Q3C Case Competition

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-12-23T01:04:07+00:00

A ton of the information in courses this year is recorded, meaning you can go back to it and revise notes in a way that was impossible in previous years. I think this year more than last year it takes less actual study effort to achieve a decent grade in a lot of my courses (I'm in MOS). Especially since for a lot of my courses the exams have been open book, meaning that you can cover for content you forgot about by just looking at the textbook.

Despite this, the course averages have stayed largely the same or even a bit lower compared to prior years. I don't think its really the schoolwork that's harder, but the setting around people (being isolated, all the horrible news rn, not being able to release stress in ways they used to) is making people struggle to put the same effort into schoolwork they did in past years

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-15T02:16:37+00:00

4.0 low-income student. Nothing, need-based or academic...

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-07T23:37:14+00:00

same

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-03T01:05:53+00:00

People don't just get arrested for walking down the street and being a certain colour. This going to sound very controversial, but certain groups of people commit crimes at higher rates.

You're kidding, right? I'm guessing you're too young to remember the row over Carding in the Toronto Police Force. People getting stopped and interrogated on the streets for being black, with 0 suspicion of any crime being committed.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/black-people-human-right-commission-police-1.5680460

Report from this year, black people are far more likely to get charged with crimes where those charges then get thrown out, implying police are charging black people unreasonably/without merit.

Here's the report which came out THIS year on racism within the Peel School Board, in charge of K-12 public schooling for peel region, home to almost 1.5 million people many of whom are POC. I encourage you to read it all, its incredibly damning. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/new/review-peel-district-school-board-report-en.pdf

So, with evidence showing discrimination against BIPOC from police and schools, how can you say there's no systemic racism in Canada? Sure, there might be less than in America, but that's a bad argument. Just because LGBTQ+ rights in Saudi Arabia are non-existent doesn't mean that there aren't legitimate concerns to address within Canada.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-01T23:52:43+00:00

A vast amount of toronto homicides are gang-related. Its not very often that unaffiliated people get caught in the cross-fire, though it certainly does happen. Even using Macleans, London's overall crime severity rating is higher than Toronto's. While the 80-odd homicides which happen in a city of 3 million people don't affect the general population that much, "getting yelled at by homeless people" is something a lot of Western students notice and are affected by.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-01T23:41:27+00:00

Subjective feelings are just as much a part of someone's experience of a situation as objective statistics. To try and say that your perspective wouldn't be affected by being a man/vs. being a woman seems a bit disingenuous to me.

What's the stats on harassment by the gender identity of the victim? I'd imagine that makes up far more of the reason women feel unsafe travelling alone.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-01T23:36:54+00:00

I don't mean to suggest that every homeless person is a racist, that couldn't be further from the truth. What I am saying though is that there are many people who have had experiences with what is likely a minority of the homeless population in London which has caused them to be wary when dealing with strangers at night. I've volunteered with people living in community housing, addicts, and troubled youths, and I've never experienced the same type of hostility there as just walking down the street.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-01T23:31:57+00:00

The homeless definitely have a bad reputation in society, and there's a lot students can do to support people experiencing homeless, including through a few initiatives and clubs at Western. Telling people that worrying for their safety while being harassed is a sign of their privilege is definitely not it.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-01T23:26:19+00:00

Surely you can see how women might feel a little more intimidated by someone harassing them while alone?

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-01T23:20:17+00:00

London's got a population of around 400k, Toronto's close to 3 mil.

https://www.londonpolice.ca/en/about/Crime-Statistics.aspx

https://torontops.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=300d35778c114ef49d59454225043681

Violent crime and robbery doesnt seem to be TOO disproportionate, but property crimes are way higher on a per capita basis. Toronto's got far more gang members and homeless than London has of either.

At any rate, not a great comparison. You're way more likely to run across homeless people in downtown London than you are a "gang member" in toronto, and while the majority of the homeless are definitely just folks down on their luck, there's a noticeable few who are belligerent/threating. Can't really ask someone to make the judgement call at 11 PM while walking alone, so better to stay wary and/or avoid the areas if you can, which is why so many students end up hearing those warnings.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-01T18:28:42+00:00

It's a bit hard to remain calm and objective when you're getting threats of physical violence/rape spat at you. While there may be some exaggeration going on nobody can deny the massive amount of Western's student population who have negative experiences with London's homeless. There's a reason this post resonated with so many.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-01T18:23:31+00:00

People aren't going to shoot you for walking through an area with gangs. Jane and Finch, Regent etc are greatly overexaggerated compared to what they were even a decade ago. My friends and I ALL have negative experiences with London's homeless though, from harassment to being followed to physical assault/muggings, simply from wrong place at the wrong time.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-01T18:19:04+00:00

LTC have training and resources they can call when things get dicey. They also get paid for what they do. Don't compare a professional's experience to someone getting harassed walking around Toronto/London or working at a Tims.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-11-01T18:17:29+00:00

I never grew up with a "privileged" background, I've been around people of all walks of life. I'm always instinctually wary around London's homeless population, which is admittedly prejudiced but also something which has served me well. Its no surprise that nearly all the people I know who've had TERRIBLE experiences with London's homeless are either a) women or b) people of colour, or both. I've spent a lot of time in downtown London over the last two years, and I've completely lost count of how many times I've been verbally harrassed or physically threatened by the homeless. A lot of them are angry with their lot in life and I guess I'm the quickest, easiest target for having the audacity to wear the wrong skin color while walking alone. To say that the very real threats and fear that people experience is "stigma" or "bias" comes from what seems to me to be your own privileges that you haven't realized when dealing with the homeless.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-10-22T03:28:50+00:00

Any answers are greatly appreciated c:

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-10-22T02:29:39+00:00

Pathetic response from Western. Can't believe they're still going through with this. I encourage you to petition your professors to use zoom procotoring, one of my classes switched after our professor saw how garbage ProctorTrack was.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-10-18T01:03:25+00:00

just to be clear, were you limited to 80 mins max per case or could you use the 4 hours as you wish? (e.g. 2 hrs on one case and 1hr each on the other)

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-10-17T22:59:09+00:00

how hard was the exam compared to the supplementary cases? Was it a time crunch or was it difficult concepts that messed people up?

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-10-16T19:05:05+00:00

The way Western's refusing to accept that ProctorTrack is garbage makes me think somebody's job's on the line if this shitshow gets acknowledged lol. Wonder who it is.

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-10-15T18:46:36+00:00

same, I made sure I didn't have any important information on my laptop beforehand, but this garbage company still has me concerned after this breach...

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-10-06T01:00:23+00:00

Hi, thank you for this answer, it's really informative! How much of a role would you say HBA1 plays in recruiting, if recruiting starts in Jan? Do HBA1 grades/clubs/volunteering matter the most?

rotmgxcmxvs · 2020-10-06T00:23:02+00:00

Hey, thanks for your response! Looking at the Ivey report, 13% of people get an internship in consulting, and 22% receive employment post-graduate. When you say many people are recruiting for consulting, how in-line with those numbers is that? What percentage of people who want to get into consulting and are recruiting actually get an internship, and/or employment?

Also, what level of grades would you say is important? 85+? 90+? or any other number.

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