Selected Web Links

We have compiled a list of websites which provide useful information for BCTF members and local leaders interested in labour issues and educational theory and practice. Many of our web pages have links to subject specific sites.

Table of Contents

Education Education partners Employers Government & agencies

Labour Legislation School districts, trustees & schools Teacher orgs. & professional assocs.

Education (see also Government and agencies)

• The American Educational Research Association is an international professional organization with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application.
  
• The ERIC database includes full text non-journal documents from 1993 to the present. 
• The Homeroom, British Columbia's history of education website.
• Learning Forward British Columbia - mandate is to ensure that "every educator engages in effective professional learning every day so every student achieves".
• MediaSmarts (formerly the Media Awareness Network) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting digital and media literacy, and providing Canadian-based digital and media literacy resources.
• Public Education Network Society is a non-profit, non-partisan organization promoting the importance of universal, free, accessible public education. Includes the Charter for Public Education.

Education partners

• BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils 
• British Columbia Principals' and Vice-Principals' Association 
• BC Retired Teachers' Association 
• BC School Superintendents Association 
• BC School Trustees Association 

Employers (see also School districts, trustees and schools)

• B.C. Public School Employers' Association, the employers' association for public boards of education and the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique.

Government and agencies

• Government of British Columbia's website provides links to the following key ministries and services:
• B.C. Government Directory 
• Members of the Legislature (MLAs), including email addresses.
• Ministry of Advanced Education 
• Ministry of Children and Family Development  
• Ministry of Education home page contains the following key resources:
• Annual Service Plan Reports  
• Curriculum – K-12 curriculum and learning resources
• DataBC
  
• Funding 
• Legislation and Policy 
• Manual of School Law (includes the School Act)
• Ministry News 
• Open School BC 
• Provincial Reports on K-12 Education 
• School Districts / Contacts 
• Teacher Regulation Branch (formerly the BC College of Teachers)
•  Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology  
•  Employment Standards Branch  
• Government of Canada 
• The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) provides contact information for provincial and territorial departments and ministries responsible for education.
• Employment Insurance
  

Legislation

• BC Laws. Unofficial consolidation of Statutes and Regulations of British Columbia
• Labour Relations Code 
• Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
  
• Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (for BC) includes the legislation and orders and decisions.

School districts, trustees and schools (see also Employers)

• BC School Trustees Association site features policies from BC school districts and a list of school board trustees by district.
• The Canadian Schools Boards Association is the national voice of school boards in Canada. Publications and projects include poverty, youth justice, and social inclusion.
• Map - BC School Districts  

Teacher organizations and professional associations

• Canadian Teachers' Federation 
• BC organizations
• British Columbia Association of School Psychologists 
• British Columbia Principals' and Vice-Principals' Association 
• BC Retired Teachers' Association 
• BC School Superintendents' Association 
• Teacher Qualification Service (British Columbia)  
• Provincial organizations
• Alberta Teachers' Association 
• Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens 
• Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) 
• Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario 
• Fédération des syndicats de l'enseignement (FSE) 
• Manitoba Teachers' Society 
• New Brunswick Teachers' Association 
• Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association 
• Northwest Territories Teachers' Association 
• Nova Scotia Teachers Union 
• Nunavut Teachers' Association 
• Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association 
• Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation 
• Ontario Teachers' Federation 
• Prince Edward Island Teachers' Federation 
• Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers 
• Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation 
• Yukon Teachers' Association  
• International organizations
  • American Federation of Teachers 
  • Education International
    
  • National Education Association (U.S.) 
  • National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom
  • South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU)