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African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is an organization created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. It is composed of African, Caribbean and Pacific States signatories to the Georgetown Agreement or ...
Association of Canadian Pension Management
The Association of Canadian Pension Management is the informed voice of Canadian retirement income plan sponsors, administrators and their allied service providers. ACPM is a non-profit organization whose objective is to...
Canadian Encyclopedia
The full text of The Canadian Encyclopedia and its related resources has been made available online by the Historica Foundation as a public service since 1999. Since its publication in book form in 1985, The Canadian Enc...
Central American Integration System
Central American Integration System (Spanish: Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana; SICA) is an intergovernmental organization of Central American states. It has a standing invitation to participate as observer in t...
Collective Security Treaty Organization
On October 7, 2002, the Presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan signed a charter in Chisinau, founding the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) (Russian ODKB) (The Tashkent...
East African Community
The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organization of the Republics of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Burundi and Republic of Rwanda with its headquarters in Arus...
Omar Ha-Redeye
Omar Ha-Redeye is a lawyer practising in Toronto, and is frequently interviewed by the media on subjects relating to health, security, law, politics, social media, disasters, minority rights and multiculturalism. His...
Professor Randall Hansen
Professor Hansen, B.A. (Hons) (UBC), M.PHil./Ph.D. (Oxford) is the author of several books on citizenship and immigration, eugenics and forced sterilization, and the history of bombing. He is frequently quoted in the med...
ibiblio.org
The public's library and digital archive. Home to one of the largest "collections of collections" on the Internet, ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art...
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide. Its objective is to strengthen democratic instit...
Marxists Internet Archive
Large archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
National Museum of American History
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History dedicates its collections and scholarship to inspiring a broader understanding of our nation and its many peoples. We create opportunities for learning, stimulate ima...
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
With 56 States drawn from Europe, Central Asia and America, the OSCE is the world's largest regional security organization, bringing comprehensive and co-operative security to a region that stretches from Vancouver to Vl...
Pacific Islands Forum
The Pacific Islands Forum, formerly the South Pacific Forum until a name change in October 2000, was founded in August 1971 and comprises 16 independent and self-governing states in the Pacific. The Forum is the region's...
Parliamentary Names & Numbers
Parliamentary Names & Numbers is your guide to governments in Canada. It's an invaluable resource, available in print and online, for anyone who needs information about Canada's politicians, senior bureaucrats, an...
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organization whose creation was proclaimed on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China) by the Republic of Kazakhstan, the People's Republ...
Simon Fraser University
Crime, demographic trends, health, economics, environment, carbon taxes, fisheries, earth sciences, energy, Asia-Pacific business -- just a few of the topics that faculty members at Canada's top comprehensive university ...

Sources Select Resources

Fascinating insights on political communications
Book Review of 'Political Columns: Behind the Scenes with Powerful People'
Gallagher, Kevin
Article
2008
Sources HotLink
Bonner approaches each subject, some as a scientist, as he does when examining the first televised debate between Nixon and Kennedy, but ultimately as an artist who knows that there is much more to co...
Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding?
Sources News Release
Article
2012
Connexions
Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you.
Media relations for politicians
A Service for Parliamentarians, Legislators, and Municipal Councillors
Article
2009
Sources
Public relations tools for elected officials and community leaders.
Politics Topic Index in Sources Directory of Experts
Spokespersons, Experts, and Resources
Website
Sources
A subject guide to experts and spokespersons on politcal topics and politics in the Sources directory for the media.
Pundit (expert)
Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
The Writers' Trust of Canada's Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing Winners
Article
2000
This award is presented for a non-fiction book of outstanding literary merit that enlarges our understanding of contemporary Canadian political and social issues.

