Web Resources
The following Internet resources have been arranged by subject for your convenience.
Subject Index
- Canada Business: Government Services for Entrepreneurs - Information for entrepreneurs about government programs, services and regulations on starting and operating a business.
- Service Ontario - A new government online service providing information for your business from start to finish.
- Strategis - This federal government site for Industry Canada provides links to business information throughout Canada.
- Statistics Canada - Statistics Canada is the country’s national agency, which provides statistical information including demographics.
- Ontario Stats - Statistical data about Ontario including labour markets, business and economics, tourism, high technology and communities.
Business, Local Contacts:
- Town of Ajax, First for Business - Click on the Business tab.
- Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade - The voice of the business communities of Ajax and Pickering. Membership covers the full spectrum of local enterprise - small and medium-sized businesses, local branches and plants of large corporations, professional firms, and financial institutions.
- Business Advisory Centre Durham - Provides free access to information and consulting for start-up businesses. The Centre’s extensive in-house library offers business start-ups access to key information critical to planning their business. An on-site business registration station helps to facilitate the start-up process.
- Durham Contact Business Exchange - DCBE is a group of Durham Region business owners who meet weekly to exchange information and promote business.
- Durham Home and Small Business Association - Provides monthly meetings for members for the exchange of information and promotion of business in Durham Region. The association also hosts events and publishes a newsletter focused on this important sector of the economy.
- Durham Region Manufacturers Association - Fosters the growth and prosperity of manufacturers in Durham Region. This website provides information about the programs and services offered to local manufacturers and outlines DRMA events.
- TumbleBookLibrary - Offers free children's ebooks read aloud or on screen. Games and other word activities help aid in learning to read. Longer Junior novels for older children are included and multilingual childrens books.
- The Story Place - StoryPlace, an interactive web site, provides children with the virtual experience of going to the library and participating in the same types of activities the library offers.
- CBC Kids Games - Games and Activities related to shows on CBC. Featuring many sports games.
- Disney Online - Site devoted to all things Disney. Games, Activities, Shows, Movies and characters.
- Nickelodeon Games - Nickelodeon Games site featuring games and activities related to the network.
- Nick Junior - Nickelodeon Games site for younger kids featuring games and activities related to the network.
- Reading Rainbow - Site dedicated to the long running TV show featuring books reviews and games.
- Scholastic Games - Scholastic Games has games from the publisher Scholastic. Site features a huge selection of games related to characters and books. Quizzes and Contests appear often.
- Treehouse for Kids - From Corus entertainment brings a site for the younger kids based on the television station Treehouse.
- Virtual Museum of Canada Fun and Games - The Virtual Museum of Canada celebrates the stories and treasures that have come to define Canada over the centuries. Here you will find innovative multimedia content that educates, inspires and fascinates
- Durham LINC - Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada, or LINC, is a program funded by the federal government, which offers free language training across the country for permanent residents.
- InformDurham - From the United Way offers a search for Organizations local to Durham Region.
- Region of Durham - Region of Durham site with information on all services the region offers. Featuring a large section on Health issues and Policing.
- Toronto.com - Events, Attractions, Movies, Restaurants, Bars, Clubs, Hotels and Shopping in the GTA.
- American Universities - Index of all American universities ability to search by subject, school or location.
- Canadian Colleges - Index of all Canadian Colleges linking to each school and their course calendars. Ability to search by subject, school or location.
- Canadian University Calendars - Index of all Canadian universities linking to each school and their course calendars. Ability to search by subject, school or location.
- Common University Data Ontario - Ontario’s 18 universities and the Ontario College of Art & Design have worked together to develop and compile data to create CUDO – an online tool for students, parents and the public.
- Durham Catholic District School Board - Official site of the Durham Catholic District School Board offering programs and school information.
- Durham College - Durham College website information on admissions, programs, and course calendar.
- Durham District School Board - Official site of the Durham District School Board offering programs and school information.
- Ontario College Application Centre - OCAC is the site for all applications to Ontario Colleges. Search by programs and schools to submit your application.
- Ontario Student Assistance Program - OSAP provides government student loans and the ability to apply online.
