| Pages of
links organized by jurisdiction |
Federal/National
All Canadian federal, provincial
and territorial government home pages on one page (14)
Top-level home page for each Canadian government - Canada, the provinces
and the territories
Prorogation (97)
Federal government - general (193)
Gouvernement fédéral (84)
- présentation des sites en français
---
Common Look and Feel Standards for the Internet
(CLF 2.0)
*How the federal government changed the roadmap to its websites (Feb.
9/09)
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Federal government - departments
--- Agriculture to Finance
(538)
--- Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans
Affairs (676)
--- Statistics Canada Link Archive
(500+ links to selected StatCan social studies going back to 2008)
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
(433) - incl. Canada Pension Plan, Old Age
Security, Employment Insurance, Social Insurance Number, etc.
Health - Canadian and international (604)
The unofficial [national] Social Union / NCB page
(351)
The government debate about the cost of Medicare
(376)
Provincial/territorial (P/T)
Departments responsible for
welfare (13)
Welfare policy manuals (90)
Social Union - P/T pages (241)
Council of the Federation (98)
Newfoundland and Labrador
(284)
Prince Edward Island (223)
Nova Scotia (406)
New Brunswick (337) [version française (30)]
Quebec(593) [version française (447)]
Ontario:
--- Provincial government (642)
--- NGO/Municipal govt. [A-C] (549)
--- NGO/Municipal govt. [D-W] (1286)
--- Guide to welfare in Ontario (140)
--- Spouse-in-the-house (43) (welfare cohabitation rules for single
parents)
--- Gouvernement de l'Ontario - page d'accueil (version
française) (31)
Manitoba(369)
Saskatchewan(341)
Alberta(482)
British Columbia
--- Provincial government (646)
--- NGO [A-C] (423)
--- NGO [D-W] (511)
--- Welfare Time Limits (83)
--- 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Poverty Olympics
(73)
Yukon(129)
Northwest Territories (123)
Nunavut(56)
American links
U.S. government social research (618)
U.S. non-governmental social research [A-J] (769)
U.S. non-governmental social research [M-Z] (535)
Pension reforms (98) - incl. retirement pension
reforms in Canada, the U.S. and Chile
Poverty measures - U.S. and other international
resources (611)
Poverty Dispatch - news
from the Institute for Research on
Poverty [ University of Wisconsin-Madison
]
Social research elsewhere in the world
Government (810)
--- CERC Bulletin links archive (229)
Non-government (921)
Children and Families - International -
incl. U.S. (736)
Women's sites - International (313)
Municipal Links
Municipalities (287)
Site Statistics*
See who's visiting the home page of this site
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Source:
Extreme Tracking
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Don't be fooled by site stats that brag about "hits"- each graphic
on a page counts as a hit. If you want
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statistics - each page someone opens on a site counts as one,
regardless of the number of graphics on that page. According
to my commercial web hosting service, which provides more comprehensive
stats about the visits to my site, over
one million page views (2.8 million hits) took place from January
to December 2009.
 - View a summary of monthly site statistics
for this website for the year 2009.
(includes Number of Unique visitors - Number of visits -
Pages viewed - Number of hits - Bandwidth)
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Virtual tour of
Canadian Social Research Links
Take a virtual tour of the spacious CSRL Resource Centre, the
state-of-the-art desktop web publishing and e-zine department,
the web authors' lounge and the modern staff recreation facilities
from the comfort of your armchair - no special software or plugins
required...
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How to Search for a Word or Expression on a Single Web Page
Open any web page in your browse (Internet Explorer or Firefox),
then hold down the Control ("Ctrl") key on your keyboard and type
the letter F to open a "Find" window. Type or paste in a key word
or expression and hit Enter - your browser will go directly to
the first occurrence of that word (or those exact words, as the
case may be). To continue searching using the same keyword(s)
throughout the rest of the page, keep clicking on the FIND NEXT
button.
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Reference(224)
My personal collection of dictionaries, online translation
facilities, style and grammar guides, Internet research tools
and tutorials, search engines, maps, time, etc.
--- even The Rick Mercer Report
.
--- and Dilbert.
Virus and Virus Hoax Resources (70)
My personal collection of links to info on virus and virus hoaxes,
as well as free online tools to help you and me...
- 'cause it's a jungle out there...
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| Pages of
links organized alphabetically by theme |
Aboriginal people / First
Nations (462)
Anti-poverty strategies and poverty reduction:
--- Provincial and territorial information
(792)
--- National/federal & international
information (402)
Asset-based social policies (435)
Banks and business (242)
Brain drain (56)
Budgets - federal and provincial/territorial:
--- 2010 budgets (356)
--- 2009 budgets (396)
--- 2008 budgets(298)
--- 2007 budgets (245)
--- 2006 budgets (188)
--- 2005 budgets (243)
--- 2004 budgets (204)
Canadiana (122) - incl. Canada country reports,
history links, U.S.-Canada studies, etc.
