Mary-Lou's Favourite Links Page

(Updated March 04, 2010; Contact me at <mlveeken[at]taiga.ca>.)
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INDEX
| Fun Stuff for Children || Catholic Faith |
| Education/Schools - Calendar - Institutions - Organizations & Research - Recommended web sites |
| Friends || Kids' Interests || Interests || Museums |
| Professional Links - Jim's Sites - Libraries - Library Associations - Databases - ListServes - Search Engines - Web Sites |
| Travel Links || "My" Web Sites (web administrator or primary) || Corporate sites |
 

Fun Stuff for Children

- These are some of the children's favourites.
- 101 Amazing Facts about the Earth <http://www.msnbc.com/news/942734.asp?0cl=cR&cp1=1#BODY>
- Auralia - <www.risingsoftware.com> - music program
- Barbie - <www.barbie.com>
- Bratz - <www.bratzpack.com>
- CBC4kids  - <www.cbc4kids.ca> - show info and games
- Cartoon Network - <www.cartoonnetwork.com>
- Catholic Kids Net (K4J Canada) - <www.catholickids.net>
- Children's Television Workshop - <www.ctw.org>
- Education Place - <www.eduplace.com> - math, science, social studies info & games
- FoxKids  - <www.foxkids.com> - show info and games
- FunBrain  - <www.funbrain.com> - educational games
- game cheats
- Generation Girl - <www.generationgirl.com>
- Humongous - <www.humongous.com> - Putt-Putt, Fatty Bear, Freddi Fish
- KidsDomain - <www.kidsdomain.com>
- KidsHub - <www.kidshub.org> - educational games, puzzles, quizzes
- Lego games - <www.lego.com/games>
- Music Ace 1/Music Ace 2 programs - <www.harmonicvision.com/mareviews.htm>
- NASA's Space Place - <mars.jpl.nasa.gov/kids> - Create your own mission to Mars. Load your rocket ship with all
   your favorite supplies. But be careful! You're only allowed to take 10 items. Choose well, and you'll score high. Play it once,
   and play it again. It's different every time.
- Neopets - <www.neopets.com>
- PBSkids - <www.pbskids.org> - "Caillou"
- Polly Pocket - <www.pollypocket.co.uk>
- Scouts popcorn - <www.trails-end.com>
- Teletoon games, etc. - <www.teletoon.com> - Princess Sissi
- Totally Spies - <www.totallyspies.com>
- The Toy Castle - <www.thetoycastle.com>
- Treehouse TV - <www.treehousetv.com>
- University of Alberta KidZone - <www.museums.ualberta.ca/kidzone>
- What's Her Face - design characters - <www.whatsherface.com>
- YTV <www.ytv.com>
- ZapSpot - lots of fun, simple games - <www.zapspot.com>

Kids' Interests

- Edmonton Sabers Marching Band - <www.edmontonsabers.com>
- Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadrons - <www.regions.cadets.ca/pra/sites/intro_e.asp>
     - 810 Squadron - <www.regions.cadets.ca/pra/810air>
     - Guardians of 810 Squadron - <www.flaps.org>
     - Duke of Edinburgh Award - <www.dukeofed.org>

Catholic Faith

- Archdiocese of Edmonton - <www.caedm.ca> | <communications[at]edmontoncatholic-church.com> |
     - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish - <www.olph.ca> | <olphchurch[at]shaw.ca>
- The Catholic Women's League of Canada (CWL) - National web site
- CWL  Alberta Mackenzie Provincial Council  - Province of Alberta + Northwest Territories
- CWL  British Columbia & Yukon Provincial Council  - Province of B.C. + Yukon Territory
- CWL  Edmonton Diocesan Council - Archdiocese of Edmonton
- CWL  Ontario Provincial Council - Province of Ontario
- Canadian broad-based Catholic resources on the web
- Saints Feast Days
- The Vatican official site - <www.vatican.va>
- see also the Links page on CWL-ABMK's web site for many more interesting sites
 

Education / Schools

School Calendar 2009-2010
   
DATE EVENT
Mon. August 31, 2009
School begins
Mon. September 07, 2009
Labour Day - no school
Mon. October 12, 2009
Thanksgiving Day - no school
Tues. October 13, 2009
PD Day - no school
Fri. October 23, 2009
PD Day - no school
Mon. Nov. 09-Thurs. Nov. 12, 2009
Fall Break - no school
Fri. Nov. 13, 2009 PD Day - no school
Fri. November 28, 2008
Day-in-lieu for interviews - no school
Sat. December 19, 2009-Sun. January 03, 2010
Christmas break
Fri. January 29, 2010
PD Day - no school
Thurs. February 04-Friday February 05, 2010 Teachers' Convention
Fri. February 12, 2010
PD Day - no school
Mon. February 15, 2010 Family Day
Fri. March 05, 2010
PD Day - no school
Fri. March 26, 2010
Day-in-lieu - no school
Sat. March 27-Thurs. April 01, 2010
Spring Break
Fri. April 02, 2010 Good Friday - no school
Sun. April 04, 2010 Easter Sunday
Mon. April 05, 2010 Easter Monday - no school
Mon. April 26, 2010
PD Day - no school
Fri. May 21-Mon. May 24, 2019 Victoria Day extended weekend - no school
Mon. June 28, 2010 Last day of school for students