- Ontario University Application Centre - OUAC is the site for all applications to Ontario Universities. Search by programs and schools to submit your application
- School Finder Online - Find information on more than 1,700 universities, colleges and career colleges in Canada, including admission requirements, costs, programs and contact details
- Archives of Ontario - The collections held by the Archives of Ontario are a rich resource for the study of the history of Ontario and its people
- Canadian Genealogy and History - A listing of Genealogical and Historical Web sites from across Canada.
- Family Search - The largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world
- National Archives of Canada - Canada's national collection of books, historical documents, government records, photos, films, maps, music...and more.
- Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid - The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid is a pointer database consisting of the surnames, cemetery name and location of over 2 Million interments from several thousand cemeteries, cairns, memorials, and cenotaphs in Ontario Canada.
- Government of Canada - Government of Canada's official website. Linking to the hundreds of other sites it administers. Everything from Online Services to information about programs they offer.
- Government of Ontario - Government of Ontario's official website. Linking to the hundreds of other sites it administers. Everything from Online Services to information about programs they offer.
- Parliamentary Internet - Joint Parliament site from the House of Commons and the Senate featuring Bills, Debates, Tours, History, Webcasts and information about Senators and Members.
- Statistics Canada - Statistics Canada produces statistics that help Canadians better understand their country—its population, resources, economy, society and culture.
- Canadian Health Network - The CHN's goal is to help Canadians find the information they're looking for on how to stay healthy and prevent disease.
- Dr. Koop - News, Health Encyclopedia, In-Depth reports, and videos about Health.
- Canadian Online Explorer (Canoe) - Canoe.ca is a leading local and national interactive media provider of news, entertainment and services, helping to inform and connect Canadians.
- Durham News - durhamregion.com is durham's local news portal featuring entertainment, marketplace, news and local matters.
- Globe and Mail - Globe and Mail's news sites featuring National and World news, Business Information, Sports, Opinions, Arts, Technology, Life and an online Market Place.
- Toronto Star - Thestar.com is committed to providing up-to-the-minute news and information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- USA Today - Amercian News site, offering top stories, business and online media.
- Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica one of the world's most trusted sources of information on every topic imaginable - from the origins of the universe to current events and everything in between.
- Canada 411 - Telephone lookup for People or businesses includes reverse phone and address.
- Canada Post - The new way to connect to Canada Post - 24/7 on the web. Postal Code Lookups, shop, shipping information, receive bills online.
- Telephone Directories on the Web - Full telephone Directories of the world online.
- The Canadian Encyclopedia - The full text of The Canadian Encyclopedia and its related resources has been made available online by the Historica Foundation as a public service. The Canadian Encyclopedia has provided the most comprehensive, objective and accurate source of information on Canada for students, readers and scholars across Canada and throughout the world
- United States Postal Service - Everything to do with Shipping, Mailing and Receiving Mail in the United States. Zip Code lookup, buy stamps, track packages and locate postal outlets.
- Canadian Space Agency - Space Programs, Space Technologies, Space Science, Canadian Astronaut Office and Space Operations. Includes a large kid space with games and activities related to Astronomy.
- NASA Homepage - Here's your opportunity to learn more about NASA as an agency. Explore the many facets of NASA, from administration and leadership, to mission and vision for the future, to business, research and career opportunities.
- Canada.com - canada.com is Canada's leading general news and information destination online. canada.com integrates credible Canadian content and perspectives together with community-building tools and devices at the country's most recognizable web address.
- Google - Search Engine Giant featuring a wide variety of services from Web Search, Maps, News, Images, Groups, Email, Documents, Scholar, Book Search and dozens of other services.
- Yahoo - Yahoo Search Directory and Search Engine. Search results from both crawled pages and handpicked websites. Offering services such as Web Search, Maps, News, Images, Email and more.
- Durham Region Libraries - All Durham Libraries' homepages, catalogues on one page. Includes links to Southern Ontario Library Service, National Library of Canada, Toronto Public Library and Ontario Universities' Library Catalogues.
- Internet Public Library - Internet Public Library is a huge resource to explore what the rich history and intellectual traditions of librarianship have to offer in the dynamic but, let's admit it, chaotic world of the Internet
- Toronto Public Library - Toronto Public Library, the largest public library system in Canada, with 99 branches and 11 million items to borrow or use in the library.
|