Canada Assistance Plan / Canada Health and Social
Transfer / Canada
Health Transfer / Canada Social Transfer (274)
Canada Pension Plan (see "Human Resources and Skills Development Canada"
in the left column)
Case law / Court decisions / Inquests (230)
Census - see Social statistics further down in this column
Census 2011 questionnaire
(280)
===> mandatory long form vs voluntary survey
Children, Families and Youth:
--- National/federal government sites (220)
--- Canadian non-governmental organizations
(792)
--- International resources(751)
--- Children's rights (494) - incl. the
National Plan of Action for Children + kids & UN
--- Early learning and child care - govt. links
[aka early childhood development] (406)
--- Early learning and child care - NGO links
(611)
Chilean pension model - see Pension Reforms (below)
Conferences and events (516) + special designated
days/weeks/months/years + past conferences
Council of the Federation (98)
Daily media scan for social researchers(
(835)
===> Ontario / Canada / International
Disability(570)
Education(107)
Elections:
--- 2008 federal election
(393)
--- 2006 federal election (303)
--- 2004 federal election
(316)
--- Provincial-territorial elections
/ political parties (336)
Employment (finding) (part of HRSDC Links page)
Employment Insurance (176) (incl. historical
UI/EI reports)
Federal [social spending]
Caps and Cuts, 1972-1995
Federal government's role in
poverty reduction in Canada (23)
Flat tax(30)
Food banks and hunger (462)
G8 / G20- Globalization (658)
Gambling - social costs (42)
Guaranteed annual income (138)
Health - Canada and international (604)
Homelessness and housing(1246)
Human rights(520)
Labour market info (part of HRSDC Links page)
Legislation and law (15)
Media(91) [ Daily
media scan for social researchers ]
Medicare - the future of health care (376)
Minimum wage / living wage links (317)
Municipalities (308)
National Child Benefit - see "Social Union", below
Non-governmental organizations:
--- Canada (305)
--- U.S. [A-J (769)]
--- U.S.[M-Z (535)]
--- International (929)
--- Provincial/territorial NGOs ==> select a jurisdiction in the
left column of this page
Old Age Security - see "Human Resources and Skills Development Canada"
in the left column
Pension reforms (98) - incl. retirement
pension reforms in Canada, the U.S. and Chile
Political parties - see "Elections" (above)
Polls(11)
Poverty measures:
- Canadian resources (334)
- U.S. and other international resources
(611)
Self-sufficiency project (35)
Poverty reduction initiatives - see Anti-Poverty Strategies and
Campaigns
Prorogation (97)
Seniors(534)
Social Insurance Number (part of the HRSDC
Links page)
Social research organizations I (625)
Social research organizations II (393)
Social statistics (503) - (incl. Census, poverty,
income, welfare, population, crime & justice, social security,
health, etc.)
Social Union / National Child Benefit (NCB):
--- The unofficial [national] Social Union / NCB
page (351)
--- The unofficial [provincial/territorial]
Social Union / NCB page (241)
Socialist sites (62)
Spouse-in-the-house (41) - Ontario
Tobin tax and Robin Hood tax (55)
Tax Freedom Day (28)
Unions(77)
United Nations links (704)
Universities/colleges(183)
Voluntary sector (230)
Welfare:
--- Depts. responsible for welfare (13)
--- key provincial/territorial links (645)
- incl. welfare stats and benefit levels
--- policy manuals (90)
--- fraud (10)
--- welfare reforms in Canada (265)
--- welfare leavers (7)
--- time limits - British Columbia
(83)
--- Canada Assistance Plan / Canada Health and Social
Transfer / Canada Social Transfer (274)
Women's social issues:
--- Canadian government women's sites (175)
--- Canadian non-governmental women's organization
sites (502)
--- International women's sites (350)
Work-Life Balance (228)
Need a break?
The
Political Compass
Read the blurb on the main page of this site, then take the (entirely
anonymous) five-minute test. It will tell you where YOU are on the
political compass.
- includes a list of influential thinkers who think like you, based
on your test results...
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Gotcha!
Things I've found on websites that make me wanna go "Gotcha!"
Rants
- 'cause everybody needs to vent from time to time, eh...
(website design and speling and stuff)
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Try the Stroop Effect...
Very funny perception game that I found on the
Ontario Science Centre website.
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The
Color Test (fancy version of the Stroop Effect - requires
Macromedia Flash plug-in)
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Gilles' CLOSETCAM
Hit your Reload button to get the most recent ClosetCam shot!
- Then visit the ClosetCam
Archives...
[According to my site stats, during the first 23 days of October 2009,
the Closetcam page was viewed 23 times and the Closetcam Archives
page was also viewed 23 times. It's an interesting sociological experiment...]
The Perfect
Retirement Plan!
What
is "Infectious Laughter"?
[NOTE: this is a Windows Media Audio (.wma) file]
Need more silliness in
your day/life?
This is a whole page of links to some of the sillier sites I visit
from time to time...
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