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2010 Olympics Research Resources

Now seems like a good time to look at government sources of information regarding the upcoming winter Olympics.  There is an impressive array of information freely available on the web from government sites: reports, contracts, statistics, financial accounts, media releases etc.

2010 Winter Games Secretariat:  From the BC government this site is a rich source of BC Government press releases, reports, business plans/budgets and contribution agreements between government(s) and venue providers!

  • Hover over about us to click on the reports and publications link – which will bring up contribution agreements as well as reports

    • Note, reports include Pricewaterhouse Coopers reports on the expected economic and social benefits of hosting the games
    Latest news releases are available on the homepage or you can take a look at the entire archive of releases here.

Vanoc’s site also has some interesting reports:

Canada2010 is the federal government’s Olympics website.  You can find:

You can also check out the media room on the city of Vancouver site – with links to news releases and quick facts/backgrounders

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Atlas of Canada: 2010 Winter Olympics

The online Atlas of Canada from Natural Resources Canada has recently added a theme page covering the upcoming 2010 Olympic games.

“In advance of the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Atlas of Canada is pleased to provide to the public a special series of maps on the following themes.

The maps in the 2010 Winter Olympics series include:

  • the general physical activity of Canadians by health region
  • the sports participation rates of Canadians in downhill skiing, ice hockey and ice skating
  • the place of birth of past Winter Olympic medallists and when known, new Winter Olympic and Paralympic medalists
  • geography of the Vancouver region showing the population, climate, physical environment and economy of the region”

Maps come with extensive documentation explaining various map features.  The site also includes articles on Olympic medalists, winter sports, the geography of the Vancouver games region and physical activity.

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Acts of the Parliament of Canada

Students, faculty and staff at UBC Library now have online access to the session laws of the Acts of the Parliament of Canada – 1926 – 2007 via the subscription database HeinOnline.  Print copies are also available – covering the years 1867 – 2007 at call number KG16 .A25

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Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)

Well it turns out that we have a national cryptologic agency and it has quite an interesting website.

First, what does the agency do? CSEC  provides “the Government of Canada with two key services: foreign signals intelligence in support of defence and foreign policy,  and the protection of electronic information and communication.”

Website Features: provides links to the full text of various related acts & policies including the Anti-Terrorism Act, the National Security Policy and the Privacy Act.  Provides extensive background information on Canada’s policies on national and governmental security as well as national privacy policy.   Also provides access to Government of Canada IT Security Publications: alerts, bulletins, directives, guidance, threat assessments and reports.

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UN names Canada as major producer of “Party Drugs”

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.

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Canada Gazette – Digitization project

This isn’t exactly news, since this project began in 2007, but it was news to me!  According to a statement on the Gazette website “the Canada Gazette Directorate is working in partnership with LAC to digitize all issues dating from 1841 to 1997, so as to make them accessible to the public.”

The project is slated to be completed at the end of 2009, so not all the issues from this time range are available yet.  When the website was launched in May 2008,  only 30% of the collection had been digitized.  Presumably at this late date, the project is much further along….  In any event, the collection digitized thus far is available for keyword searching at: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/canada-gazette/index-e.html

Issues from 1997 to present are available on the Canada Gazette website at: http://www.gazette.gc.ca/index-eng.html

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Crushing Statistics – StatsCan

Hmmm… let’s file this under “learn something new.” I must admit when I read this headline in StatsCan’s  The Daily, I was expecting to read an abstract about workplace safety or to find some sort of accident statistics table at the very least.  Not so.  Crushing in this circumstance refers to the amount of oilseeds crushed by canola producers in Canada – 320,201 metric tonnes in May 2009.

This oilseed data appears in the free monthly publication, Cereals and Oilseeds Review (22-007-X) along with “grain marketing data and commentary on the major Canadian grains and their products, exports and imports, cash and futures prices and domestic use data.  A monthly situation report provides industry highlights. Each issue is an up-to-date source of information for grain analysts, traders, agri-business and the farm community”   Note, the Review is usually available 2 months after its issue date. 

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2008 Employment Equity Act Annual Report released

 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

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