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for the
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What's New on this site?
Most recent update:
March 13
, 2010

NEW


Haiti Earthquake

Haiti still needs our help.
Source:
Canadian Red Cross

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Haiti Relief
- from the CBC
- links to information resources, organizations accepting donations

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Governor General
Michaëlle Jean's blog


What's been added to this site and to the What's New page since March 7?
(newer additions appear at the top of the list...)

* Student Aid Meets Social Assistance - 5 commentaries (Caledon Institute of Social Policy) - March 11
* Federal Budget 2010 - Benefits to Provinces and Territories
(Finance Canada) - March 11
* Canada Ratifies U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -
March 11

*
The Progressive Economics Forum at the Canadian Economics Association 2010 meetings - May 28-30, Quebec City
* The OSAP diet and the student lifestyle
(Macleans OnCampus) - March 8
* The Déjà Vu All Over Again Budget
(Caledon Institute of Social Policy) - March 8
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours, December 2009 - March 3
--- Canadian economic accounts, fourth quarter 2009 and December 2009 - March 1
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - March 7
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
*
[U.S.] Assets for Independence (AFI) Program

* [U.S.] Political Economy: Drawing a New Line - March 6
*
[United Kingdom] The Robin Hood Tax: Tobin Tax Redux?
*
From the latest CERC Bulletin: (Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion (Paris)
--- 17 % of European Union citizens were at-risk-of-poverty in 2008
--- Child poverty and child well-being in Italy
--- [U.S.] Low income and impoverished families pay more disproportionately for child care
--- [U.K.] Protect, support, provide : Examining the role of grandparents in families at risk of poverty
--- Global wage inequality and the international flow of migrants
--- [Netherlands] Child care subsidies revisited
--- Fiscal and pension sustainability : Present and future issues in European Union countries
--- [U.S.] Supporting parents of young children in the child welfare system
--- The gender inequalities index (GII) as a new way to measure gender inequalities in developing countries
--- The gender pay gap in the United Kingdom, 1995 -2007
--- [U.S.] The gender wage gap : 2009
--- [Europe] Report on equality between women and men : 2010
--- [Europe] Revisiting poverty measures towards individualisation
----[U.S.] The unemployment gender gap during the 2007 recession

* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* State of Australian cities 2010
(Infrastructure Australia) - March 8
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

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What was new before that?
- This is a link to the online version of the March 7 issue of the Canadian Social Research Newsletter.

- See the table of contents and links to earlier issues of the newsletter (back to January 2005)


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What's New across Canada
100+ direct links to What's New pages on Canadian
social research websites (govt. & NGO)


What's New elsewhere in the world
50+ direct links to What's New pages on U.S. And international government and NGO websites

Poverty Dispatch - U.S.
[NOTE: the content of this link changes several times a week.]
- links to news items from the American press about poverty, homelessness, welfare reform, child welfare, education, health, hunger, Medicare and Medicaid, etc.

Poverty Dispatch Archives
- links to two dispatches a week back to June 2006

Source:
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
[ University of Wisconsin-Madison ]


Numbers in parentheses (--) below represent the number
of links on each page in November 2009

[- some links appear on more than one page -]

Pages of links organized by jurisdiction

Federal/National

All Canadian federal, provincial and territorial government home pages on one page (14) 
Top-level home page for each Canadian government - Canada, the provinces and the territories
Prorogation (97)
Federal government - general (193)
Gouvernement fédéral (84) - présentation des sites en français
---
Common Look and Feel Standards for the Internet (CLF 2.0)
*How the federal government changed the roadmap to its websites (Feb. 9/09)
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Federal government - departments

--- Agriculture to Finance
(538)
--- Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans Affairs
(676)
--- Statistics Canada Link Archive (1500+ links to selected StatCan social studies going back to 2002)
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (433)
- incl. Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, Employment Insurance, Social Insurance Number, etc.
Health - Canadian and international (604)

The unofficial [national] Social Union / NCB page (351)
The government debate about the cost of Medicare (376)


Provincial/territorial (P/T)


*Key provincial/territorial govt. welfare links* (631)

- links to everything you ever wanted to know about welfare in each province and territory on a single page: Department responsible, program, statute and regulation(s), policy manual, welfare rates, stats...

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Anti-poverty strategies and poverty reduction campaigns:
--- Provincial and territorial information (792)
--- National/federal & international information (402)

Departments responsible for welfare (13)
Welfare policy manuals (90)

Social Union - P/T pages (241)

Council of the Federation (98)



Newfoundland and Labrador (284) 
Prince Edward Island (223)
Nova Scotia (406)
New Brunswick (337) 
[version française (30)]
Quebec(593) 
[version française (447)]
Ontario:
--- Provincial government (642)

--- NGO/Municipal govt. [A-C] (549) 

--- NGO/Municipal govt. [D-W] (1286)

--- Guide to welfare in Ontario (140)

--- Spouse-in-the-house
(43) (welfare cohabitation rules for single parents) 
--- Gouvernement de l'Ontario - page d'accueil (version française) (31)
Manitoba(369) 

