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10 Apr

Live blog of the Atkinson 2013 lecture: Toronto Star’s Michelle Shephard on reporting about security

<p><strong>By Gavin Adamson</strong></p><p>The Toronto Star’s national securities reporter says she receives more transparent information around security and defense from foreign governments than she does from her own.</p><p>“I've had greater disclosure from Somalia, Yemen and the U.S. than Ottawa,” said Michelle Shephard, who spoke at Ryerson University about her 12 years of national securities coverage for the Star. "I find it really frustrating.”</p>

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25 Jun

New project tracks reports released by government

An online project for journalists that tracks and links to government and NGO reports in Canada, which launched in April, now has more than 170 entries. Reports Canada, a blog […]

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3 Jul

IRE’s Beat Source Guide

Created by Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. This site provides access to reporter contacts, links, and resources searchable by beat.

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13 Apr

Iraq War Pathfinder

MULTIPLE ISSUE SITES New York Times: Reach of War World Specialhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iraq/index.html After decades of service, The New York Times is still the United State’s preeminent ‘paper of record’ making, simply […]

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21 Mar

Guide to the United Nation’s website and resources

Social Science Libraries and Information Services at Yale University has developed this site, which guides you through the enormous amount of information available from the UN. The site helps you […]

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8 Feb

Researching world languages

Ethnologue.com offers a wide range of resources for research about the languages of the world. Their bibliography contains references to more than 13,000 books, scholarly journals, books, dissertations and academic […]

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7 Feb

International education in and outside of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada’s website for “culture, education and youth” offers information about studies in Canada for foreign students, as well as information for Canadians who want to […]

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1 Feb

“Country Briefings”

Profiles for each country’s economical, political and financial structure as well as other general topics and factsheets. The Economist provides links to some relevant websites from each country, and recent […]

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31 Jan

Babel Fish: free translation of text and web sites

Babel Fish translates words, sentences, blocks of text, and websites. The tool translates from Chinese, English, Dutch, French, German, Greek and Italian into various languages.

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16 Jan

Immigration pathfinder

HISTORY http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/legacy/chap-2.html#chap2-1 This site provides a history of immigration in Canada from the first wave of European immigrants to immigration of several ethnic groups to the present day immigration. It […]

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