Writing Process
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
http://www.powa.org
Paradigm is intended to be useful for all writers, from inexperienced to advanced. To get the most from the website, take time to explore its
components. Choose a topic that interests you, read the discussion, do an activity, move to another topic. Sense how the topics relate to your
own needs and interests. Some writers, for instance, will want to practice editing, while others will be more interested in discovering ideas.
English Works! Writing: Prewriting
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/main/prewrite.htm
Visual prewriting, questioning, and outlining strategies.
The Writer's Block
http://sff.net/People/LisaRC/into2.htm
Tips on the diagnosis and cure of writer's block.
The Plain Language Association International
http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/
Plain-language articles, writing tutorials, news stories, and links, as well as examples of plain language rewrites from business, law, science,
and journalism.
Education
CanLearn Interactive
http://www.canlearn.ca/
Directories, interactive tools, and information on postsecondary education in Canada.
Syllabus Technology for Higher Education
http://www.syllabus.com
Articles from Syllabus, a monthly magazine that focuses on the use of high tech in higher education.
Association for Media & Technology Education in Canada (AMTEC)
http://www.amtec.ca/
Includes publications and links dedicated to the research, development, implementation, and evaluation of educational media and technology.
Language and Culture
Language Miniatures
http://home.bluemarble.net/~langmin/
Mini-essays about the social, structural, historical, and cultural aspects of the human language.
Turtle Island Native Culture
http://www.aboriginalconnections.com/links/History_and_Culture/Language/
A comprehensive listing of Canadian Aboriginal, Native American Indian and International Indigenous weblinks that includes Canadian Aboriginal language resources.
American Newspeak
http://www.scn.org/news/newspeak/
A satirical e-zine that provides examples of Orwellian doublespeak taken from American newspapers.
Law and Ethics
Cyber Criminals Most Wanted
http://www.ccmostwanted.com
Information and teachings about cybercrime awareness, prevention, and safety.
Amnesty International Canada
http://www.amnesty.ca/
Reports, news releases, and resources on a variety of human rights issues.
UNAIDS: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
http://www.unaids.org/
General information and links related to global action in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Governmental Ethics Law in Canada links
http://www3.telus.net/GovtEthicsLaw/
"Provide[s] information concerning aspects of governmental ethics law in Canada and...links to other sites that contain such information. The
primary foci are: conflict of interest, lobbying, access to information, privacy, and administrative fairness."
Law and Internet Related Ethics, Links
http://www.lawresearch.com/v2/reference/cethics.htm
Mass Media
NEWS SITES
Alternet ("Alternative" Site)
http://www.alternet.org/index.html
What Really Happened ("Alternative" Site)
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/
CBC Online
http://www.cbc.ca/
BBC World Service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml
MASS MEDIA LINKS
Mass Media, Broadcasting and Communications, UBC Library
http://www.library.ubc.ca/poli/cpwebm.html
Links to Canadian sites in the areas of "Mass Media and Politics," "Telecommunications," "Journalism," "News and Newspapers," "Electronic
Newspapers," and "Bibliographic Databases for Literature on Mass Media, Broadcasting and Communications."
Mass Media, Communications, Journalism and Propaganda
http://www.library.ubc.ca/poli/media.html
Mass Media, Telecommunications, Journalism, Electronic Newspapers, Propaganda, Public Speeches.
SFU Mass Media Resource List Electronic and Print
http://www.peak.sfu.ca/cmass/issue2/urls-media3.html
Media Literacy
http://dmoz.org/News/Media/Media_Literacy/
Media Literacy is concerned with helping to develop critical thinking and viewing skills among the consumers of news, entertainment, and
advertising.
Nature and Society
David Suzuki Foundation
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/
"Work[s] to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focus[es] on four program areas - oceans and
sustainable fishing, forests and wild lands, climate change and clean energy, and the web of life[.] The Foundation uses science and education to
promote solutions that help conserve nature."
The Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/
"Inspired by nature, we work together to protect our communities and the planet. The Club is America's oldest, largest and most influential
grassroots environmental organization."
"The Green Lane" (Environment Canada)
http://www.ec.gc.ca/envhome.html
"The Green Lane™ helps connect Canadians, exchange information and share knowledge for environmental decision-making."
