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Basic Facts & Information On Canada -- from MSU Global Access. (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Canada -- From the Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook. (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Canadian Favourites -- "was started BY CANADIANS (one of whom lives in Florida) because we know there are so many of you out there like us, who can't find a favourite food item when you're away from home. Maybe you're a long-stay snowbird or a more permanently transplanted Canadian… You now have a convenient, safe, and easy way to order all those hard to find favourites." (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

globalEDGE: Canada -- Produced by MSU's Center for International Business Education and Research, this site provides compiled information which includes "a map, key statistics, history, economy, government, and links to Canada-specific resources, stock markets, and recent news." (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Library and Archives Canada Selected Topics (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

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BlogsCanada -- "BlogsCanada is a blogging resource site and directory of Canadian blogs...The purpose of BlogsCanada is to provide helpful information for bloggers and those interested in blogs and blogging." (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Canada's Digital Collections -- Via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. The old description: "Canada's Digital Collections showcases over 400 Web sites celebrating Canada's history, geography, science, technology and culture. These fascinating Web sites range from treasures of federal institutions, such as the National Library, the National Archives and the Museum of Civilization, to the local histories and way of life of Canadian communities. Canada's Digital Collections also features a growing set of on-line educational resources, such as curriculum units, classroom activities, quizzes and games. One of the largest of Canadian material on the Internet, Canada's Digital Collections has employed more than 2,700 young Canadians to date, under contract to Industry Canada. The program is funded by the federal Youth Employment Strategy." .(Internet Archive last examined on 06/08/2007)

Canada's SchoolNet -- Schoolnet's goal is to help make Canada's students ready to be life-long learners in "the knowledge-based society." Of particular use to teachers are its Learning Resources with links to Curriculum Areas, General Interest, Federal and Related Institutions. Its Advanced Search engine is a teacher's delight. One can specify Curriculum Areas, Types and Sources of information, Age/Grade Range, Search Jurisdiction (Canada or Other Countries), and Search Language. (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Canadian Economy Online -- "This one-stop guide to the national economy lets you check out statistics, access a wealth of federal government information and learn more about economici concepts and events." (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Canadian Encyclopedia Online -- The encyclopedia bills itself as "the authoritative record of Canadian personalities, places, events and achievements, and is the ultimate statement of national pride." It contains the entire text of the print and CD-ROM versions accessed by simple & advanced searches and a Subject Index. It has a number of useful features geared to teaching young people:

• On This Day in Canadian History
• Canadian Quote of the Day
• Feature -- a profile of an important person, place, or event
• Discover Canada -- Experience the grandeur and diversity of Canada through interactive maps, graphs and games.
• Student Guides -- Using the encyclopedia with the curriculum
• Canucklehead Quiz
• Discover the Origins of the Encyclopedia
• 100 Canadian Originals -- biography
• 100 Greatest Events in Canadian History

(Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Canadian Information By Subject -- Produced by the National Library of Canada, this site attempts to "provide links to information about Canada, arranged by subject, from Internet resources around the world." The site is arranged by an "inverted subject tree" which is based by the widely use Dewey Decimal Classification system. The Subject Tree can be browsed either in subject order or in alphabetical order. The index terms come from standard library subject lists. Finally, there is a title index. (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Canadian Social Research Links -- "the site was a way for me [webmaster Gilles Séguin] to share my collection of 1,600+ Netscape bookmarks with others in the social research community who had Internet access - in government, non-governmental organizations and academia. I enjoyed it enough to keep working at it, like the model railroad builder or the stamp collector, adding bit by bit to the collection. The number of link pages has since expanded to 200+ and there are now over 20,000 unique links on the site..". (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Canadian Studies: A Guide to the Sources -- "...bibliographic essay originally appeared as "Canadian Studies: A Core Collection," CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 35 (September 1997): 71-84, and was initially revised in June 1999 for the International Council for Canadian Studies World Wide Web Service." (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Canadian Studies Catalogue -- "provides up-to-date and comprehensive information about books that are pertinent and relevant to Canadianists. The books on this site are published by Ontario-based publishers and have gone through an assessment process to confirm their usefulness for course adoptions.' (Last examined on 06/22/2007)

Canadiana The Canadian Resource Page -- links to a wide variety of resources. (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

CBC Archives -- Audio and video clips from 1914 to the present. Includes a "For Teachers" section that provide "educational materials for Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, and Grades 11-12. These materials were created to complement many of the topics posted on the Web site, and include five lessons per topic, divided by grade level. All educational materials are available free of charge." (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

CultureCanada -- "your window to the best Web sites about Canadian culture, heritage, sports and recreation. You'll find links to government programs and services across Canada." (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Civilization.Ca -- This site functions gateways to the Canadian Museum of Civilisation (CMC), the Canadian Children's Museum, and the Canadian Postal Museum in Hull, Quebec, and the Ottawa-based Canadian War Museum (CWM), but also has virtual tours of the CMC and of the Virtual Museum of New France ("brings together as never before, traces of New France from wherever they are found around the world"). The CMC is "committed to fostering in all Canadians a sense of their common identity and their shared past. At the same time, it hopes to promote understanding between the various cultural groups that are part of Canadian society." The Canadian War Museum "preserves the artifacts of Canadian military experience, interprets them for present and future generations, and advances the professional study of Canadian military history, including the effects of war and conflict on the nation and all its citizens." A very useful feature is a sophisticated search engine that searches the museums' collections of artifacts and artwork. (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online -- "Each biography in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online reproduces one that was originally commissioned by the Dictionary of Canadian Biography for its print version and was republished, sometimes with minor corrections, in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volumes I-XIV, CD-ROM (2000). The Dictionary of Canadian Biography, whose first volume appeared in 1966, is a joint project of the University of Toronto and the Université Laval and presents the work of researchers and writers in many fields from across Canada and around the world." (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory -- Featuring photographs from various public and private collections, Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory presents a searchable database of digitized photographic images from 1843 to the mid-20th century. These images tell the fascinating and ever-changing story of how Canadians see themselves and their world." (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

H-Canada: Canadian History and Studies -- "H-Canada is the H-Net [Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine] discussion list dealing with Canadian History and Studies. It provides Discussion Logs, H-Canada [book] Reviews , Bibliographies, Internet Sources, and H-Canada Syllabi." (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Inventory of Canadian Digital Initiatives -- "provides links to, and descriptions of digitized Canadian resources created for the Web. These initiatives include digital collections centred around themes and collections, reference sources, and databases.". (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Our Roots/nos racines -- "This unique, online, coast-to-coast record of Canadian local histories reflects the breadth and depth of our country's heritage, and celebrates the diverse landscapes, resources, and people that have contributed to sculpting its rich and ever-evolving national character. Our Roots provides universal access to unique materials concerning the cultural and social heritage of our nation. Written by Canadians, for Canadians, these local histories represent this nation’s history from the perspective of those who helped shape it. Now available in digital format, these resources are not only accessible from anywhere via the world wide web, but are also preserved for future generations of students, teachers and researchers." (Last examined on 06/08/2007)

Selected Internet Resources: Canada -- Part of the Library of Congress' "Portals to the World" project, this site contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about Canada's History, Government & Law, Literature & Culture, News & Current Events, Libraries & Archives, Business & Residential Directories, and Universities The links were selected by Area Specialists and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria. (Last examined on 06/08/2007)