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
• The BC Deans of Education website includes information about the provincial teacher education programs, and links to education partner organizations.
• Continuing Studies in Education, at the University of Victoria, in cooperation with the Faculty of Education, offers Pro D institutes, teaching and learning resources, and undergraduate and graduate programs by distance delivery and in locations around the province.The Certificate in Adult and Continuing Education (CACE) parallels the Justice Institute of B.C.’s non-credit, professional development programs.
• University of British Columbia, Faculty of Education, Office of Continuing Professional Education organizes programs, courses, and conferences, and links the teaching profession and the faculty of education.
• The Justice Institute of B.C. provides programs, courses and services, many of which have educational relevance for classroom teachers, counsellors, and others involved in public education.
• Simon Fraser University’s Professional Qualification Program is a certificate program for immigrant teachers.
• School Leadership Centre at UBC was formed in 2003 and its mission is to study and develop school leadership.
• The American Educational Research Association is an international professional organization with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application.
• Canadian Association of Media Education Organizations is an association of Canadian media literacy groups from across Canada.
• Charter for Public Education Network is a non-profit, non-partisan organization promoting the importance of universal, free, accessible public education.
• The ERIC database includes full text non-journal documents from 1993 to the present. The Educator’s Reference Desk is maintained by the researchers who created the AskERIC service, and includes access to lesson plans, the ERIC database, and links to online education information.
• GALE BC, Gay and Lesbian Educators of British Columbia, supports teachers and youth in fighting homophobia.
• The Homeroom, British Columbia’s history of education web site.
• Media Awareness Network for Educators, provides resources and discussion groups on media education from K-12. The Media Awareness Network has launched Web Awareness Canada, a public education program developed to make teachers, librarians, and parents aware of challenges and questions that arise as young people go on the Internet.
• Student Vote, a program for Canadian students under the voting age who may participate in a non-partisan, parallel election experience during an official election period.
• The Report Card, Vancouver Sun reporter Janet Steffenhagen’s education blog.