Social Studies, Grade 9: Canadian Identities

Unit 1: Culture

Exploring Canadian identities - the concept of identity, the many perceptions of what it means to be Canadian, Indigenous perspectives across contact and colonialism, cultural diversity, and nationalism.

• The concept of identity
• National identity and nationalism
• Indigenous perspectives and cultural diversity

Unit 2: Sustainability

Exploring Canadian physical and human geography - the landscape and climate, how human settlement has shaped place over time, and how migration and immigration have shaped identities in Canada.

• Reading maps of Canada's landscape
• Climate, weather, and climate change

• Settlement, place, and the First Peoples
• Resources, prosperity, and regionalism

• Why people migrate: push and pull
• Immigration history, policy, and impact
• Colonization, treaties, and the Residential System

Unit 3: Citizenship

Exploring social responsibility - the rights and responsibilities of citizenship at local, national, and global levels, the structure and operation of governance in Canada, and persistent issues involving the rights, roles, and status of individuals and groups.

• Citizenship, rights, and responsibilities
• Human rights, the Charter, and taking action

• Levels of government and the federal system
• Branches of government and elections
• First Nation band governance in New Brunswick

• Indigenous self-governance and Aboriginal rights
• Gender equality and minority rights