3408 - Canada: Our 51st State? (Clive Gillon)
Course Description
Instructor: Clive Gillon
Seeing as the USA may be acquiring Canada in the not too distant future. It may be a good time to learn more about our neighbor to the North. Topics will include: 1. Canadian Geography 101 – an exhausting compilation of facts and figures that will help students decide if Canada is even worth acquiring. 2. A review of the current good (until recently) relationship between the two countries 3. How might the USA accomplish this task? Has it been tried before? Has it already started? What could be the major stumbling blocks? 4. Discussion of the potential impact of an acquisition: Political, Economic, Social and Legal.
BIO: Clive Gillon is a citizen of 3 countries and has worked in the IT and Communications industries for almost 5 decades. He has 20+ years of technical, marketing and management experience in both the USA and Canada. His formal teaching experience covered a wide range of topics including sales techniques, operating systems and hockey. Courses taught at OLLI are Canada-Sorry Eh?, Evolution 101 and A Brief History of Britain. Clive has a B. Math degree from the U. of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.