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The first part of this page covers Canadian studies and Canadian history (click the link to jump to the history links now).
Lower down on the page, you'll
find
links to comparative studies and reports covering
Canada, the U.S. and, in some cases, Mexico (click the link to jump there
now).
About
Canada
- incl. maps of Canada, images, the flag, Canadian symbols and
the national anthem, as well as links to hundreds of sites under the following
categories: Arts, Culture, Recreation and Sports - Canada and the World - Climate,
Geography and Weather - Economy - Educational and Fun Stuff - Environment, Natural
Resources, Fisheries and Agriculture - Facts, History and People - Museums and
Libraries - Science and Technology - Statistics about Canada - Travel at Home
and Abroad
Source:
The Canada Site (Govt.
of Canada Home Page)
The Federation at a Glance:
*
About Canada
* Provinces
and Territories
* Canadian
Federalism
* History
Source:
Privy
Council Office (PCO)
Canada - from the CIA World Factbook
Canada
- from The World Bank Group
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incl. Canada and the World Bank Group - News & Events - Students and Youth
- Academics and Researchers - Business Community - Civil Society - Media - Parliamentarians
- Development Assistance from Canada - Contacts and Data
Canada
Country Report - from The Project
on Human Development (Boston University)
[select Canada from the list
of countries]
Canada
- from the University of California Atlas of
Global Inequality
HINT : click on topics in the left margin of the country
page (Economics - Poverty and Income Inequality - Health - Gender - Education
- Population and Migration - Communications - Environment) for detailed stats.
You can even compare indicators for two countries
Canada
Country Analysis Brief - from the U.S. Dept.
of Energy
- incl. Background | Oil | Natural Gas Coal | Electricity | Environment
| Profile | Links
Canada Country Information - from CountryReports.org
Canada
E-Book - from Statistics
Canada
Much like the rest of the world, Canada is still developing as a
nation. To make sense of this ever-changing country, the Canada e-Book uses sound,
images, tables, graphs and both analytical and descriptive text to look at Canada—The
Land, The People, The Economy and The State.
GeoSearch
- from Statistics Canada
"GeoSearch makes it easy to find any place in Canada, see it on a map,
and get basic Census data for that place."
Canada
Year Book Historical Collection (1867 to 1967) - from Statistics
Canada
Statistics Canada today launches the Canada Year Book Historical
Collection, a wealth of historical data in digitized format compiled from 100
years of the Agency's annual Canada Year Book (CYB).This new module, available
free of charge on our website, covers the first century of Canadian history following
Confederation in 1867, through to 1967, with historical text, tables, charts and
maps. It is supplemented by interconnected learning resources for students and
teachers.
- contains 100+ photos and nearly 50 maps dating back to 1868, as
well as over 75 charts and 1,200 tables. Completing the picture are multimedia
extras, such as newspaper clippings, video clips and posters. There are details
on the lives and work of politicians, industrialists, scientists, agriculturalists
and others who shaped the land, economy and society of Canada.
Browse
the collection by year
- 1867 to 1967
Browse
the collection by topic
*Changing families and households * Lives of
men and women * Occupations * Economic gains * The Great Depression * Communications
* Ethnocultural diversity * Provinces and manufacturing * Immigration and emigration
* Canada at war
Population
& dwelling counts (2001 Census) - from Statistics
Canada
- available for a wide range of standard geographic areas
Vive
le Canada
"The mission of Vive le Canada
is to involve Canadians in grassroots efforts to protect and improve Canadian
sovereignties and democracy in the era of corporate globalization and U.S. empire,
especially using existing and emerging communications tools. (...) Our goal is
to focus on creating and running grassroots campaigns aimed at protecting and
improving Canadian democracy (rather than the interests of corporations), and
informing Canadians about popular sovereignty issues and globalisation."
-
incl. links to the following topic areas: Action Items - Canadian Dimension -
Canadian News - Culture - David Orchard - Democracy - Duncan Cameron - Election
- Environment - Eye on Uncle Sam - First Nations - Foreign Ownership - General
News - Globalisation - Immigration - Labour - Mel Hurtig - Our Civil Liberties
- Paul Harris - Petitions - Politics - Posters etc. - Press - Privatisation -
Reading - Robin Mathews - Ron Dart - Site News - Sovereignty Watch - Spin Remedy
- Suggestion Box - The Border - The Pulpit - Volunteer - War and Peace - Women
- Zero for Conduct
CanadianContent - "...an Informative passage to the world and to Canada's Internet"
Francophonies
canadiennes, identités culturelles
[this site is available in
French only]
- Ontario, Acadie, Ouest-Nord-Ouest, Québec (à venir)
Canadian
Constitutional Documents
Unlike the majority of countries whose basic
law derives from one document, Canada's basic law derives not only from a set
of documents known as Constitution Acts, but also a set of unwritten laws and
conventions. This comprises of all the acts passed since 1867 up to and including
2001. As a result, all constitutional documents during that time period have the
force of law. This is analogous to laying a foundation (Constitution Act, 1867)
and then building upon it and modifying it as the need arises (the successive
Acts and Orders). This site provides free access to these documents.