Global Education Network
http://www.global-ed.org/
A collection of links for teachers and students that aims to build awareness of the interdependencies between us and the environment.
Science and Technology
Council on Science and Technology, Government of Canada
http://canada.gc.ca/cdns/science_e.html
A government of Canada site that provides researchers with links to information on science and technology.
Technology Partnerships Canada
http://tpc.ic.gc.ca/en/index.html
The site of Technology Partnerships Canada, a professional organization that works in close partnership with other parts of the federal
government and the private sector.
Canada Science and Technology Museum
http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/index1.cfm
A virtual museum designed to explore the relationships between science, technology, and Canadian society.
Science.ca
http://www.science.ca/
Descriptions of Canadian scientists and their greatest achievements.
EXN.ca, Discovery Channel Canada
http://www.exn.ca/
This website for Discovery Channel Canada features award-winning programs on nature, science, and technology.
Canadian Nationalism and Regionalism
Teaching and Learning About Canada
http://www.canadainfolink.ca/
Information about Canadian geography, history, politics, society, culture, wildlife, and more.
The Political Voice of Canadian Regional Identities
http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/regional/
Part of Mount Allison University's Canadian Studies website: provides information on various dimensions of Canadian regionalism, such as
geography, class, and political institutions.
Cool to be Canadian
www.cool.ca/cool_en/cooa0100.htm
The website of the nonprofit organization Cool to be Canadian offers a range of information for Canadian youth, including a forum for research
studies about Canadian nationalism.
Race and Ethnicity
Ethnicity and Politics in Canada
www.library.ubc.ca/poli/cpwebn.html
An exhaustive directory of links to a range of general resources, as well as specific information about ethnic groups, native people and native
rights, and useful bibliographic databases.
Diversity Resource Base
http://www.psych.ucalgary.ca/students/grad/diversity/
Part of the University of Calgary Department of Psychology's website: provides extensive links to sites on anti-racism, human rights and equality,
and conflict resolution.
TakingITGlobal
www.takingitglobal.org
A Canadian-based international organization led by youth that seeks to use IT to bring youth together; see TIG Discussions/Cultural Diversity and
Identity for links to a range of articles by youth.
About Canada: Multiculturalism in Canada
http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/multi/
Categories include, "Immigration: The Early Years," "Attitudes toward Immigrants," "Immigration in the Modern Era," "Ethnic and Racial Diversity,"
"Multicultural Policy," and "Prospects for the Future."
Aboriginal Canada Portal
http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/
"The Aboriginal Canada Portal [is] your single window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and
services."
Canadian Diversity
http://www.acs-aec.ca/cdnDiversity/english/index.asp
Offers "information on Canadian institutions, organizations and departments dedicated to issues facing Aboriginal peoples, religion, visible
minorities, ethnicity and official languages in Canada...designed as a portal to provide students, professors and researchers with a useful tool to
assist them in their research on these topics."
Gender and Identity
Health Canada
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/hiv_aids/youth/journey/whatisit.html
Resources for youth seeking to determine their gender and sexual identity.
Canadian Women's Studies On-Line
www.utoronto.ca/womens/cdnwomen.htm
Part of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Toronto website: provides links and contact information on a range of topics, including
Education, Equality/Status of Women, and Science/Technology.
Yahoo Directory: Women's Studies
http://ca.dir.yahoo.com/regional/countries/canada/social_science/Women_s_Studies/
Provides links to a range of topics, including Feminism, History, and Web Directories.
Family, Memory, and Stories of Survival
The Memory Project
http://www.thememoryproject.com/
A print and Internet initiative of the Dominion Institute: its purpose is to provide Canadians, especially youth, with a venue to share oral
histories of the Canadian experience.
Health Canada/Division of Aging and Seniors
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/expression/14-4/exp14-4_4_e.htm
The Bulletin of the National Advisory Council on Aging provides suggestions for gathering family stories from seniors, including good questions
to ask and suggestions for triggering memory.
The Hope Site
www.hopesite.ca/toc.html
Go to "Personal Reflections" for stories of Holocaust survivors and links to opportunities for sharing Holocaust stories.
Something Fishy
www.something-fishy.org/default.php
Website with extensive resources on eating disorders, including "In Their Own Words," an archive of poetry and stories written by people with
eating disorders and their families.
Last Updated: June 2003
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