  • Thinking growth in consumption can continue forever.

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Unit 2 · 6 skills

Media, Power, and Political Systems

Power and responsibility to effect change

Media and reality

Political systems and power

The official wording · 6 outcomes
2.1
Individuals, groups, governments, and corporations have the power to effect change and the responsibility to contribute to a sustainable future.
2.2
Be an ethical decision-maker, take a stand to support quality of life for all, and challenge the unethical and the unsustainable.
2.3
The media do not provide neutral reflections of reality; they affect our decisions and actions.
2.4
Evaluate the purposes of media, critically question information sources and our responses to media, and make decisions accordingly.
2.5
Political systems distribute power, privilege, and wealth in different ways, some more justly than others.
2.6
Support democratic citizenship and be vigilant about political decisions that affect social, economic, and environmental conditions.

Key ideas

  1. Individuals, groups, governments, and corporations all have power to effect change.

  2. Media select, frame, and shape information; they are never fully neutral.

  3. Different political systems distribute power, privilege, and wealth differently.

  4. With that power comes a responsibility to contribute to a sustainable future.

  5. Media influence our beliefs, decisions, and actions, often without our noticing.

Watch out for

  • Thinking only governments can effect change.
  • Thinking media simply report objective reality.
  • Thinking all political systems are equally just.

Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit

Unit 3 · 6 skills

Human Dignity and Indigenous Knowledge

Indigenous knowledge and world views

Human rights and diversity

Human interdependence and solidarity

The official wording · 6 outcomes
3.1
Indigenous knowledge and world views offer alternatives to prevailing assumptions about how to live with one another within the environment.
3.2
Explore indigenous perspectives to extend the boundaries of the familiar and to challenge assumptions and practices.
3.3
A just society respects human diversity and recognizes universal, equal, and inalienable human rights.
3.4
Be committed to universal human rights, regardless of gender, age, physical ability, sexual orientation, language, culture, religion, political beliefs, ethnicity, national or social origin, or status
3.5
we all belong to the human species, our concerns are interdependent, and we are part of the natural world.
3.6
Uphold the value of every person and strive to build community; act in ways that acknowledge human solidarity and the complexity and interrelatedness of all life.

Key ideas

  1. Indigenous world views often see people as part of an interconnected natural world.

  2. A just society respects diversity and treats human rights as universal and equal.

  3. There is no real 'them' or 'over there'; humanity is one interdependent species.

  4. These world views offer real alternatives to assumptions of endless growth and separation from nature.

  5. Inalienable rights belong to all people and cannot be justly taken away.

Watch out for

  • Thinking Indigenous knowledge is folklore rather than valid knowledge.
  • Thinking rights are privileges that can be earned or removed at will.
  • Thinking distant peoples' concerns do not affect us.

Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit

Which course?

Manitoba has 3 social studies courses for Grade 12. Here they are side by side.

What a university, college or program asks for is theirs to say: check its admission page, and your school’s course guide.

The official curriculum

This page follows Manitoba’s own curriculum for Global Issues: Citizenship and Sustainability, Grade 12.

Global Issues: Citizenship and Sustainability, Grade 12Manitoba Education · edu.gov.mb.ca · Read August 1, 2026

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What is Global Issues: Citizenship and Sustainability, Grade 12?

Manitoba’s Grade 12 social studies course: 3 units and 20 skills, from Ecological Sustainability to Human Dignity and Indigenous Knowledge.

What units are in Global Issues: Citizenship and Sustainability, Grade 12?

1. Ecological Sustainability, 2. Media, Power, and Political Systems and 3. Human Dignity and Indigenous Knowledge.

Is there a provincial exam for Global Issues: Citizenship and Sustainability, Grade 12?

No. Manitoba gives no provincial exam for Global Issues: Citizenship and Sustainability, Grade 12.

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