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  • Federal Labour Legislation comprised of Acts and Regulations governing the Labour Program - Human Resources Development Canada. Note: spelled "labor" in the U.S.
    http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/topics/lzl-gxr.shtml

  • Labour Standards establishes minimum requirements which must be followed by employers under federal jurisdiction. The purpose of the standards is to ensure that employees work in an environment that is responsive to their needs and concerns. Labour Standards and related policies are developed in consultation with labour, management and government organizations and are administered by Labour Affairs Officers (LAOs) in regional and district offices throughout Canada.
    http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/topics/lxn-gxr.shtml

  • Occupational Safety and Health in federal works, undertakings and businesses is governed by Part II of the Canada Labour Code (CLC). More specifically, the legislation is intended to prevent accidents and injury to health arising out, linked with or occurring in the course of employment.
    http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/topics/oxs-gxr.shtml

  • The iLoveLanguages Page is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. The over 2000 links in the HLP database have been hand-reviewed to bring you the best language links the Web has to offer. Whether you're looking for online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools, or just a little information on a language you've heard about, the HLP probably has something to suit your needs.
    www.june29.com/HLP

  • Language Dictionaries and Translators on the Internet, with links to many other language resources.
    www.word2word.com/dictionary.html

  • AltaVista Translation with Systran allows you to enter text and translate it to and from a variety of languages. You can also use it to translate foreign language web pages.
    http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com

  • Silva Rhetoricae (Forest of Rhetoric) This online rhetoric, provided by Dr. Gideon Burton of Brigham Young University, is a guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric. Sometimes it is difficult to see the forest (the big picture) of rhetoric because of the trees (the hundreds of Greek and Latin terms naming figures of speech, etc.) within rhetoric. This site is intended to help beginners, as well as experts, make sense of rhetoric, both on the small scale (definitions and examples of specific terms) and on the large scale (the purposes of rhetoric, the patterns into which it has fallen historically as it has been taught and practiced for 2000+ years).
    http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm

  • Rhetoric and Composition is intended to list a variety of resources useful to rhetoricians. While many rhetoric and composition pages on the Web are written in conjunction with writing centers or specialize in computer-mediated communication, this page also has links to works of classical rhetoric, articles on literacy and education, and a few miscellaneous but useful things.
    http://eserver.org/rhetoric

  • Writing in Inuktitut: the language of the Inuit (sometimes called Eskimo) people, who inhabit the far northern reaches of the globe. Like Mayan hieroglyphics, their writing uses symbols that represent syllables; unlike Mayan, it also has symbols for consonants, which makes it much easier for those of us who are used to alphabets.
    www.halfmoon.org/inuit.html

  • Mayan Hieroglyphic Writing provides background on the Mayan language and writing system, and step-by-step instructions for writing your name in Mayan glyphs. This site also provides further information on the Maya.
    www.halfmoon.org/writfork.html

  • The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) is a not-for-profit organization initiated by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make primary sources of Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet. CanLII seeks to gather legislative and judicial texts, as well as legal commentaries, from federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions on a single Web site.
    http://www.canlii.org/index.html

  • Legal Aid Ontario provides access to justice throughout Ontario for low-income individuals by providing high quality legal aid services. For more information, check out this web site or contact your local legal aid office:


    DURHAM Legal Aid Office:

    Executive Tower Oshawa Centre
    419 King Street West
    Unit 3512
    Oshawa L1J 2K5
    Telephone: (905) 576-2124
    Fax: (905) 721-1859
    Toll Free: 1-866-595-0563


    Durham Community Legal Clinic:

    Executive Tower Oshawa Centre
    419 King Street West
    Unit 3512
    Oshawa L1J 2K5
    Telephone: (905) 728-7321
    Fax: (905) 728-6362
    Toll Free 1-888-297-2202

    www.legalaid.on.ca

  • The Family Law Centre is a comprehensive Canadian site for family law and divorce issues with a wide range of FAQs, extensive resource directories, cases and comments, and listings of family law lawyers and mediators. The site is easy to read and filled with material for people requiring family law information.
    www.familylawcentre.com