Sources Bookshelf

Blogwars
The New Political Battleground
Perlmutter, David D.
Book
2008
Examines the degree to which blogs influence - or fail to influence - American political life. Points out that blogs are not that powerful by traditional political measures: while bloggers can offer ...
Chomsky for Beginners
Cogswell, David; Gordon, Paul
Book
1996
An introduction to the life and works of Noam Chomsky.
A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
Park, Chris
Book
2008
Contains over 8500 entries on all aspects of the environment and conservation. Embraces a broad spectrum of environmental areas including sustainable development, biodiversity, conservation, environme...
In The News
The Practice of Media Relations in Canada
Carney, William Wray
Book
2002
Carney gives everyone, from student to seasoned practitioner, a thorough understanding of who the media are, how they work and how to approach them with stories.
Political Columns
Behind the scenes with powerful people
Bonner, Allan
Book
2007
A reader of his book will get Bonner's insight on everyone from Winston Churchill to Belinda Stronach. It is a series of columns, many of which were written for the US magazine Winning Campaigns.
Political Conventions
The Art of Getting Elected and Governing
Bonner, Allan
Book
2009
A how-to look inside the modern political process, for everyone from the nervous candidate facing his first TV interview to the undecided voter who doesn't want to be manipulated.
The Power of Persuasion
The Politics of the New Right in Ontario
Kozolanka, Kirsten
Book
2007
Kozolanka looks at how the Mike Harris's new right conservative government came to power in Ontario Premier Mike Harris by using successful strategies from other countries to gain public accquiescence...
Spinwars
Politics and New Media
Fox, Bill
Book
1999
An examination of media manipulation in late 20th Century North American politics.
The Voice of Newfoundland
A Social History of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland, 1939-1949
Webb, Jeff A.
Book
2008
Explores the roles that radio played in society and culture during a vibrant and pivotal time in Newfoundland's history, and demonstrates how the broadcaster's decision to air political debates was pi...
Why Leaders Lie
The Truth about Lying in International Politics
Mearsheimer, John J.
Book
2010
A systematic analysis of lying as a tool of statecraft, identifying the varieties, the reasons, and the potential costs and benefits.
The Woman's Page
Journalism and Rhetoric in Early Canada
Fiamengo, Janice
Book
2008
A detailed study of these six women and their respective works: Agnes Maule Machar, Sara Jeanette Duncan, E. Pauline Johnson, Kathleen Blake Coleman, Flora MacDonald Denison and Nellie L. McClung. Dem...

Media

L'actualité
The magazine of reference for more than half a million French-speaking Canadians.
AlbertaViews
Political, social and cultural commentary.
Briarpatch Magazine
Social justice, local and international events, environment, labour, and women's issues.
Canadian Dimension
An independent magazine of the Canadian Left, of interest to radical Left and anti-capitalist activists and interested observers.
Canadian Historical Review
Analysis of the ideas, people and events that have molded Canadian society and institutions. Canada's past is examined from a vast and multicultural perspective.
Canadian Speeches
Texts of speeches on national issues from leaders in every field.
The Coast
An alternative weekly covering the people, passions and politics of Halifax, featuring a comprehensive arts and entertainment listings section for Halifax.
The Commonwealth
Produced by the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan.
CPAC (Cable Parliamentary Channel)
Live coverage of the House of Commons during Question Period, political and party analysis, features and panels about public affairs issues. Funded by Canada's cable companies. Canada's only privately...
Dalhousie Review
History, literature, political science, philosophy, sociology, performing and visual arts.
La Gazette des Femmes
Feminist magazine covering women's issues such as health, politics, economy, education, and violence.
HighGrader Magazine
A voice from the Ontario northland.
Hill Times
News from Parliament.
i channel
Its programs focus on public, social and current affairs. Its programming includes feature length films, documentaries and talk shows.
Inroads
Social, political and economic issues.
Inside Queen's Park
Government Relations & Information Services
Inter Art Actuel
Alternative art forms, methodologies and collectivist strategies that are challenging and redefining the global context of art internationally.
Maclean's
Current Affairs.
Medusa
The magazine of deviant, Left Coast culture.
New Socialist
Committed to working class self-emancipation, internationalism and opposition to all forms of oppression.
Northstar Compass
The latest news and views of the struggles of the Soviet peoples against Putin's capitalist regime and its imperialist backers. It includes English translations from communist and progressive newspape...
Okanagan Life
The best read regional magazine in North America (per capita). Offers articles on the valley's most interesting people, stories, places and ideas.
People's Voice
The latest on the fightback from coast to coast. News the corporate media won't print.
PIC Press
Tabloid-format magazine. Progressive viewpoint of social, political and environmental issues.
Policy Options/Options politiques
Premier public policy magazine.
Queen's Quarterly
Reviews and debates the important events that shape the cultural, political and intellectual life of the country.
Registered Nurse Journal
News and articles relating to the nursing profession.
Socialist Worker
The struggle for global justice and workers' power in Canada and around the world. Tabloid-format magazine.
This Magazine
Canada's alternative magazine of politics and culture. Award-winning writing that takes on orthodoxy on all fronts with wit and attitude. Investigative journalism you can't get anywhere else.
Toronto Life
Entertainment, travel, arts, properties, politics and business.
Vancouver Magazine
Lifestyle magazine. Profiles, news, entertainment, events and features on architecture and design.
Windspeaker
News and events of revelance to Aboriginal people and communities in Canada.


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