External Resources

Facts & Figures

• B.C. Ministry of Education
• Aboriginal Education – Academic Performance Data
• Analysis and Reporting on K-12 Education
• Enrolment and Teacher Reports & Information
• Interprovincial Statistics Project
• School District Performance Reports
• B.C. Statistics, the central statistical agency for British Columbia
• National Center for Education Statistics (U.S.)
• Statistics Canada, latest news and indicators

Government Agencies

• Government of British Columbia’s website provides links to the following key ministries and services:
• B.C. Government Directory
• Community Learning Network
• Members of the Legislature (MLAs), including e-mail addresses.
• Ministry of Advanced Education
• Ministry of Children and Family Development
• Ministry of Education home page contains the following key resources:
• Analysis and Reporting on K-12 Education
• Annual Reports and Service Plans
  
• EdInfo, website and weekly e-mail digest of education news
• Funding
• Integrated Resource Packages– K-12 curriculum and learning resources
• Manual of School Law
• Policy site
• School Districts / Contacts
• Standard School Calendar
• Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services
• Employment Standards Branch
• Government of Canada
• Canadiana links to many government and related sites.
• Employment Insurance
• Learning Resources (Statistics Canada) connects students and teachers to free Canadian information and teaching resources.
• Provincial/Territorial Departments and Ministries Responsible for Education in Canada (Council of Ministers of Education)
• U.S. Department of Education, including the Education Resource Organizations Directory
• WorkSafeBC (Formerly Workers’ Compensation Board)

Labour

• B.C. Federation of Labour
• Current Disputes (BC Federation of Labour)
• Buy Union – Buy Canadian directory (BC Union Label Trades Council)
• AFL/CIO (American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations)
• B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union
• B.C. Nurses’ Union
• Canadian Association of Labour Media, a network of union publications and editors.
• Canadian Auto Workers (National)
• CAW Local 111 (employees of Translink – Coast Mountain)
• Canadian Labour Congress
• The Canadian Labour History site, created by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, traces the history of Canadian labour from 1850 to 1999.
• Canadian Union of Postal Workers
• Canadian Union of Public Employees, British Columbia division
• Canadian Union of Public Employees. Stop Workplace Bullying
• CUPE Local 116 represents employees at the University of British Columbia.
• Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC
• Health Sciences Association
• Hospital Employees’ Union
• International Labour Organization site contains a wide variety of information pertaining to the world of work.
• LaborNet
• Labour Environmental Alliance Society brings together labour and environmentalists to find common projects and common strategies.
• The Labour Jurisdictions Information Exchange (Canadian Association of Administrators of Labour Legislation) links to the federal and provincial government labour sites.
• Labour Relations Board of British Columbia
• LabourStart, an excellent starting site for labour activists, offers current news and discussion forums.
• LabourStart TV
• Public Service Alliance of Canada
• Workers’ Health and Safety Centre, and occupational health and safety organization in Ontario.
• working TV, a labour television program broadcast weekly on community access TV in BC.

Legislation

• Freedom of Information and Privacy Commission of BC includes the legislation and orders and decisions.
• Labour Relations Code
• Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
• Manual of School Law
• Order in Council and Ministerial Order Resumes
• The Revised Statutes and Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia

International Organizations

• American Federation of Teachers
• Education International
• Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union
• National Education Association (U.S.)
  
• National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom
• South African Democratic Teacher’s Union (SADTU)

Teacher Organizations

British Columbia

• British Columbia Association of School Psychologists
• British Columbia College of Teachers
• Howe Sound Retired Teachers’ Association
• British Columbia Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association
• BC Retired Teachers’ Association
• BC School Superintendents’ Association
• Teacher Qualification Service (British Columbia)

Canada

• Alberta Teachers’ Association
• Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens
• Association des enseignantes et des enseignants francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick
• Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ)
• Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
• Manitoba Teachers’ Society
• New Brunswick Teachers’ Association
• Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers’ Association
• Northwest Territories Teachers’ Association
• Nova Scotia Teachers Union
• Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association
• Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
• Ontario Teachers’ Federation

School Districts, Trustees and Education Associations

• BC school districts contact information
• BC School Trustees Association site features policies from BC school districts and a list of school board trustees by district.
• The Canadian Schools Boards Association is the national voice of school boards in Canada. Publications and projects include poverty, youth justice, and social inclusion.
• Map – BC School Districts
• Standard School Calendar
• BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils
• British Columbia Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association
• BC School Superintendents’ Association
• BC School Trustees Association
• B.C. Public School Employers’ Association, the employers’ association for public school boards and the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique.
• Education Canada Network lists job postings for most BC school districts.
• Public Sector Employers’ Council (PSEC) site includes links to labour legislation and web sites.

Educational Institutions

Research Institutes

• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social and economic justice.
• Canadian Council on Social Development promotes social and economic security for all Canadians through its research on a broad variety of issues: income security, employment, labour market, poverty, child welfare, pensions and government social policies.
• Centre for Social Justice is a Canadian coalition of activists from universities and unions, faith communities and social movements

Learning Institutions

• Malaspina University-College
• Simon Fraser University
• Thompson Rivers University
• Trinity Western University
• University of British Columbia
• University of British Columbia Okanagan
• University of Northern British Columbia
• University of Victoria