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Phase 2 Modifications

Table 5: Table of Contents, Appendix, History Cards and Other Changes

PW TOC

Add map of National Parks, National Historic Sites and National Marine Parks to Appendix section (names to be included on maps).

Relevant Maps…C1.1 - C1.3

Change Appendix C to Appendix D - References…D1.1

PW and TM

TOC

Reflect Title changes:

Replace Getting on the Bandwagon with:

Exploring the Options

PW 1.6, 2.1, 2.9,2.11, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, A1.2

TM 1.10, 1.11, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 2.10, 2.12, 2.18, 2.21,2.24, 3.3, 3.5, 3.7, 3.9, 3.11, 3.25, 4.2, 4.5

Change wording under Components and Processes to be consistent with terms used throughout the workbook:

  • change Physical Elements to Abiotic Components
  • change Living Organisms to Biodiversity
  • change Ecological Processes to Ecosystem Processes
TM TOC and A1.1 Change Appendix A: Slide Shows to Appendix A: Cheat Sheets
TM TOC and A4.31

Include History Card Cheat Sheet in Trainer's Manual and add to Table of Contents under Appendix A.

  • Module 1B - History Card Cheat Sheet…A2.3
  • Module 1C - House and Ecosystem Cheat Sheet…A2.4 -A2.4
TM TOC

Change in TOC appendix

  • APPENDIX A…..CHEAT SHEETS A1.1
  • SLIDE SHOW CHEAT SHEETS A.1.1
  • MODULE 1A…House Analogy Cheat Sheets…A2.1
  • MODULE 1B…History Cards Cheat Sheets…A 2.5
  • MODULE 2A…Web of Life Cheat Sheets…A 3.1
  • MODULE 3…Parks Canada and Us Slide Show…A4.1
TM overview

Replace text with:

A. Cheat sheets for activities used in the course.

PW iv Insert a new forward.
PW vi

Replace existing Course Format with:

COURSE FORMAT

  • Four three-hour modules for the majority of Parks Canada staff.
    • Modules 1-3 provides you with an opportunity to learn a process for thinking about and addressing ecological integrity issues.
    • Module 4 provides you with an opportunity to apply this process to a local ecological integrity issue.
  • 3-hour summary course for selected Parks Canada staff and interested partners.

Use of discussion, lectures, group activities and case study analysis.

TM A1.1 - A1.2A4. 1A4.2A4.3

Reformat order of information in all slide show notes. Include fields in the order as listed, change order of text to match order of titles:

  • Park:
  • Description:
  • Source:
TM A1.3 - A1.5

Reformat order of fields

  • Park:
  • Source:
TM A1.5 - 1.7

Insert heading between description and source:

Concept

For the following slide cheat sheet, insert corresponding text as indicated in the concept field:

Slide 1: biodiversity, stressor
Slide 2: ecosystem process (growth)
Slide 3: biodiversity, process (inter-species competition)
Slide 4: biodiversity
Slide 5: biodiversity, ecosystem process (intra-species competition)
Slide 6: biodiversity
Slide 7: ecosystem process (fire)
Slide 8: ecosystem process (avalanche)
Slide 9: biodiversity, ecosystem process (predation)
Slide 10: biodiversity, ecosystem process (migration)
Slide 11: ecosystem process (storm)
Slide 12: biodiversity, ecosystem process(intra-species competition)
Slide 13: non-native species
Slide 14: stressor
Slide 15: non-native species
Slide 16: stressor
Slide 17: stressor
Slide 18: stressor

TM A3.1

Prairie Ecosystems - Delete Links and Facts, and elements

  • add ELEMENTS following the words BIOTIC and ABIOTIC
  • content text under each title needs to be bulleted.
TM A3.5, A3.12

Insert both Marine and Northern Ecosystem cheat sheets.

Changes page numbers as necessary

TM A2.3, A2.4

Include visual house and ecosystem cheatsheets in appendix A.

Include note at bottom of visual house cheat sheets:

A variety of house styles are acceptable. This illustration is an example only.

History Cards

Add one historic site card:

"1919 - The Historic Sites and Monuments Board begins to commemorate places of national significance."

Add a card that represents the north:

"1999 - Minister signs the Inuit Impact and Benefits Agreement for Auyuittuq, Quttinerpaaq, and Sirmilik National Parks.

PW TOC, 2.11, 2.13, 3.3, 3.5, 4.3, A1.2

TM 2.1, 2.2, 2.3-2.5, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.21, 2.22, 2.24, 3.7, 3.9, 3.11, 3.22, 3.254.7

Change 'ecosystem stressors' to 'anthropogenic stressors'. Ensure that the change is made throughout the Participant's Workbook and Trainer's Manual.
PW A1.4 Glossary Remove last sentence from precautionary approach definition.
B3.1 Case studies

Provide three additional case studies:

Northern Case Study and Bar U Case study will not be included.


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