Is it too Late to Stop Climate Change

My Infographic was about climate change and the effects of it. I wanted to show how close we are to a point where climate change becomes irreversible. A possibility where it is undoubtably the sixth mass extinction event causing 1/3 of all life to go extinct by 2070. This is not for certain though as through concerted effort, emissions can be reduced to that of post revolution. The main sites I used were Statista, WWF, Nasa Global Climate Change, World Economic Forum, as well as documents published by the Canadian government regarding emissions and targets. I found them mostly through research with some being of prior knowledge. To create the infographic I used Canva. I learnt how simple and user friendly it was despite having only used it once before. It provided a variety of easy design ideas like graphs, images, and drawings. It is really easy nowadays to create professional looking advertisements, designs, and posters while not needing to spend hours creating graphics. There is also a endless depth of knowledge available to anyone with an internet connection as long as you are able to navigate them. Sites like where I got my information from, can provide statistics, facts, and diagrams all in one spot. Trustworthy sites like StatsCan, can provide knowledge with little need for fact checking. Compared to many years ago, information is much easier to access and use.

Government of Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada. Information archivée dans le Web. https://publications.gc.ca/site/archivee-archived.html?url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2022/eccc/En1-78-2021-eng.pdf. Accessed 9 May 2023.

Those who have influenced High Jump as a Sport

Up until the the late 1960’s, High Jump was an event where the contest ran up to the bar and jumped over it in a seated position. The legs moved in a scissor motion; thus, gaining the name the scissor. In 1968 this changed when Dick Fosbury competed in the Olympics based in Mexico. Fosbury had designed a new technique in which the jumper would approach the bar from an angle before pivoting and taking off with his back to the bar. He would then arch his back and land on his shoulders. That year, he went on to win the Gold medal and single handedly changed high jump permanently. Fast forward to four years later, the 1972 Olympics, and over half the contests are using Fosbury’s flop method. Interestingly enough, Fosbury did not qualify for the Olympics that year; instead, becoming an engineer. In the 2000’s, Derek Drouin started his claim to fame. He became internationally recognized in 2016 during the Rio Olympics. Drouin is a Canadian high jumper born out of Ontario. He went on to win gold, being the first Canadian to do so in almost a century. Not just that though, he was the first ever Canadian to win gold using Fosbury’s flop. 60 years after Fosbury invented the flop it is still the predominant technique, will this change as the sport continues to grow and evolve?

Sources:

The diffident American who pioneered the “Fosbury flop”. (2023, March 25). The Week, 42. https://link-gale-com.bc.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/A743957272/GPS?u=43dcbs&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=896c6681 

 Gatehouse, J. (2016, August 29). One giant leap: after winning a bronze medal four years ago, Derek Drouin came to Rio to win gold, and nothing less. Maclean’s, 129(34), 46. https://link-gale-com.bc.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/A466297728/GPS?u=43dcbs&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=97afe547