Online Resources - General Resources

October 17, 2011
From PeacockPoverty: PeacockPoverty is a collection of individuals with an experience of poverty who join together to share knowledge, strength, talent and wisdom with each other and our friends....
Keywords: Blogs, Homelessness, Human Rights, Media, Organizing, Poverty Research, Unemployment, Welfare, General resources, Multimedia, All of Canada, International
June 13, 2011
Legal Services Society Aboriginal section is dedicated to issues important to Aboriginal people. It provides legal information and resources, and community news. It also links to people who can help...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Legal Assistance, British Columbia, General resources, Manuals and guides, Research and education
June 1, 2011
Nunatsiaq News is an English-Inuktitut weekly newspaper that has served the people of [Nunavut] and the Nunavik region of Arctic Quebec since 1973.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, General resources, Nunavut
June 1, 2011
National Homelessness Conference, Growing Home: Housing and Homelessness in Canada, the second national conference on homelessness, was held in Calgary, Alberta from February 18 to 20, 2009.
Keywords: Homelessness, General resources, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
Take Back the Land is an activist group out of Miami that asserts their right to the land in their communities and the use of public space for the public good- specifically, to house, feed and...
Keywords: Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, Housing, General resources, United States
June 1, 2011
Megaphone is a magazine sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors. Vendors buy the paper for 50 cents and sell the magazine to customers by donation. All money from the...
Keywords: Homelessness, Media, British Columbia, General resources
June 1, 2011
Homeless People & Homelessness is an international website about homelessness with a homeless newsfeed that links to stories from 4,500+ news sources.
Keywords: Homelessness, General resources, International
June 1, 2011
Ontario's Office of the Worker Advisor has a large list of Workers' Compensation Boards, Health and Safety Associations, Resources for People with Disabilities, Worker Adviser and more from across...
Keywords: Workers' Rights, General resources, Ontario, All of Canada
June 1, 2011
Poor No More is a new documentary that will take poor Canadians on a journey to see first-hand what is being done here and in other countries to reduce and eliminate poverty. The film and the website...
Keywords: Art and Culture, Media, General resources, Multimedia, All of Canada, International
June 1, 2011
Victoria Street Newz is an alternative independent media site and street newsper out of Victoria that focuses on the root causes and effects of poverty, homelessness, and environmental degradation.
Keywords: Homelessness, Media, British Columbia, General resources
June 1, 2011
Technorati is a blog search engine. You can use it like Google to find blogs.
Keywords: Blogs, Media, Technology, General resources, International
May 30, 2011
Real Change is a street newspaper, an advocacy group, a Homeless Speakers Bureau, and literary program out of Seattle. They aim to build bridges among the poor, homeless and the greater community,...
Keywords: Homelessness, Media, Organizing, Panhandling, General resources, United States
May 30, 2011
Beyond Chron, the Voice of the Rest, is an alternative online daily published by the San Francisco-based Tenderloin Housing Clinic.
Keywords: Media, General resources, United States
May 30, 2011
Prisonjustice.ca is a website with resources, links, articles, news in support of prisoners and prison justice activism in Canada.
Keywords: Organizing, Prisoners' Rights, General resources, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Homeless Nation, a website created for and by homeless people in Canada hosts blogs for people living in poverty. You can read other blogs or sign up and get your own blog.
Keywords: Blogs, Homelessness, Media, General resources, United States
May 30, 2011
A new HRSDC website, Indicators of Well-being in Canada presents comprehensive, up-to-date information on the well-being of Canadians and Canadian society, including Homeless Shelters and Beds, Low...
Keywords: Homelessness, Poverty Research, Welfare, General resources, Government information, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Between the Lines is a syndicated, half-hour program broadcast from Connecticut, US that provides a platform for individuals and spokespersons from progressive organizations generally ignored or...
Keywords: Media, General resources, United States
May 30, 2011
The Other Side is a radio show out of Hamiliton, Ontario which highlights poverty and social justice issues. You can listen to the show online on 93.3 CFMU-FM.
Keywords: Media, General resources, Ontario, Multimedia
May 30, 2011
Redwire Native Youth Media Society is a media and arts organization dedicated to Native youth expression.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Media, British Columbia, General resources
May 30, 2011
Poor News Network is a multi-media access project of POOR Magazine out of California, that is dedicated to reframing the news, issues and solutions from low and no income communities, as well as...
Keywords: Media, Poverty Research, General resources, United States
May 30, 2011
Think NDN is a weekly hour-long radio show on Co-op radio in Vancouver for and by Vancouver's Aboriginal community. Archives of the show are available at Coop Radio's website.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Art and Culture, Media, British Columbia, General resources
May 30, 2011
First Nations and Land Rights and Environmentalism in BC.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, British Columbia, General resources
May 30, 2011
Making the Links Radio is committed to reporting on international and local issues in a way that is informative, in-depth and offers coverage not normally found in the mainstream media. It broadcasts...
Keywords: Media, General resources, Saskatchewan
May 30, 2011
This is the BC government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: British Columbia, General resources, Government information
May 30, 2011
This is the Northwest Territories government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: Northwest Territories, General resources, Government information
May 30, 2011
This is the New Brunswick government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: New Brunswick, General resources, Government information
May 30, 2011
This is the Alberta government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: Alberta, General resources, Government information
May 30, 2011
This is the Saskatchewan government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: General resources, Government information, Saskatchewan
May 30, 2011
This is the Nova Scotia government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: General resources, Nova Scotia, Government information
May 30, 2011
This is the Manitoba government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: Manitoba, General resources, Government information
May 30, 2011
This is the Ontario government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: General resources, Government information, Ontario
May 30, 2011
This is the Quebec government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: General resources, Government information, Québec
May 30, 2011
This is the Prince Edward Island government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: General resources, Government information, Prince Edward Island
May 30, 2011
This is the Newfoundland and Labrador government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: Newfoundland, General resources, Government information
May 30, 2011
This is the Yukon government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: General resources, Government information, Yukon
May 30, 2011
This is the Nunavut government website. From this site you can link to ministry web pages and government laws and regulations.
Keywords: General resources, Government information, Nunavut
May 30, 2011
This comprehensive site is based in Manitoba and has links to hundreds of sites of interest to seniors.
Keywords: Seniors and Elders, Manitoba, General resources
May 30, 2011
This website includes an online data base of reported and unreported Canadian human rights decisions and links to related human rights sites.
Keywords: Human Rights, Media, British Columbia, General resources, All of Canada
May 30, 2011
Mostly Water is a selection of Canadian and International social justice news.
Keywords: Media, General resources, All of Canada, International
May 30, 2011
The Dominion Paper is "Canada's Grassroots Paper" covering issues across Canada and internationally.
Keywords: Media, General resources, All of Canada