Canadian Studies Links & General Resources

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Many Canadian organizations list specific online resources.

Start with:
Canadian Information by Subject
- National Library of Canada

Culture Canada
"...your window to the best Web sites about Canadian culture, heritage, sports and recreation. You'll find links to government programs and services across Canada and much more..."
- Government of Canada

Continue with:
Atlantic Canada Lesson Plans
"More than 200 lesson plans for mathematics, language arts, and social studies corresponding to the Atlantic Canadian Common Curriculum."

Artists in Canada - (dead link)
"...compiled and maintained by the National Gallery of Canada Library, is a bilingual union list that identifies the location of documentation files on Canadian artists. Twenty-three libraries and art galleries across Canada have contributed biographical information and lists of their documentation files to create this resource which contains information for over 42 700 artists."

Association for Canadian Studies/Association d'Ètudes canadiennes

Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS)
"...a multidisciplinary association of scholars, professionals, and institutions, is dedicated to improving understanding of Canada in the United States. Founded in 1971, ACSUS encourages creative and scholarly activity in Canadian studies, facilitates the exchange of ideas among Canadianists in the U.S., Canada, and other countries, enhances the teaching of Canada in the U.S., and promotes Canada as an area of academic inquiry."
Includes of listing of Canadian Studies programs in the U.S. and around the world.

Canada Iraq Marshlands Initiative
"...is a cooperative venture supported by Canadian and Iraqi university, government and non-government partners."
Sections include: Project Activities ; Project Library ; Links ; News ; About Mesopotamian Marshes ; Gallery.

Canada's Aquatic Environments
"An interactive educational web site to promote awareness of Canada's aquatic resources." Topics include Habitats ; Animals ; Plants ; Human Interaction ; Research in Canada.
- University of Guelph

Canada's Forest Network
"...an internet guide to help Canadians as well as the worldwide Internet community access Canadian forest and forestry-related websites and internet resources. Containing hundreds of site descriptions and links as well as e-mail adresses, Canada's Forest Network is a valuable source for finding Canadian forest products, services, organisations, events, issues, statistics, publications, etc."

Canada's SchoolNet - (dead link) "Established in 1993, Canada's SchoolNet is designed to promote the effective use of information technology amongst Canadians by helping Canadian schools and public libraries connect to the Internet."

canada.com network
"Operated by CanWest Interactive, canada.com is Canada's most comprehensive Internet network and portal. The Global Television Network and over thirty CanWest Newspaper Publications support the canada.com network by supplying Canadians with the most relevant and up-to-date news and information."

• canada.com - War Desk
  Sections include: Local Coverage ; Photo Gallery ; Weaponry ; Maps ; Global Television ; Discuss ; Chronology ; National Post on Canada's Role ; Features and Analysis.
  - CanWest News Service

Canadian Education on the Web - (dead link)
"The purpose of Canadian Education on the Web is to bring together everything relating to Canada and education that has a presence on the World Wide Web. The page is developed and maintained by Marian Press."

Canadian Heritage Information Network
"...the information gateway to museums, galleries, and heritage in Canada and around the world."
Includes a nice collection of Virtual Exhibitions
Department of Canadian Heritage

Canadian HIV/AIDS Clearinghouse
Sections include: Resources ; Links ; Prevention Topics ; Databases ; Organizations.

Canadian Social Research Links
"My purpose in creating and maintaining this site is to provide a comprehensive, current and balanced collection of links to Canadian social program information for those who formulate Canadian social policies and for those who study and critique them."
By Gilles SÈguin

Canadian Studies Program - (dead link)
Department of Canadian Heritage

Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources
"This bibliographic essay originally appeared as "Canadian Studies: A Core Collection," CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 35 (September 1997): 71-84, and was revised in June 1999 for the International Council for Canadian Studies World Wide Web Service."
By John D. Blackwell, Reference Dept., Brandeis University Libraries,
& Laurie C.C. Stanley-Blackwell, Dept. of History, St. Francis Xavier University

CanLinks
Directory of Websites Relevant to Canadian Studies
The primary focus of this well designed site is the study of Canadian literature but contains a sizable collection of cultural information as well.
Topics include Online Literature, First Nations Studies, Quebec Studies, History, Libraries, Canliterary, Individual Writers, Museums & Art Galleries.
Maintained by David Lucking

CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] News - Target Terrorism - (dead link)
Sections include: Attack on Afghanistan ; Canada's Military Contribution ; The U.S. Homefront ; The Canadian Homefront ; Bio-Terrorism ; People.

CultureNet
"...is a World Wide Web window on Canadian culture. It is a home or signpost for Canadian artists and cultural organizations, and a jumping off point for other Canadian cultural networks."

Environmental Connections Canada - (dead link)
A Canadian Directory of the Environment
"Specializing in Canadian Environmental sites, a secondary focus on North America with over 2500 listings in total. Includes Canadian and Provincial Government Resources, Activists, wildlife, lands and forests, domestic animals, oceans and waterways, whales and the Canadian and American Arctic."
See also Academic Info: Environmental Studies

ESL in Canada Directory

Gateway to Canadian Studies - (dead link)
Institute of Canadian Studies, University of Ottawa

The Global Gathering Place
Exploring Canada's Ethnocultural Diversity
"In these pages you will find thematic sections written about immigration and ethnicity that confront issues such as human rights, racism, the immigration process, community and neighbourhood life, labour and work and Canadian citizenship and global linkages...Furthermore, it is written with an eye to the needs of the educator who must fulfill curriculum expectations in the social sciences and humanities, computer science and, of course Canadian and World Studies.
A joint project of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario and the
Centre for Instructional Technology Development, University of Toronto at Scarborough

info Canada
"Information and links to Canadian and Argentine Universities, Institutions, Culture, Resources. Useful for Canadian Studies, Graduate Studies and Tourism."

Institute of Canadian Studies - (dead link)
Includes an electronic discussion list
- University of Ottawa

Kiosk: Journal of Geo-Politics: Canada - (dead link)

Living Landscapes - (dead link) Thompson/Okanagann: Past, Present, and Future.
Includes historic photographs, environmental links, archival & census data, maps and more.
Online project of the Royal British Columbia Museum and Okanagan University College

Online Resources for Canadian Heritage - (dead link)
"This list focuses on Internet resources pertinent to Canadian heritage in the disciplines covered by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation: archaeology, ethnology, history (including military history and postal history), and folk culture."

PBS - Frontline - Son of Al Qaeda (April 2004)
Companion web site to the TV broadcast.
"The inside story of a young Canadian who grew up with bin Laden's children and was groomed to be a terrorist -- but became instead a CIA informant."
Sections include: Interviews ; Inside the Khadr Family ; Readings ; Correspondent's Notebook.

Royal Botanical Gardens (Canada)

• Canadian Botanical Conservation Network (CBCN)
  "Our objective is to preserve the biological diversity of Canada's of rare and endangered native plant species, wild habitats and ecosystems through the education and conservation programs of our member botanical gardens and arboreta..."
  "Resources" include: Biodiversity ; Botanical Gardens ; Conservation Data ; Endangered Plants ; Other Organizations ; Web Links.
• Native Orchids of Canada - (dead link)
  "The Orchid Society of Royal Botanical Gardens has compiled information on Canadian Native Orchids. The following is a database of orchids, organized by genus. The information included is location, specific habitat, flowering season, description, and comments. Also included are photographs of habitat, plant and flower."

Strategis
Canada's Business and Consumer Site
"Strategis makes use of new technologies to offer interactive applications such as customizable benchmarking tools, cost calculators, and online business planning. Many of Industry Canada's services (such as filing an application for patent) can now be completed online through Strategis."
Industry Canada

Toronto Public Library - Virtual Reference Library
"...is designed to deliver reference and information services through the use of advanced information and telecommunications technologies. It will permit all Ontarians to take advantage of the collections and staff expertise of Toronto Public Library (TPL), the Province's largest public library."

University of Ottawa - Institute of Canadian Studies

AltaVista Canada

Yahoo.ca

Maintained by Mike Madin.
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