Global Education

Global Education focuses on developing students' cultural literacy by building an understanding of their own culture and those of others, the history and geography of different countries and peoples, and the current events and issues in our interconnected world.

• Community Walks: Downtown Georgetown; Cedarvale; Dominion Gardens

• Community Tree Planting & Invasive Species Removal

• Earth Science Museum @ University of Waterloo/African Lions Safari

• Kelso Hike & Earth Lab

• Place of Worship visits

• University & College Visits

• Norval Outdoor Education Centre

• Elly Gotz, Holocaust Survivor

• Genocide Conference

• Holodomor Awareness Bus Tour experience 

• Human Rights Symposium

• Giant Floor Maps (Indigenous Lands; Energy Use)

• Fashion Shows

• Trips Abroad (e.g. China; USA; Italy) (school-wide)

• Sweat Lodge experiences

• Indigenous Knowledge Keeper visits

Grade 9:

• Issues in Canadian Geography (CGC1W)

Grade 11:

• Forces of Nature (CGF3M)

• Travel & Tourism (CGG3O)

Grade 12:

• World Issues (CGW4U)

• Environmental & Resource Management (CGR4M)

Grade 10:

• Canadian History Since World War I (CHC2)

• Civics (CHV2O)

Grade 11:

• American History (CHA3U)

• World History to the End of the 15thC. (CHW3M)

• IB History

Grade 12:

• World History Since the 15thC. (CHY4U)

• Canadian & International Politics (CPW4U)

• Adventures in World History (CHM4E)

• IB History

Grade 9:

• Exploring Family Studies (HIF1O)

Grade 10:

• Food & Nutrition (HFN2O1)

Grade 11:

• Intro. to Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology (HSP3U)

• Understanding Fashion (HNC3C)

• Parenting (HPC3O)

• Gender Studies (HSG3M)

• World Religions and Belief Traditions (HRT3M)

Grade 12:

• Challenge & Change in Society (HSB4U)

• Families in Canada (HHS4U & C)

• The World of Fashion (HNB4M)

• Equity & Social Justice (HSE4M)

• Nutrition (HFA4U & C)

• Philosophy (HZT4U)

• IB Theory of Knowledge (HZT4UB)