National Atlas of Canada Online
Directory of Web resources relevant to Canadian Studies
Institue of Canadian Studies (University of Ottawa)
Canada Online - from about.com
Canada.com - News From Across Canada
Yahoo
Canada's Directory of Canadian Sites and search engine for Canadian sites
Yahoo's
Canadian Listings
Alta
Vista Canada
Association
for Canadian Studies (ACS)
The Association for
Canadian Studies (ACS) is a learned society which initiates and supports activities
in the eh-reas of research, teaching, communications, and the training of students
in the field of Canadian Studies, especially in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary
perspectives. The ACS also strives to raise public awareness of Canadian issues,
and provides the Canadian Studies community, principally within Canada, with a
wide range of activities and programmes.
Well
Known People Who Happen to be Canadian
- incl. links to info about
Canadians who are : Actors - Actresses - Artists - Astronauts - Athletes - Authors
- Business People - Comedians - Directors/Producers - Entertainers - Journalists
- Miscellaneous - Musicians - Scientists
CanPix is an image base of over 3,500 pictures and audiovisual resources for Canadian Studies. You can search, view and extract images of important Canadian people, events and places, examples of Canadian culture, flags, coats of arms, flowers and maps of Canada and the provinces, audio and text files, including O Canada. Incredible collection!
Scholarly Societies Project - University of Waterloo
Oh Canada - The All Canadian Web Site
Canadian Consumer Information - incl links to info in the following categories : Children - Communications - Consumer Products - Environment - Food - Fraud / Deceptive Practices - Health - Housing - Internet - Money - Government Services - Safety - Telecommunications - Transportation - Travel / Tourism
McGill
Institute for the Study of Canada
McGill University
Canadian Museum of Civilization--Online Resources for Canadian Heritage
Canadian
Studies Program
Department of Canadian Heritage
Canada
Consular Affairs Bureau Web Site
Highly recommended
for anyone considering travel outside Canada, whether you're thinking about 10
days in Portugal or a permanent move to an island in the Pacific Ocean...
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incl. Before you Go | While Abroad | Travel Updates | Travel Reports | Current
Issues | Country Profiles | Drugs and Travel | Laws and Regulations | Publications
| Maps | Related Links | Emergencies | Contacts In Canada | Contacts Abroad
NOTE:
near the top of the home page, click the drop-down menu beside "Travel Reports"
and scroll down to any country* from Afghanistan
to Zimbabwe for a comprehensive report on that country, covering the following
topics (among others): Safety and Security - Local Travel - Climate and Natural
Disasters - Local Laws and Customs - Assistance for Canadians Abroad - Entry/Exit
Requirements - Money - General Information - Local Health Information - Returning
to Canada - much more...
[* or you can
browse the complete
list of countries ]
Retirement
Abroad - Seeing the Sunsets
This is a must-read for all the baby boomers
out there who are thinking of leaving it all behind and living like royalty in
some small South American country (or anywhere else in the world, for that matter).
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incl. detailed info and links to more online resources on : Reasons for Retiring
Abroad - Destination - Finances - Medical Advice - Documentation
- Passports - U.S. Entry Requirements - Dual Nationality - Travel Arrangements
- Research Alternative Destinations - People with a Disability - Valuable Items
- Regulations for Pets
PDF
version (1MB, 20 pages)
Source:
Foreign
Affairs Canada
Institute
of Intergovernmental Relations [IIR] (Queen's University)
"The
Institute of Intergovernmental Relations at Queen's University is Canada's premier
university-based centre for research on all aspects of federalism and intergovernmental
relations, both in Canada and in countries around the world."
International
Council for Canadian Studies
The International Council for Canadian
Studies (ICCS) is a federation of twenty national and multi-national Canadian
Studies associations, governed by an Executive Council and an elected four-member
Executive Committee. Its mandate is to promote and support research, education
and publications in all fields of Canadian Studies and in all countries.
Links of interest to Canadianists - excellent!
National
Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada collects and
preserves Canada's documentary heritage, and makes it accessible to all Canadians.
This heritage includes publications, archival records, sound and audio-visual
materials, photographs, artworks, and electronic documents such as websites.
Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources
Images
Canada
Images Canada provides central search
access to the over 65,000 images held on the websites of participating Canadian
cultural institutions. Through Images Canada, you can find images of the Canadian
events, people, places and things that collectively are our heritage.