Institutions
- Edmonton Catholic School Board - www.ecs.edmonton.ab.ca - schools info
- Edmonton Public School Board - www.epsb.edmonton.ab.ca - schools info
    - Holyrood School - www.epsb.ca/schools/holyrood/
- Elk Island Catholic Schools - www.eics.ab.ca - Camrose, Fort Saskatchewan, Sherwood Park, Vegreville
     - Elk Island Catholic School Education Foundation (2002) - Sh. Pk. contact aud_edwards@hotmail.com .
     - Multi-campus Learning Facility - www.mclf.net - (EICS/EIPS/Mamowe Child/Family Services)
     - Archbishop Jordan High School - www.archbishopjordan.ab.ca/
     - Our Lady of Perpetual Help School - www.olphschool.com/
     - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church - www.olph.ca/
- Holy Family Cyber High - www.holyfamilycyberhigh.ca - Grades 7-12 (AB)
- St. Josaphat's Sadochok - http://www.enable.org/~sadochok/ OR www.sadochok.com/
- University of Alberta - www.ualberta.ca - our "alma mater"

Organizations
- Alberta Learning Online Reference Centre - www.learnalberta.ca/refcentre -

- The Online Reference Centre include Electric Library (World Book, Cdn Encyclopedia, magazine articles), Sirs Discoverer (magazine articles), Grolier Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, Encyclopedia Americana, Lands and Peoples, and New Book of Popular Science.  (added Dec. 01/01)
- The Alberta Teachers' Association - www.teachers.ab.ca -
- Canadian Parents for French - www.cpf.ca -
    - Canadian Parents for French - Alberta  & NWT Branch - www.cpfalta.ab.ca -
- Edmonton Advocates for Public Education - parentscorner.epsb.net -
        - Advocacy: How to Make Yourself Heardhttp://www.teachers.ab.ca/publications/manuals/advocacy.pdf -
- Federation de la jeunesse canadienne-francaise - includes info about post-secondary French programs and bursaries -
        - w3.franco.ca/fjcf -
- Home School Assn
- Campbell's soup labels fundraiser - labelsforeducation.com -

Recommended Web Sites
From CPF Alberta & NWT News (Spring 2001):
- Harry Potter sites in French - www.harrypotterfrance.com  ;  myweb.respublica.fr/harry-potter -
- Radio Canada (French CBC) - history of Canada at  radio-canada.ca/histoire -
- Talking Dictionary - how to say and spell words in other languages -
    - www.elanguage.com/eng/TalkingDictionary/SelectLanguage.asp?slang=eng -
- Telus2Learn - see the S'amuser@2Learn.ca section of  www.2learn.ca -
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Friends

- see enable.org home page
- Plourde family - cousins
- Rock/Watson cats

Interests

- Alberta's Political History web site - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/abpolitics -
- Alberta Gov't analysis "Insight" newsletter (Rich Vivone) - check Mark's page /insight
- Canadian Geographic - www.canadiangeographic.ca -
- County of Strathcona <www.strathcona.ab.ca>
     - Festival Place <www.festivalplace.ab.ca>
     - Strathcona County Library <www.sclibrary.ab.ca>
- Discovery Toys - www.discoverytoysinc.com -
- Friends of Canadian Broadcasting - www.friendscb.ca -
- Jackfish Lake Management Association- www.jlma.enable.org - Carvel, Alberta
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving - www.madd.ca -
- Mountain Equipment Co-op - www.mec.ca -
- Movies in Edmonton area - www.edmovieguide.com/theatres/ -
- Queen of Clean - household cleaning tips - http://queenofclean.com -
 

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6819 - 119 Avenue, Edmonton, AB (Canada) T5B 4L9
Tel/Fax: (780) 474-6058 / Pager: (780) 419-7654

. Social Marketing . Media . Public Relations . Fund Raising . Events Management . Speakers .
. Organizational Development . Meeting Facilitation . Leadership Training . Strategic Planning .
. Spanish/English Interpreting & Translations . Information Brokers . Creative Resources ...

