CCSD LINKS

Currently Featured Site:

the Other Side (with Maggie Hughes)

Social Policy Links

• Social Policy in Ontario - An Online Guide
• The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Centre for Social Justice
• "Policy Wonk" Richard Shillington's Page
• Canadian Review of Social Policy
• Canadian Policy Research Networks
• The Caledon Institute of Social Policy
• Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
• The Council of Canadians
• ISUMA: Canadian Journal of Policy Research
• Policy.ca
• Policy Library
• Havi Echenberg's Social Policy Shop
• Social Policy Cafe (Havi Echenberg's blog)
• The Conference Board of Canada
• Moving Ideas: The Electronic Policy Network (American)

Social Indicators Sites

• Canadian Index of Well-Being
• HRSDC's Indicators of Well-Being
• The Progress of Canada's Children

Alternative Media Links

• the Other Side (with Maggie Hughes)
• Citizenshift: Free Range Media for the 21st Century
• Medialens
• Common Dreams News Center
• Rabble
• Straight Goods
• The Onion
• Utne
• Working for Change
• Bourque Newswatch
• Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: Poverty and Welfare
• Z Magazine

Poverty Links

• Life*Spin
• Poor No More
• St. Christopher House
• Women's Perspectives on Poverty:
  Photos and Stories (Calgary) [pdf file]
• From Welfare to Work in Ontario: Still the Road Less Travelled (Toronto-Dominion Bank)
• Make Poverty History
• Canadian Association of Food Banks
• National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO)
• Paid to be Poor: CBC Radio I interactive documentary on the Working Poor
• Income Security Advocacy Centre
• Inequality.org
• Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
• The Ontario Coalition for Social Justice
• Social Work & Social Welfare in Canada
• PovertyNet - World Bank
• The Daily Bread Food Bank
• Mission du Grand Berger
• The Centre for Social Justice
• PovNet
• Ryerson Centre for Studies in Food Security
• Campaign 2000 Child Poverty Report Cards
• National Center for Children in Poverty (American)
• Institute for Research on Poverty (American)
• Real Change: Homelessness Newspaper (American)
• Northwest Harvest (American)

Welfare & Income Security

• Social Assistance in the New Economy
• Income Security Advocacy Centre
• Discretionary Justice and Social Welfare
• The National Council of Welfare
• Canadian Social Research Links
• Discretionary Justice and Social Welfare: an information and research resource
• Kimberly Rogers Inquest Page
• National Welfare-to-Work Study
• National Child Benefit
• 'Welfare Reform' reveals its true face from Z Magazine (American)
• No Privacy or Pride at Workfare Evaluation Site
• The Economic Success Clearinghouse (American)

Housing and Homelessness

• Alliance to End Homelessness (Ottawa)
• YouTube Video: Housing Not War
• The Homeless Hub
• Wellesley Institute
• Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty (American)
• The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation
• The Toronto Report Card on Homelessness
• Ontario Tenants Toronto Tenants (updated link)
• Toronto's Disaster Relief Committee (Homelessness in Toronto)
• Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
• Raising the Roof - a Canadian homelessness site
• The National Coalition for the Homeless(American)
• Housing Again
• Yonge Street Mission

Children, Youth and Family Links

• Canadian Child Care Federation
• Child Welfare Resource Centre
• Safe Kids Canada
• Resource Assistance for Youth (formerly Operation Go Home)
• Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare
• Childcare Resource and Research Unit
• The Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being
• Unicef: Voices of Youth
• Vanier Institute of the Family
• Research Forum at the National Center for Children in Poverty (American)
• Kids Help Phone
• Sparrow Lake Alliance
• Early Childhood Counts (International)
• The National Youth in Care Network
• Voices for Children
• Child Welfare Home Page (American)
• Canadian Institute of Child Health
• Child Support Guidelines (Justice Canada)
• Child and Family Canada
• Metro Task Force on Services to Young Children and Families
• Child Welfare League of Canada
• Children Now (American)

Useful Resources for Non-Profit Organizations

• Charity Village
• Imagine Canada
• The Voluntary Sector Initiative
• The Voluntary Sector Roundtable
• Institute on Governance

Union & Labour Links

• Facts From the Fringe (Jim Stanford)
• Publicvalues.ca
• Living Work
• Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society
• Canadian Association of Administrators of Labour Legislation
• JobQuality.ca
• Canadian Labour Congress
• International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
• European Trade Union Institute
• Nurse Active
• National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
• Union Resource Network
• Canadian Auto Workers
• Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
• Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
• LaborNet@IGC
• Canadian Committee on Labour History
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Economics Links

• The History of Economic Thought Website
• Progressive Economics Forum (blog)
• Centre for the Study of Living Standards
• Canadian Foundation for Economic Education
• The Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition (CCRC)
• Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centres in the World (UQAM)
• Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World (Christian Zimmerman)
• The Progressive Economics Forum
• The Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition (bank accountability)
• Informetrica
• Canadian International Labour Network
• The Centre for Research on Economic Fluctuations and Employment (CREFE)
• Economics Working Papers Archive

Health Links

• AboutKidsHealth (from The Hospital for Sick Children)
• The Wellesley Institute: Advancing Urban Health
• Canadian Women's Health Network
• Centres for Excellence in Women's Health
• Canadian Health Networks
• Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC)
• Health Nexus (formerly Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse)
• National Forum on Health

International Links

• The OECD
• International Council on Social Welfare
• International Reform Monitor
• The United Nations
• World Policy Institute
• The International Monetary Fund
• The World Bank

City Links

• Inclusive Cities Canada
• Ontario Municipal Social Services Association
• Federation of Canadian Municipalities
• The Metropolis Project
• Association for Community Health Improvement
• The Urban Explorer
• CLSCs in Québec (CHC)
• Canadian Social Planning Councils

Government Links

• The Government of Canada Page
  • Statistics Canada
  • Human Resources and Social Development Canada
  • The Policy Research Initiative
  • Health Canada
  • Status of Women Canada
  • Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
  • Federal Budget Documents, various years (Finance Canada)
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
  • Canadian Economy Online
  • Parliament of Canada
  • Provincial Government Sites
  • Federal Parties
    • The New Democratic Party of Canada
    • The Liberal Party of Canada
    • Bloc Québécois
    • The Green Party
    • The Conservative Party

Other Useful Resources

• Integration-Net
• Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses
• Just Ask Henry!
• The Handsnet Home Page
• Web Networks Community
• Statistics Canada's Income Research Paper Series
• UBC's SOCIAL WORK links
• Political Information Dot Com
• Home Page of Dr. Ben Attias
• Michael Moore
• The Social Work Access Network
• Canadian Association of Retired Persons
• Craig McKie's Research Resources for the Social Sciences
• WorkInfoNet
• Megasources
• Linkages (World Summit on Sustainable Development)
• Canadian-based information systems
• Common Frontiers
• The Access to Justice Network
• Praxis - Social Sciences