Historica
Society
Statistics Canada
- from Background Country Notes
(U.S. Department of State) heroines.ca
- A Guide to Women in Canadian History Portals
to the World - Canada Early
Canadiana Online Canada
in the Making Constitutional
history Aboriginal
Treaties and Relations Canadian
history websites - links to 250 resources! Canada
- from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Canada
- from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Masterliness.com Culture.ca
is your passport to the world of Canadian culture on-line. Browse
the Library and Archives Canada collection by topic: Resources
for Teachers and Students The
Canadian Encyclopedia Canadian
History and Studies CanadaInfo Academic
Info : Canadian Studies |
Canada, the United States and Mexico
Centre
for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - Canada
"The Centre
for the Study of Living Standards is a non-profit, national, independent organization
that seeks to contribute to a better understanding of trends in and determinants
of productivity, living standards and economic and
social well-being through
research."
Sample reports:
International
Productivity Monitor - Spring 2008
[ version
française ]
On May 12, the Centre for the Study of Living Standards
(CSLS), a national, independent, not-for-profit, economic research organization,
released the Spring 2008 issue of the International Productivity Monitor. The
issue contains five articles : two on the productivity performance of the Canadian
economy and three in a symposium on data needs for better productivity measurement.
*
Editor’s Overview
* Business Sector Productivity in Canada: What Do We
Know? By Paul Boothe and Richard Roy
* An Analysis of the Causes of Weak Labour
Productivity Growth in Canada since 2000 - By Jean-François Arsenault and
Andrew Sharpe
* Symposium on Data Needs for Better Productivity Measurement
---
What Is To Be Done for Better Productivity Measurement - By Erwin Diewert
---
The State of Data for Services Productivity Measurement in the United States -
By Jack E. Triplett and Barry P. Bosworth
--- Data for Productivity Measurement
in Market Services: An International Comparison - By Robert Inklaar, Marcel P.
Timmer and Bart van Ark
Earlier Issues of the Monitor (16 issues , back to Fall 2000)
Index
of Economic Well-being
Has economic well-being
increased or decreased in recent years, and is it higher or lower in one country
compared to others? Traditionally these questions have been answered by looking
at trends in and comparisons of GDP per capita, but this is a poor measure of
economic well-being. It measures consumption incompletely, ignoring the value
of leisure and longer life spans, and it also ignores the value of accumulation
for future generations. Furthermore, since it is an average, GDP per capita gives
no indication of the likelihood that an individual will share in prosperity nor
of the degree of anxiety with which individuals contemplate their futures."
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incl. links to:
Introduction and Methodology - The Index for Canada -The Index
for Canada and the United States - The Index for Canada and the Provinces - The
Index for OECD Countries - An Index of Labour Market Well-being - Weighting tool
for Canada and OECD Countries
February
12, 2007
Purchasing
power parities, 1992 to 2005
Understanding relative price differences
is important for cross-country comparisons of productivity, economic performance
and living standards. Purchasing power parities are useful in this context as
they provide estimates of relative purchasing power between two or more economies.
In Canada's case, such comparisons are most important with the United States.
This report, "Purchasing power parities and real expenditures, United States
and Canada, 1992 to 2005," updates the Canada/US bilateral study published
in 2002. It provides the latest estimates of purchasing power parities, associated
real expenditures and other related estimates for the United States relative to
Canada for the period from 1992 to 2005.
Complete report:
Purchasing
Power Parities and Real Expenditures,
United States and Canada, 1992 to 2005
(PDF file - 248K, 40 pages)
by James Temple
February 2007
Related Link :
Purchasing power parity:
A Canada/US exploration
May 30, 2002
"Are Canadians paying
more than Americans for the goods and services they purchase?
How have Canada-US
free trade agreements affected the purchasing power of Canadian consumers relative
to their American counterparts?"
- cross-country comparison of living
standards based on a study that explores relative prices, adjusted by the exchange
rate, on more than 168 commodities over four years (1985, 1990, 1993, 1996)
Abstract
Complete
report (PDF file - 743K, 48 pages)
Source : The
Daily [Statistics
Canada]
Canada
and the United States - A Strong Partnership
"The links between
Canada and the United States are deep and diverse. We share a long tradition of
cooperation in fighting together for freedom, and a renewed commitment to building
a "smart" border that will ensure the free and secure flow of goods
and people so vital to our economies. Our trading relationship is the largest
and most comprehensive in the world. We are also working together to protect our
shared water, air and wildlife."
