Read the story from the Globe and Mail. On Sept. 29, 2009, the BC Government issued an Information Bulletin on the H1N1 virus and the BC Ministry of Health also has a H1N1 website.
Author: Susan Paterson
Read the Tyee story about the slashed cuts in Arts funding. Actress Kim Cattrall also spoke out about cuts to arts funding – read the story from the Vancouver Sun.
Read the story from the Globe and Mail here. Also Carole James meets with business leaders about the HST from Globe and Mail.
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BC’s HST
The 208 page report was released Tuesday and was sponsored by the UN Development Program. The report written by more than 100 independent intellectuals and scholars from Arab countries discusses the challenges to human security in the Arab countries.
You can find the entire report here
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World Bank e-Library Trial
UBC has a trial to the World Bank e-Library and a few other of their databases until the end of August.
You can access the trial page here
World Bank e-Library: An electronic portal to the World Bank’s full-text collection of books, journals, working papers and other documents on social and economic development. It is the most comprehensive collection in the area and brings together a fully indexed and cross-searchable database of thousands of World Bank publications.
Africa Development Indicators Online: Provides the most comprehensive collection of data on the African economy. It contains data for over 1,400 indicators and time series from 1965 for 53 coutnries. Data include social, economic, financial, natural resources, infrastructure, governance, partnership, and enviornmental indicators.
Global Development Finance: The World’s Bank annual assessment of global financial conditions facing emerging markets. Offers external debt and financial flow data for 129 countries that report public and publicly guaranteed debt to the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System. Time series includes over 200 indicators from 1970-2017.
Global Economic Monitor (GEM): Features up-to-date analysis of global economic conditions, including a daily brief and event-driven focus reports.
The United Nations has just released the 2009 World Drug Report and has named Canada, particularly the West Coast as a major producer and exporter of ecstasy and methamphetamine. See the full report here.
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Labour, today tabled the 21st Annual Report on the Employment Equity Act in the House of Commons.
“The report examines the hiring, retention and promotion of the four groups designated under the legislation: women, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities. The findings in the report, which analyzes 2007 data, indicate that improvements have been made in the representation of Aboriginal peoples and members of visible minorities, and that efforts must continue in order to increase the representation levels of women and persons with disabilities in the workforce. ”
You can read the full report at labour.gc.ca