External Links

Education (see also Government and agencies )

TheÂ 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.

TheÂ ERIC database includes full text non-journal documents from 1993 to the present.Â 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 launchedÂ 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.

Teacher Solidarity: “The Global Assault on Teaching, Teachers, and Their Unions.” The aim of this website is to bring together teacher activists internationally by recording their struggles. All over the world teachers are taking action – occupying, demonstrating and striking – against ‘reforms’ which are standing in the way of truly emancipated and creative education for the world’s children. Through the Forum, the hope is to allow teachers in struggle to call for and give solidarity and to exchange ideas for resistance.

Education partners

BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils
British Columbia Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association
BC School Superintendents’ Association
BC School Trustees Association

Employers
(see also School districts, trustees and schools )

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.

Facts and 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 and agencies

Government of British Columbia’s web site 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 â€“ 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 theÂ 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
TheÂ 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

Lobbying and organizing on the web

TheÂ Canada Asia Pacific Resource Network promotes regional solidarity among trade unions and NGOs in the Asia Pacific.

TheÂ Canadian Labour Congress features pages on campaigns and political action.

TheÂ Council of Canadians provides opportunities for Canadians to fax their MPs on current issues.

NetAction is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public, policymakers, and the media about technology-based social and political issues.Â NetAction’s Virtual Activist Online Training Courseprovides background information and examples for activists on using the Internet to organize.

Right on Canada is the Rideau Institute’s public advocacy campaign on human rights. The site features information and advocacy tools to support citizen action.

Post-secondary links

School Leadership Centre at UBC was formed in 2003 and its mission is to study and develop school leadership.

Faculties of Education
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 web site 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,Â 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’sÂ Professional Qualification Program is a certificate program for immigrant teachers.

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.

School districts, trustees and schools
(see also Employers )

BC school districts contact information

BC School Trustees Association site features policies from BC school districts and a list ofÂ 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