  • Duhaime's Canadian Law Dictionary researched, written in plain language and provided free of charge by lawyer Lloyd Duhaime. An award winner.
    www.duhaime.org/diction.htm

  • Canadian Legal Resources is Canada's the first and leading guide to Canadian legal resources on the Internet.
    www.gahtan.com/cdnlaw

  • Law Society of Upper Canada ...start here for information on the lawyers of Ontario.
    www.lsuc.on.ca/public_en.jsp

  • Legal Information Centre of Ontario provides Ontario-specific legal information.
    http://www.islandnet.com/~wwlia/caonhome.htm

  • Supreme Court of Canada official website.
    www.scc-csc.gc.ca

  • CLEO: Community Legal Information Ontario is a community legal clinic that produces clear language material for people with low incomes. Main topics include social assistance, landlord and tenant law, refugee and immigration law, workers' compensation, women's issues, family law, employment insurance and human rights.
    www.cleo.on.ca

  • Rules of Civil Procedure from the Courts of Justice Act (Ontario).
    http://192.75.156.68/DBLaws/Regs/English/900194a_e.htm

  • Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research provides effective strategies and techniques for Canadian legal research, finding and using secondary sources, finding and analyzing cases, updating your research, legal writing, legal research FAQs. Become proficient in researching Canadian federal and provincial statutes and regulations in print and electronically. Link to information about researching the law of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, European Union, and International Law
    http://legalresearch.org/default.htm

  • Famous Trials provides an in-depth look at many landmark legal battles from the United States, Canada and around the world.
    www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm

  • The Trial of Joan of Arc provides a transcript of the trial translated into English from the original Latin and French documents by W. P. Barrett with an essay on the trial of Jeanne D'arc and dramatis personae, biographical sketches of the trial judges and other persons involved in the maid's career, trial and death by Pierre Champion.
    www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/joanofarc-trial.html

  • Guide to Law Online prepared by the U.S. Law Library of Congress for the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), is an annotated hypertext guide to sources of information worldwide on government and law available online without charge. It includes links only to the most useful and reliable sites for legal information available for each of the world's nations.
    www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html

  • Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario is a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth and adults with learning disabilities. Check here for your local chapter and extensive information on learning disabilities.
    www.ldao.on.ca

  • ADD/ADHD Support is a non-profit orginization here to help support families with bright frustrated children, teens, and adults who are having difficulty in school, in the workplace and/or in social situations caused by ADHD.
    www.addsupport.org

  • ADD FAQ Page is the Attention Deficit Disorder Frequently Asked Questions page. This award winning page is the gateway to a vast amount of resources on ADD including background, treatments, recent news and adult A.D.D. tests.
    http://www3.sympatico.ca/frankk

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the National Institute of Health information page on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
    www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/adhdmenu.cfm

  • Bright Solutions for Dyslexia is a training and consulting firm dedicated to creating effective resources for children and adults with dyslexia by educating the general public, parents, teachers, volunteer tutors, and clinicians on Dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder.
    www.dys-add.com

  • The International Dyslexia Association is an international, non-profit, scientific and educational organization dedicated to the study and treatment of dyslexia. The IDA was first established nearly 50 years ago to continue the pioneering work of Dr. Samuel T. Orton, who was one of the first to identify dyslexia and its remediation. Their web site also features a "for kids only" page.
    http://interdys.org

  • LD Online is an award-winning interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers and children.
    www.ldonline.org

  • Rosemary West's Left-Handed World features information on left-handedness, and links to many other left-handed sites.
    www.rosemarywest.com/left

  • Ajax Public Library Adult Nonfiction is a map of the adult nonfiction collection in Ajax Public Library
    http://www3.sympatico.ca/web21/nf.html

