Resources for Course Assignments

Columbia College Library

 

ENGLISH 100

Winter 2012

(Maher)

 
  Please consult other sources. Do not rely solely on these Internet sites.

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● Stop Bullying (Public Safety, Canada)

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 Pink shirt day
● Roots of Empathy
● Stop bullying (U.S.)
● Stop a bully (Study by UBC of students in Grades 8-10)

● OLWEUS Bullying Prevention Program (Colorado)
● Canadian Safe Schools
● Bullying (National Crime Prevention Council)
● New Jersey anti-bullying law  
   

  More sites    .......................

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 From words to weapons: "Bullying" in Canada

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 Bullying in the workplace

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 Workplace bullying: How to handle it

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 Examples of bullying
● What is cyberbullying?
● Saskatchewan's workplace bullying legislation now in effect
● Cyberbullying Research Summary: trends in adolescent online social networking
● Cyberbullying: Fast facts and school strategies (type bullying in search box)
● Does bullying really do harm to children?
● Bullying, school violence and youth crime
● Anti-bullying policies

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 Dealing with bullying

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 Challenging cyberbullying

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 Fight fire with fire

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 Call it safe

 

 

 ENG 100

 
 Smith
 Winter 2012
 
Here are some additional sources.......

 

● Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  
● Ford Foundation
● Andrew Mellon Foundation
● Andrew Carnegie, Philanthropist  
● The 25 Best Givers (Barron's Ranking) __________________
● Philanthropy (C. Zimmer, Grand Valley State University) LIBRARY         CATALOGUE
● Reasons for Charitable Giving (Cambridge Foundation)
● What motivates high net worth households to give (see pg. 13) __________________
● Statistics on Giving : Canada, United States, International (Leave a legacy)
● Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians (Statistics Canada)
● Charitable giving (Statistics Canada)
     

 

 

 

 

 ENG 100
 
 Theme:  Cell phone use while driving
   

(Smith)

        

  Here are some links which you will find useful for your assignment. You  should  NOT rely solely on these resources.  
  Check the Library Catalogue as well as the electronic resources  
  available under REFERENCE DATABASES on the Library website.  
   
   
   
Dangers Cell Phones and Driving (Insurance Information Institute)
Dangers   Unsafe Driving in the Cell Phone Era
Dangers   Driving and Dialing (CBC News)
Legality   Cell Phones & Driving: Questions & Answers (Transport Canada)
Legality   Cellphone laws (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
Legality   Cell Phone ban (Countries)
Survey   Observational Survey of Cell Phone use by Drivers of Light Duty Vehicles              ( Transport Canada)
Study   Listening to Cell Phones Significantly Impairs Drivers (Carnegie Mellon University)
Poll/Survey   British Columbians Support a Cell Phone Ban for Drivers (Ipsos Poll)
Poll/Survey   Canadians Keen on Banning Drivers from using hand held cell phones (Angus Reid)
     
     

 

 

 ENG 100
  Theme : Animal Rights

Lavery

Do not rely solely on these resources. Check out the library catalogue for books & also the electronic databases available from the LIBRARY WEBSITE

 

  

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 Animal rights (BBC)
 

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 Australian Association for Humane Research
 

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 PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

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 Animals in Research (Humane Society of the U.S.)

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 American Anti-Vivisection Society

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 European Coalition to End Animal Experiments

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 Animal Experimentation: ethics (BBC)
 

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 Vivisection- Frequently asked questions (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection)
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 ENG 100
 Theme:  Multiculturalism
 

(Mercer)

  
 Here are some links which you will find useful for your assignment. You  should  NOT rely solely on these resources.  
 Check the Library Catalogue as well as the electronic resources  
 available under REFERENCE DATABASES on the Library website.  
 
●  Canadian Multiculturalism: An inclusive Citizenship
●  Cultural Diversity: A Canadian Perspective
●  The Evolution of Australia's Multicultural Policy
 
 

 

ENG 100
Poverty and Aids in Africa

 (Cabrita)

 The links below deal with Poverty and AIDS in Africa.  
You can also use the websites for ENG 101 above
 
●  The vicious circle of Aids and Poverty ( David Loyn, British Broadcasting Corporation)
●  Africa: Breaking the Circle (Earth report, Television Trust for the Environment)
●  HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Africa (Friends of Africa)
● The Lack of Funding for HIV/AIDS...(Stephen Lewis, Global Policy Forum)
●  Aids Epidemic Update (United Nations)
●  DATA (Aids/Poverty founded by Bono)
●  HIV and AIDS in Africa  (AVERT - International Aids Charity Organization)
●  Aids and Africa (founded by Kwame Kuadey)
   
   

ENG 100
 Indian Residential Schools

 (Mayer)

  Don't restrict yourself to these links. Use books and online electronic resources as well.
 
®  Indian Residential Schools in Canada - Historical Chronology
®  The Residential School system - Backgrounder ( Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada)
®  Indian Residential Schools Resolution.Canada
®  Healing the Past - Department of Justice- Canada
® Squaring the circle: How Canada is dealing with the Legacy of its Indian Residential Schools

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 Assembly of First Nations Report on Canada's Dispute Resolution Plan to Compensate for Abuses in Indian Residential Schools
   
   
   

 ENG 100
 Theme:  Poverty and Homelessness
 

(Smith)

  
 Here are some links which you will find useful for your assignment. You  should  NOT rely solely on these resources.  
 Check the Library Catalogue as well as the electronic resources  
 available under REFERENCE DATABASES on the Library web page.  
 
●  National Anti-Poverty Organization
●  Homelessness in Canada (Intraspec)
●  Poverty Net (Also type in "homeless" in search box on top right)
●  On our streets and in our shelters (2005 Greater Vancouver homeless count;   Social Planning and Research Council of B.C.) HARD COPY ALSO AVAILABLE.
●  Homelessness (Library of Parliament) HARD COPY ALSO AVAILABLE
●  Homelessness in Canada (Connie Hargrave, Share International)
●  National Homelessness Initiative: working together (Government of Canada)
●  Homeless - statistics