Source:
Dept
of International Affairs and Foreign Trade
The
Prospects for Deeper North American Economic Integration:
A U.S. Perspective
(PDF file - 127K, 26 pages)
January 2004
"On its tenth anniversary,
NAFTA stands as a commercial success. Dramatic increases in trade and investment
have increased the efficiency of North American companies. Still, while NAFTA
paved over many commercial potholes, several were left untended. Non-tariff barriers,
energy, migration, labor, and environmental issues all need further attention.
In addition, the tragedy of September 11, 2001, created new security challenges."
Source:
C.D.
Howe Institute
Income
Security Programs for Workers in North America
A
Reference Manual for Workers and Employers
"...summarizes
the main income support programs for workers in the private sector under the laws
of Canada, Mexico and the United States. The manual's objective is to provide
employees and employers with basic information regarding the main income
security programs for workers provided in their respective countries."
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incl. info about : Temporary Income Support for Unemployed Workers - Injuries
at Work and Job-related Illness - Maternity Leave and Sickness Unrelated to the
Job - Wages and Salaries - Income Support Programs for Low-income Groups or Disabled
Workers - Income Tax Credits and Other Tax Deductions
NOTE: don't bother looking
here for a comparison of North American welfare systems
--- Canadian social assistance and the National Child Benefit are described in
section 5 ("Income Support Programs for Low-income Groups or Disabled Workers"),
but Temporary Assistance for Families with Dependent Children (TANF), the U.S.
welfare system is only mentioned in terms of eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid
and the Mexican section covers only some emergency food and health programs.
NAALC
AND NAFTA LINKS
200+ links to Canadian, American and Mexican sites
about the
North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation and the North
American Free Trade Agreement
- links incl. NAALC Members [Labor Departments]
- National Administrative Offices - Labor Legislation - Official Statistical Resources
- Federal Government Resources - NAFTA Institutions - NAFTA Resources - Statistical
Sources - Trade and Treaty Resources - Multilateral Organizations [Americas /
International] - Non-Governmental Organizations - Research Centers and Institutes
- Labor Relations Boards - Labor Federations - Employers' Associations
Source:
Commission
for Labor Cooperation (Washington)
"The Commission for Labor Cooperation
is an international organization created under the North American Agreement on
Labor Cooperation (NAALC). The NAALC is the first agreement, and the Commission
is the first organization, linking labor rights and labor standards to an international
trade agreement."
In
Search of the Good Life : “Competitiveness” and Well-Being in British
Columbia and Washington State
BC and Washington: How do they
compare?
June 2001
by Donna Vogel
CCPA
Quick Facts about BC and Washington
Complete
report (PDF file - 363K, 30 pages)
“Competitiveness” has
become the new buzzword in the assault on the public sector in British Columbia.
We have to cut taxes and regulations, we are told, in order to remain competitive
in the “new” economy, especially in key growth industries like high
technology. This study examines the issues of taxes and “competitiveness”
in terms of both costs and benefits. Through a comparative analysis of BC and
Washington State (WA), it asks whether or not our taxes, levels of public service,
and government regulations really place us at a disadvantage with respect to our
economic “competitors.”
Source
: Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
Excellent comparison of BC and Washington
in terms of tax fairness, cost of living (inequality) and quality of life - including
taxes, public spending and private costs, working conditions (e.g., paid holiday
and maternity leave provisions in both jurisdictions).
- TANF (Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families) [U.S. welfare] --- eligibility for assistance under TANF is
restricted to adults caring for a dependent child—for a maximum of five years
over the course of their lifetime
Public
Policy Forum - "Striving for Excellence in Government"
Founded in 1987, the Public Policy Forum provides a neutral venue where the
public sector can meet and exchange ideas with representatives from all sectors
of society - business, labour, academe, government, the voluntary sector, and
the media. (150 participating organizations).
- incl. links to : About the
Forum - Strategic themes - Events - Publications - Speeches - Testimonial Dinner
- E-Forum
Publications
: links to over 50 reports, studies, articles and newsletters [back to 1999] dealing
with the Canadian government, including Canada-US-Mexico relations and interactions.
North-South Institute -
"Research For A Fairer World" (Canada)
"For
more than 20 years, the North-South Institute (NSI) has built a reputation for
sound research and analysis of Canadian foreign policy, offered an independent
voice on the urgent importance of world development issues, and brought those
issues before the Canadian public and decision makers. Established in 1976, it
is the only independent, non-governmental research institute in Canada focused
on international development."
Canadian
Foundation for the Americas
"The Canadian Foundation for the
Americas (FOCAL) is an independent, non-governmental organization dedicated to
deepening and strengthening Canada’s relations with countries in Latin America
and the Caribbean through policy discussion and analysis. FOCAL’s mission
is to develop a greater understanding of important hemispheric issues and to help
build a stronger community of the Americas."
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