  • Ajax Public Library Junior Nonfiction is a map of the junior nonfiction collection in Ajax Public Library
    http://www3.sympatico.ca/web21/jnf.html

  • Ontario Ministry of Culture Library Site provides Ontario library statistics and information on funding. The Public Libraries Act Frequently Asked Questions are a recent addition and can be found under the legislation section. Initiatives that assist and recognize library professionals can be found under the events, awards and certificates section. Information from other ministries, links to Library Associations, a list of public library Web sites and other resources for libraries can be found under the library links section.
    www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/culdiv/library/index.html

  • Durham Region Public Libraries Online provides quick access to the home pages and online catalogues of the Durham Region Public Libraries: Ajax, Clarington, Oshawa, Pickering, Scugog, Uxbridge, and Whitby.
    http://vnet.websitegalaxy.com/libraries.html

  • Canadian Library Gateway (National Library of Canada) provides a centralized window to Canadian libraries of all types and sizes. Through this site you can find information on and link to: www.nlc-bnc.ca/gatepasse

  • The Virtual Reference Library of the Toronto Reference Library offers career and job search information, historic Toronto street directories, old council meeting minutes and science sites.
    www.virtualreferencelibrary.ca

  • National Library of Canada is a federal institution located in Ottawa, established by Parliament in 1953, whose main role is to acquire, preserve and promote the published heritage of Canada for all Canadians, both now and in the years to come. The Library serves as one of the nation's foremost centres for research in Canadian Studies and as a showcase for Canadian literature and music.
    www.nlc-bnc.ca/ehome.htm

  • The Canadian Library Index of Canadian Library Home Pages and online catalogues.
    www.lights.com/canlib

  • The Ontario Library Service (OLS) provides information on the libraries of Ontario, as well as links to relevant information resources from around the world.
    www.library.on.ca

  • Ontario Library Search allows you to search a database of Ontario libraries by author, title, subject, keyword or ISBN number. Most Ontario libraries provide an interloan service for requesting books from other libraries.
    http://info.vdxhost.com/en/vdx/

  • Toronto Reference Library website provides information on the library as well as an on-line catalogue of available materials.
    www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/hou_az_trl.jsp

  • The Library of Congress provides resources for researchers and information professionals. These include the online catalog of the Library of Congress and other libraries, databases on special topics, and other Library of Congress Internet resources.
    http://lcweb.loc.gov

  • LibrarySpot brings all the best library and reference sites together in one user-friendly spot. Organized into intuitive categories for easy navigation, this gateway to more than 5,000 online libraries offers a wealth of high-utility reference links to top-notch sites for encyclopedias, quotations, maps, statistics and more.
    http://libraryspot.com

  • Morton Grove Public Library Webrary consists of links to the most useful reference and informational web sites, organized by subject according to Dewey Decimal System call numbers. A Kid's version of the webrary can also be found here.
    www.webrary.org/ref/weblinksmenu.html

  • Digital Librarian: a librarian's choice of the best of the web.
    www.digital-librarian.com

  • BUBL: Information Service provides free user-friendly access to selected Internet resources covering all subject areas, with a special focus on library and information science. A service of the Centre for Digital Library Research, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland.
    http://bubl.ac.uk

  • School Library Journal Online is the web companion to the top print resource for librarians who work with children and young adults! Inside you'll find a wealth of regularly updated information and ideas to help librarians on the job.
    www.slj.com

  • The Best Information on the Net as chosen by librarians at O'Keefe Library, St. Ambrose University. An award-winning site previously known as "Where the Wild Things Are".
    http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo

  • Internet Library for Librarians is a portal designed for librarians to locate Internet resources related to their profession. Internet Library for Librarians provides links to more than 3,000 resources. All the resources are recommended, selected, and reviewed by librarians. Each entry has a full description of the goals and /or scope of the resource, as well as the contact information if provided.
    http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/

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