GEOGRAPHY

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GEOGRAPHY THE GREATEST SUBJECT ON EARTH
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WHY SHOULD I TAKE GEOGRAPHY?

• The Evidence shows that students who study
  geography through their school lives become some
  of the most employable people in our society
• Sept. 11, 2001 is one of those moments which
  highlights the fact that we all need to know and
  understand more about the world, in particular
  the ways in which people and places interrelate
  and are interconnected. Guardian Newspaper, Nov.
  30, 2001

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Are you .

• planning to travel around the world
• someone who learns by doing
• puzzled why there is always conflict in the
  Middle East
• able to research, write and present successful
  reports
• interested in knowing how to read and use maps
• in favour of aid to the Third World

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Then consider Geography!
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Geography

• At
• Riverdale Collegiate Institute

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• Year I
• Geography of Canada
• Applied, Academic or E.S.L.

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I thought it was follow the yellow brick road
not the yellow brick ceiling to get home !
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Mr. MacKinnon and Ms. Greeley congratulate the
2003 winner of the Geography Challenge Michael
Panjvani!
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• Year 2
• Regional Geography Travel Tourism
• Open

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Riverdale students LOVE geography...
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Getting stuck in Fat Mans Misery..
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• Year 3
• Physical Geography
• University/ College
• Regional Geography Travel and Tourism
• Open

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How do I get out of here again?
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Travel Tourism students visit Mennonite Country
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Lets play follow the leader..
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• Year 4
• Canadian and World Issues
• University
• Geomatics Geotechnologies in Action
• University/ College
• World Geography Urban Patterns and Interactions
• College

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Wheres MY crown??
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I thought we were going to the museum!
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Finally ! Were at the Museum!
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Where in the world are the jobs?
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Geo Jobs ...

• Urban planner
• Community planner
• Market analyst
• Systems analyst
• Air traffic controller
• Meteorologist
• Police

• Forestry worker
• Surveyor
• Teacher
• Travel agent
• Dispatchers
• Drivers - bus etc.
• Armed Forces

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For more information about Geojobs go to
www.geog.okstate.edu/careergeogjobs/ geogjobs_file
s/frame.htm
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Geography is where it's at !
Are You ?