CLUETRAIN
This web-site should be mandatory for anyone involved in public communications.
Be sure to read the manifesto "95 Theses" |
COMMUNITY WEB
Advertised as "Canada's online home for social change" these folks continue to provide an infrastructure for Canada's
social activists. |
Low Income Families Together
LIFT started as an outreach
to lower income families in the Metro Toronto to provide them with
a political voice. |
Corporate Watch
Provides news, analysis, research tools and action resources for activists to challenge to the global corporate agenda. |
Capital Research Center
was established to study
non-profit organizations, with special focus on reviving American traditions
charity, philanthropy, & voluntarism. |
POLICY.COM
They
bill themselves as, "the Web's most comprehensive public policy
resource and community". Policy.com is non-partisan and free |
Assoc. for Public Policy Analysis and
Management
Cdn. site for excellence in research, teaching, and practice in
the field of public policy analysis and management. |
Envirolink
Envirolink
exists solely to act as a clearinghouse on the Internet for the
environmental community, which is incredibly diverse in its views. |
STRATEGIS
Strategis is a great government reference site for Cdn. business and consumer info. |
CANADA
NEWSWIRE
THE site for Cdn. new releases |
The Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
A broad-based group of
organizations, spanning the social, environmental, economic, and
political spectrums |
Electric Library Canada
Cdn. media search engine for a fee. |
Citizens United
is a US-based conservative lobbying network. of limited government, free enterprise,
strong families and sovereignty & national security |
The Hudson Institute
Research organization dedicated to thinking
about the future from a contrarian point of view. |
ADVOCACY
INSTITUTE
A global organization dedicated to
strengthening the capacity of political, social and economic justice
advocates to influence and change public policy. |
I-95
Corridor Coalition
is a partnership of the major public
and private transportation agencies serving the Northeast Corridor of
the United States from Maine to Virginia. |
Friends of the Earth
Canadian environmental
organization is an excellent example of how to maintain stakeholders with limited resources. |
The Brookings Institution
functions as an independent analyst and
critic, committed to publishing its findings for the information of the
public. |
Turn Left Liberalism
This is a neat little site which proclaims the many virtues of the
Liberal philosophy - American style. The site started as a reaction to
the election of the Republican congress |
The Cato Institute
Understanding
of public policies based on limited government, free
markets, individual liberty and peace. |
The Fraser Institute
Canada's very own conservative think tank. Programs, reports, media
packages and generally an oasis for Canadian conservatives |
Labour Watch
If you are a corporate suit, keep your eye on these folks. Moving
beyond the street, these folks take their cause to the boardroom and
the floor of the annual shareholders meeting. |
FAST
COMPANY
New economy magazine/web-site
tools,
techniques, and tactics for work and life. |
The
Intellectual Activist
Monthly magazine examines current
cultural and political events. K kindred spirit for those who
buy Rand's view of man as " heroic being". |
Boston College - Corporate
Community Relations
Provides research, executive education, consultation and convening's
on issues of corporate citizenship |
BOURQUE
NEWSWATCH
Internet news site of choice for most Cdn. public policy watchers. |
Canadian
Business For Social Responsibility
CBSR promotes responsible
business policies and practices that benefit society, our economy, and
our environment. |
Social
and Ethical Reporting Clearinghouse
A site for managing companies in increasingly
complex situations where social and environmental issues are significant
in securing business success. |
The
Preservation Institute
Interesting site dedicated to developing a new politics
that recognizes the limits of technology. |
GREENSPIRATION!
If you don't know about Tooker
Gomberg, he was one of the more innovative political
activists in years. |
TECHNOLOGY
IN GOVERNMENT
Like the title says, this Cdn. site has the goods AND you can get a years
free subscription. |
ADBUSTERS
MAGAZINE
Adbusters is a not-for-profit site/magazine about the erosion of our
physical and cultural environments by commercial forces. |
GOOD MONEY
For those interested in socially and environmentally
responsible investing, consuming and business practices. |
STAKEHOLDER ALLIANCE
Objective to make corporations publicly
accountable through comprehensive public disclosure, for their actions. |
townhall.com
Interactive
community of conservative organizations, congressional staff,
and political activists under the umbrella of "conservative"
thoughts |
ontario nature
Ontario Nature protects and restores natural habitats through
research, education and conservation, connecting thousands of
individuals and communities with nature. |
FINDPOLITICS.COM
A Cdn. web site for political links. |
CDN.
MGAZINE PUBLISHERS Association
This site has links for over 200
Cdn. Magazines |
Corporate
Governance
Corporate Governance site has news,
internet links, and a small reference library. |
CDN.
GOV'T PHONE DIRECTORY
Your
gateway to getting phone numbers for federal personnel. |
ONTARIO
E-GOVERNMENT
e-government section of CIO's
(Chief Information Officer) web-site. Great site for those interested in
Information Technology |
CHIEF
INFORMATION OFFICE
Ontario government's CIO. Updates on the approach Ontario is making in
using technology to transforming how government operates. |
The
Activist Center
Provides information on
political processes and activism skills. Good site for
understanding pro-choice tactics. |
Labourstart
Labourstart is emerging as one of the best gateways to
labour sites and information around the globe - including Canada. |
Responsive
Politics CENTRE
A non-partisan, non-profit research group tracks money in politics, and
its effect on elections and public policy. |
MEGASOURCES
This site is the grand daddy of Canadian links sites. |
TELEPORT.COM
Creates collaborative and cooperative processes to address
problems of economic inequality. |
Netivation.com
provides products and services in two of the Web's
fastest-growing areas: public policy/politics and healthcare. |
KPMG
- Canada
Government budgets, corporate
surveys, taxation - this Canadian site with an international window
has information you can't find anywhere else. |
Corporate Stakeholder Relations Program
U Ottawa site about academic stakeholder relations course. |
SUSTAINABLE
ENERGY & ECONOMY NETWORK
Dedicated to advancing human, economic, and
environmental rights; meeting the energy needs of the poorest; and
greening international investments |
David
Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
For Anti-poaching and the Elephant Cause.
Please take a moment to educate yourself on what is going on. |
PROACTIVIST.COM
Nice window on the world of activism,
protest, writing and photography. |
International Development
Research Centre
A public corporation created by the
Cdn. government to help communities in the developing world find solutions
to social, economic, and environmental problems. |
McSpotlight
Anything you could possibly want to know about McDonald's or the McLibel
Trial - the infamous British court case between McDonald's and activists |
COMMUNITECH
Communitech represents the interests of the technology
industry within Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener and Waterloo. |
CANADA'S
LOBBYIST REGISTRATION
Check out who's lobbying for what to whom. |
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