Web Sites of Interest

Non-profit in Canada?                                                                      www.charityvillage.com
Social/Ethical Investment?                                                               www/socialinvestment.ca
Alberta NGO's & International Development?                                  www.web.ca/acgc
Fair Trade?                                                                                      www.transfair.ca
What's up in the developing world?                                                www.newint.org
Environmental stuff?                                                                        www.probeinternational.org
Books to build a new society?                                                        www.newsociety.com
Human Rights & Democracy?                                                          www.ichrdd.ca
A theological/ethical perspective on economic justice?                  www.ecej.org
Canada's role in international development?                                   www.acdi-cida.gc.ca
Building ethical organizations?                                                        www.ccp.ca
Third World debt & what to do about it?                                          www.dropthedebt.org
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Museums

- Alberta Provincial Museum - www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/
- Canada Museums: Virtual Museums of Canada - www.virtualmuseum.ca/
- Joffre Bridge - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/joffrebridge/ (?)
- Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village - <tapor.ualberta.ca/heritagevillage> or via <www.cd.gov.ab.ca/uchv>
     - Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village Guided Tour - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/ukrainian/
- University of Alberta Museums - www.museums.ualberta.ca/
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Professional Links

Jim's Sites
- Reflective Systems -
- Taiga Consulting -

Libraries
- Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information - NRC/CISTI
- National Library of Canada - NLC-BNC
- National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
- NEOS Libraries Consortium Catalogue - includes U of A, Capital Health/Glenrose collections
- The Alberta Library - TAL
- Edmonton Public Library - <www.epl.ca>
- Strathcona County Library - < http://www.sclibrary.ab.ca >

Library Associations
- Friends of Canadian Libraries - FOCAL - www.friendsoflibraries.ca -
- Greater Edmonton Library Association - GELA
- Greater Edmonton Regional Learning Resource Council - GERLRC
- Library and Information Studies Alumni Association - LISAA
- Library Association of Alberta - LAA (mbr Jan-Dec02)
- Canadian Health Libraries Association - CHLA
    - Northern Alberta Health Libraries Association - NAHLA
- Canadian Library Association - CLA
    - Canadian Association of Special Libraries and Information Services - CASLIS
        - CASLIS - Edmonton Chapter -
- NEOS Libraries Consortium - NEOS
- Special Libraries Association - SLA - U.S. with Canadian chapters
    - SLA Western Canada Chapter -
- American Libraries Association - ALA
- Pacific Northwest Libraries Association - PNLA
- L'Association pour l'avancement des sciences et techniques de la documentation - ASTED
- International Federation of Library Associations - IFLA

Databases
HKN - gateway.ovid.com - MED, CIN, PSYC, Best Evidence, Cochrane, DARE, HealthStar, CancerLit
PubMed - www.pubmed.com includes MEDLINE, TOXLINE

ListServes
- Jerome-L
- CANMEDLIB - via CHLA (see above)
- CLA Lists

Search Engines
- Altavista - www.altavista.com -
- Altavista Canada - www.altavista.ca -
- Google - www.google.com -
- Northern Light - www.northernlight.com -
- Yahoo - www.yahoo.com -

Web Sites
- About everything - www.about.com -
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Travel Links

- Omineca Fabricating (BC) - <www.ominecamarine.com/>

- Big Things! - www.bigthings.ca/
British Columbia
- Bowron Lake Provincial Park, BC - www.bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/cariboo/parks/bowron.htm/
     - Becker's Lodge - www.beckers.bc.ca/
     - Pathways canoeing - www.bowronlakes.com/
Alberta
- Travel Alberta
     - monoliths - www.travelalberta.com/content/AlbertaFacts/Facts_unusual.htm/
     - Vulcan, AB - www.town.Vulcan.ab.ca/ - Alberta's home of Star Trek
Ontario
- Bonnechere Caves - www.bonnecherecaves.com/
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"My" Web Sites (web administrator or editor)

- The Catholic Women's League of Canada - Alberta Mackenzie Provincial Council - CWL-ABMK
- The Catholic Women's League of Canada - Edmonton Diocesan Council - CWL-EDC
- The Catholic Women's League of Canada - British Columbia & Yukon Provincial Council - CWL-BC/YK
- The Catholic Women's League of Canada - Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Council - CWL-NF/LB
- The Catholic Women's League of Canada - Ontario Provincial Council - CWL-ONT
- The Catholic Women's League of Canada - Ottawa Archdiocesan Council - CWL-Ottawa

- Edmonton Sabers Marching Band - <www.edmontonsabers.com>
- Jackfish Lake Management Association (JLMA) - <www.jlma.enable.org>
- Kenilworth Community League (KCL) - <www.kcl.enable.org>  ; newer site (March 2004) at <kenilworthnews2004.tripod.com/> .
- St. Josaphat's Sadochok - http://www.enable.org/~sadochok/ OR <www.sadochok.com>
- Mary-Lou's Home Page - <www.enable.org/mlveeken>
- Alberta provincial elections - <www.albertaelection.org> - administered via Alberta Pro-Life

- Web design info
* Brown family - hexadecimal colour codes at <http://www.brownfamily.co.nr/hexadec/hexcolours.jpg>
  

Corporate Sites

- Alberta Motor Association < www.ama.ab.ca >
- ATCO natural gas < www.atcogas.com >
- EPCOR electricity < www.epcor.ca >
     - AB Energy & Utilities Board complaint centre < www.customerchoice.gov.ab.ca >
- Ethical Funds < www.ethicalfunds.com >
 

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