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, web site 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