1) Please read the short blog and discuss the issue of university tuition as a health issue.
https://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2016/03/does-college-alienate-low-income-students.html#more
2) How can family policy affect health outcomes in children?
3) Read the following blog on death and discuss how we die in a social context. Is death simply the end of life? Try to think of different factors that could influence how a person experiences death.
https://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2013/12/the-social-construction-of-death.html
4) Read the following article (you can also watch the video) on treating heroin addiction as a health problem rather than a criminal one. What do you think of President Obama' approach? Discuss referring to material covered in class.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/29/barack-obama-drug-addiction-health-problem-not-criminal-problem
5) Discuss the problem of sexual assault as a problem on university campuses. Refer to the following news story in your answer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/brandon-university-behavioural-contract-1.3520568
6) Drawing on material about media and body image, discuss The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty. Is this an example of media resistance?
https://www.dove.us/Social-Mission/campaign-for-real-beauty.aspx
7) Explain how universal health care came into being in Saskatchewan. Who opposed it? How was this conflict resolved? Are you in favour of universal health care? Why or why not.