Saskatchewan(341)
Alberta(482) 
British Columbia
--- Provincial government (646) 
--- NGO [A-C] (423)
--- NGO [D-W] (511)
--- Welfare Time Limits (83)
Yukon(129) 

Northwest Territories (123)

Nunavut(56)

American links
U.S. government social research (618)
U.S. non-governmental social research [A-J] (769)
U.S. non-governmental social research [M-Z] (535)
Pension Reforms (98) - incl. U.S. Social Security Reform + the Chilean pension model
Poverty measures - U.S. and other international resources (611)
Poverty Dispatch - news from the Institute for Research on Poverty [ University of Wisconsin-Madison ]

Social research elsewhere in the world
Government
(810)
--- CERC Bulletin links archive (229)
Non-government
(921)
 Children and Families - International - incl. U.S. (736)
Women's sites - International (313)

Municipal Links
Municipalities (287)

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for this website for the year 2009
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(includes Number of Unique visitors - Number of visits - Pages viewed - Number of hits - Bandwidth)


Virtual tour of Canadian Social Research Links
Take a virtual tour of the spacious CSRL Resource Centre, the state-of-the-art desktop web publishing and e-zine department, the web authors' lounge and the modern staff recreation facilities from the comfort of your armchair - no special software or plugins required...

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Open any web page in your browse (Internet Explorer or Firefox), then hold down the Control ("Ctrl") key on your keyboard and type the letter F to open a "Find" window. Type or paste in a key word or expression and hit Enter - your browser will go directly to the first occurrence of that word (or those exact words, as the case may be). To continue searching using the same keyword(s) throughout the rest of the page, keep clicking on the FIND NEXT button.
Try it. It's a great time-saver!

Reference(224) 
My personal collection of dictionaries, online translation facilities, style and grammar guides, Internet research tools and tutorials, search engines, maps, time, etc.
--- even The Rick Mercer Report .
--- and Dilbert.


Virus and Virus Hoax Resources (70)
My personal collection of links to info on virus and virus hoaxes, as well as free online tools to help you and me...
- 'cause it's a jungle out there...

Pages of links organized alphabetically by theme

Aboriginal people / First Nations (462)
Anti-poverty strategies and poverty reduction campaigns:
--- Provincial and territorial information (792)
--- National/federal & international information (402)
Asset-based social policies (435)
Banks and business (242)
Brain drain (56)
Budgets - federal and provincial/territorial:
--- 2010 budgets
--- 2009 budgets (396)
--- 2008 budgets(298)

--- 2007 budgets (245)
--- 2006 budgets (188)
--- 2005 budgets (243)
--- 2004 budgets (204)
Canadiana (122) - incl. Canada country reports, history links, U.S.-Canada studies, etc.
Canada Assistance Plan / Canada Health and Social Transfer / Canada Health Transfer / Canada Social Transfer (274)

Canada Pension Plan (see "Human Resources and Social Development Canada" in the left column)
Case law / Court decisions / Inquests (230)
Census - see Social statistics further down in this column
Children, Families and Youth:

--- National/federal government sites (220)
--- Canadian non-governmental organizations (792)

--- International resources(751)
--- Children's rights (494) - incl. the National Plan of Action for Children + kids & UN
--- Early learning and child care - govt. links [aka early childhood development] (406)
--- Early learning and child care - NGO links (611)
Chilean pension model - see Pension Reforms (below)
Conferences and events (516) + special designated days/weeks/months/years + past conferences
Council of the Federation (98)
Disability(570)

Education(107)
Elections:
--- 2008 federal election (393)
--- 2006 federal election (303)
--- 2004 federal election (316)
--- Provincial-territorial elections / political parties (336)
Employment (finding) (part of HRSDC Links page)
Employment Insurance (176) (incl. historical UI/EI reports)
Federal [social spending] Caps and Cuts, 1972-1995
Federal government's role in poverty reduction in Canada (23)
- this new link takes you to a section of the Antipoverty links page of this site.
Flat tax(30) 

Food banks and hunger (462)
G8 - Globalization (658)

Gambling - social costs (42)
Guaranteed annual income (138)
Health - Canada and international (604)
Homelessness and housing(1246) 

Human rights(520)
Labour market info (part of HRSDC Links page)
Legislation and law (15)
Media(91)

Medicare - the future of health care (376) - incl. First Ministers' Meetings on Health
Minimum wage / living wage links
(317) - Canada / U.S. / International
Municipalities (308) 

National Child Benefit - see "Social Union", below
Non-governmental organizations:
--- Canada (305)
--- U.S. [A-J (769)]
--- U.S.[M-Z (535)]
--- International (929)
--- Provincial/territorial NGOs ==> select a jurisdiction in the left column of this page
Old Age Security - see "Human Resources and Social Development Canada" in the left column or "Seniors" (below)
Pension reforms (98) - incl. U.S. Social Security Reform + the Chilean Pension Model
Political parties - see "Elections" (above)
Polls(11)

