UNIT 1  Civics Basics

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Citizenship and Immigration Canada's online 'zine, Citzine

www.citzine.ca (now offline)

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Sleeping Children Around the World

www.scaw.org

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Hansard

www.hansard.ca

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How to Locate Information
• Virtual Reference Library
• Government of Canada
• Ontario Justice Education Network
• Elections Canada

www.virtualreferencelibrary.ca
www.canada.gc.ca
www.ojen.ca
www.elections.ca

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Aboriginal youth suicide
• Aboriginal Youth Network
• Canadian Institutes on Health Research
• Health Canada
• Turtle Island (BC) Native Network
• CBC North report on NWT youth suicide

www.nechi.com
www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/
www.turtleisland.org
http://north.cbc.ca

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Levies introduced because of Internet downloading

http://neil.eton.ca
www.cb-cda.gc.ca

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Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Ontario Human Rights Commission

www.ohrc.on.ca

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Community efforts to improve air quality and environmental protection
• Ontario municipal clean air case studies
• Organic waste recycling in Hamilton
• Municipal solid waste in Ontario

www.mah.gov.on.ca
www.hamilton.ca
www.cielap.org

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National Citizens Coalition (NCC)

www.nationalcitizens.ca

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)

www.policyalternatives.ca

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People for Education (P4E)

www.peopleforeducation.com

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How to bring down a minority government

www.cbc.ca

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Federal bills

www.parl.gc.ca

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Federal and provincial contact information

www.dwatch.ca
www.parl.gc.ca
www.gov.on.ca

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Youth wings of major parties
• Conservatives
• Green Party
• Liberals
• NDP

www.cpcenergy.ca
www.greenparty.ca
www.youngliberals.ca
www.youth.ndp.ca

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Pollsters and polling

http://info.wlu.ca