Web Search Guide Canada

Virtual Journey: An addition to

Virtual Journey: An addition to Canada's Digital Collection, Virtual Journey "is a record of the journeys undertaken by Duncan Campbell Scott and his party in 1905 and 1906 to offer Treaty Nine to the Ojibway and Cree people." http://collections.ic.gc.ca/treatynine/

Sympatico sweeps Canada: Sympatico has

Sympatico sweeps Canada: Sympatico has city sites in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver. Now people in those cities can vote for Best Of.
Sympatico.ca starts 'Best Of' competition Globe and Mail (OCt 30, 2002)

SchoolNet: Classrooms creating Web sites

SchoolNet: Classrooms creating Web sites By Christine Walewski Canada Computes (Oct 23/2002)

"The SchoolNet GrassRoots program works to integrate technology into classrooms in Canada. Launched by Industry Canada in 1996, the program encourages teachers to lead their students in the planning and creation of a curriculum-based Web site."

"Over 28,000 classroom GrassRoots projects nationally have been completed to date with over 600 completed in Ontario last year."

Atlas of Canada: The Atlas

Atlas of Canada: The Atlas of Canada has been redesigned and enlarged. New since June are maps about Aboriginal population, electric power generating stations, and a geographical portal for climate change.The Atlas itself has "A brand new look and feel and organization to our site making it easier to navigate and find what you are looking for. " Not to be missed -- http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/index.html

Civil Engineering: Another addition to

Civil Engineering: Another addition to Canada's Digital Collection - this time to mark "Canadian Civil Engineering History & Heritage". "The launch was part of the celebrations marking the presentation of Canada's National History Society's Pierre Berton Award to the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering for its efforts to bring history to a wider audience."

Historic Web Site Celebrates Civil Engineering's Role in Building Canada Press Release (Oct 22, 2002)

Web site is at http://collections.ic.gc.ca/civileng/eng/

NETStuff: Here's a Canadian site

NETStuff: Here's a Canadian site that monitors net stuff for Canadians. It comes from monitor.ca. Newsletters are listed at http://www.monitor.ca/monitor/newslink.html.

CBC Archives: The CBC has

CBC Archives: The CBC has put up clips of some radio and TV programs from the past 60 years at archives.cbc.ca. It's easiest to review the holdings by browsing Topics. There are stories about people, the arts, war, politics, life and society, disasters, science, and sports. Among disasters are Hurricane Hazel, Saguenay Flood, Ice Storm, and Springhill Coal Mines. Not the Red River Flood - strangely - but CBC will be adding more each month to the archive.

The web site was launched last spring - 2002. From "A Vision for the Archives Online -- "The CBC/Radio-Canada Digital Archive Web site project was founded on three principles - to inform, to enlighten and to educate Canadians about their past. Though its primary audience will be college and high school students, it's designed and built with every Canadian in mind. With luck, everyone who visits will enjoy its unique perspective on Canada's history and the history of the CBC."

Women: National Library of Canada

Women: National Library of Canada is celebrating Women's History Month (there is one?) by putting up the biographies of 23 Canadian women who are well known as artists. Kenojuak Ashevak, Paraskeva Clark, Emily Carr, Joyce Wieland - and more. Bios are brief, have a couple of photos, and some suggested readings. These are at the web site for Celebrating Women's Achievements. Other themes are Sport, Activism, Books, Science, Politics, Librarianship, Society / Music / Literature. See http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/women/index-e.html