Poverty measures:
- Canadian resources (334)
- U.S. and other international resources (611)
Self-sufficiency project (35) 

Poverty reduction initiatives - see Anti-Poverty Strategies and Campaigns
Prorogation
(97)
Seniors(534) 
Social Insurance Number (part of the HRSDC Links page)
Social research organizations I (625)

Social research organizations II (393)

Social statistics (503) - (incl. Census, poverty, income, welfare, population, crime & justice, social security, health, etc.)
Social Union / National Child Benefit (NCB):
--- The unofficial [national] Social Union / NCB page (351)
--- The unofficial [provincial/territorial] Social Union / NCB page  (241)
Socialist sites (62)
Spouse-in-the-house
(41) - Ontario
Tobin tax(55) 

Tax Freedom Day (28)
Unions(77)

United Nations links (704) 

Universities/colleges(183) 

Voluntary sector (230) 

Welfare:
--- Depts. responsible for welfare (13)
--- key provincial/territorial links (631) - incl. welfare stats and benefit levels
--- policy manuals (90)
--- fraud (10)
--- welfare reforms in Canada (265)
--- time limits - British Columbia (83) 
--- Canada Assistance Plan / Canada Health and Social Transfer / Canada Social Transfer (274)

Women's social issues:
--- Canadian government women's sites (175)

--- Canadian non-governmental women's organization sites (502)
--- International women's sites (350)
Work-Life Balance (228)


Need a break? 

Gotcha!
Things I've found on websites that make me wanna go "Gotcha!"

Rants
- 'cause everybody needs to vent from time to time, eh...

(website design and speling and stuff)

The Political Compass
Read the blurb on the main page of this site, then take the (entirely anonymous) five-minute test. It will tell you where YOU are on the political compass.

- includes a list of influential thinkers who think like you, based on your test results...

Try the Stroop Effect...
Very funny perception game that I found on the Ontario Science Centre website.
The Color Test (fancy version of the Stroop Effect - requires Macromedia Flash plug-in)

Gilles' CLOSETCAM
 Hit your Reload button to get the most recent ClosetCam shot!

- Then visit the ClosetCam Archives...

[According to my site stats, during the first 23 days of October 2009, the Closetcam page was viewed 23 times and the Closetcam Archives page was also viewed 23 times. It's an interesting sociological experiment...]

The Perfect Retirement Plan!

What is "Infectious Laughter"?
[NOTE: this is a Windows Media Audio (.wma) file]

Need more silliness in your day/life?
This is a whole page of links to some of the sillier sites I visit from time to time...



Ottawa Links

For Ottawans, like me, or anyone seeking information about Ottawa:

Weather Conditions in Ottawa [ elsewhere in Canada ]
City of Ottawa (municipal government home page)
OttawaStart.com
OttawaStart's list of 30 essential Ottawa blogs [ Knitnut.net is #12!! ]
Green Ottawa
Ottawa Kiosk
Ottawa retail and service directory - from 93.9 BOB FM
OttawaGasPrices.com
Ottawa City Guide - from Canada.com
Recreation in Ottawa
Local free classifieds sites:
- Craig's List Ottawa
- UsedOttawa.com
- Kijiji Ottawa
- Locanto.ca - Ottawa
- Khrido
OttawaEntertainment.ca
Ottawa Movies - showtimes, locations, trailers, reviews
The Internet Movie Database
Current Time in Ottawa
CTV Ottawa (formerly CJOH)
CBC Ottawa
Ottawa Radio Stations - live feeds
Bank Street Bully - Ottawa's Finest?
Take it Back! - where to dispose of non-recyclables in Ottawa (automotive - garden supplies - health - electronics - household products
)

Ottawa Senators 2009-2010 TV schedule

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Ottawa webcams:

Highway 417 (Queensway) Traffic Cams - from CBC Ottawa
- links to 11 cameras, from the 417 split in the East End to the 416 split in the West End
- recommended link!
Ontario Ministry of Transportation Highway 417 Traveller's Road Information
(click the "traffic cameras" box)
- Same cameras as the link above but slower to use; includes more road info

Ottawa Municipal Traffic Video - links to traffic webcams at dozens of intersections throughout Ottawa.
Parliament Hill Webcam - Four words: Like. Watching. Paint. Dry.

 

 Canadian Social Research Links
was reviewed in the 

March 6, 2001 issue of the 
Scout Report for Social Sciences and Humanities

("Obsessive"? Moi?

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I launched the Canadian Social Research Links website on November 13, 1997.
I receive no funding from any source whatsoever for this work; the biases you find are mine and mine alone. (See "About this Site")
I check for broken links to external sites as time permits; if you find any broken links during your visit to the site, just send me a message and I'll fix them.
Except for federal government sites and links. Those bloody sites are rebuilt and re-launched every few years, it seems, and the site architecture changes radically almost every time with no consideration whatsoever of those poor saps who have collections of links to site content, like Canadian Social Research Links. If you find a broken federal government link, copy the title you're seeking into the search box on the new site. If that doesn't work, do a Google.ca search on the title.


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