Employment and Labour.

• Be Your Own Boss.org, Vanoucver, Information, training, emotional and financial support on the self employment programs in the Vancouver, BC area.
• YWCA Job Seeker, Vancouver - Lower Mainland, ywcajobseeker.org - Comprehensive listing of all YWCA of Vancouver employment services.

• ACTRA Performers Guild, www.actra.com/home.html - collective bargaining needs of professional artists
• Agricultural Workforce Policy Board(AWPB), www.island.net/~awpb/
• Architectural Institute of British Columbia, aibc.bc.ca - professional self-governing body
• BC Biotechnology Alliance, www.biotech.bc.ca
• BC Film, www.bcfilm.bc.ca - updates on cultural funding approvals & other initiatives
• BC Inventors Society, www.vcn.bc.ca/bcis
• BC Teachers' Federation, www.bctf.bc.ca - union of professional public school teachers
• BC Technology Industries Association, www.bctia.org
• Canadian Environment Industry Association, www.ceia-bc.com
• Canadian Trade Unions on the Net, www.clc-ctc.ca/links/index.html - Canadian Labour Congress listing of trade unions
• Centre for Education Information, www.ceiss.org
• ConFacts – Building Permit Reports – Construction Data - GVRD, Maple Ridge, Publishing Issued Building Permits, every permit to build or renovate means new business for you.
• Contact Point, www.contactpoint.ca - career counsellors professional development, includes
• Engineers & Geoscientists of BC, www.apeg.bc.ca - (APEGBC) The Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of BC
• Foresty Futures, www.forestryfutures.bc.ca - foresty careers, education, research & links
• Government of Canada, canada.gc.ca/main_e.html - index of all Canadian Government Departments
• Health Resources and Research in BC, www.bchealthjobs.com - research, education & associations
• Multimediator, www.multimediator.com - Canadian multimedia guide
• Occupational Fact Sheets, www.contactpoint.ca/html/ftp/sheets.html - information for professionals new to Canada
• Reel West Digest, www.reelwest.com/digest/digest.htm - reference detailing film production in western Canada
• Silviculture Institute of BC (SIBC), www.interchg.ubc.ca/sibc - education opportunities for foresters
• Tourism Career Connections, www.prit.org/menu.html - hosted by the Pacific Rim Institute of Tourism
• Tourism Vancouver, www.tourism-vancouver.org - local tourism information
• Trades Information Index, www.itac.gov.bc.ca/chapter3.htm - industry information & apprenticeship
• Volunteer Vancouver, Vancouver, www.volunteervancouver.ca - promotes volunteering
• Workers' Compensation Board of BC, www.wcb.bc.ca - dedicated to the safety, protection and good health of workers

• BC Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology, www.aett.gov.bc.ca - education planning & programming
• BC Ministry of Employment and Investment, www.ei.gov.bc.ca/directory/jobs.htm - trade, investment & development
• BC Ministry of Forests, www.for.gov.bc.ca/index.htm
• BC Ministry of Labour, www.labour.gov.bc.ca
• BC Research Inc., Vancouver, careers.bcresearch.com, BC Research: Career Opportunities in Science, Technology, and Innovation.
• BC Stats, www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca - quick facts about BC
• BC WorkInfoNet, workinfonet.bc.ca/default.html - labour market & career information
• Be Your Own Boss, www.beyourownboss.org - self-employment in Vancouver
• Burnaby Human Resource Centre of Canada, www.bc.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/burnaby - comprehensive information on work etc.
• Business in Vancouver, www.biv.com - local business & economic events
• Canada WorkInfoNet, www.workinfonet.ca/cwn/english/main.html - database on all aspects of the labour market
• Canada/BC Business Centre, www.sb.gov.bc.ca - setting up, financing & regulating a business
• Canadian Telework Association, www.ivc.ca - information on telework
• Canadian Trade Unions on the Net, www.clc-ctc.ca/links/index.html - listing of Canadian & International Trade Unions
• Career Magazine, www.careermag.com - career management & job search resource centre (US)
• Career Paths On Line, careerpathsonline.com/start.html - helping students & youth with career plans
• Changing Times, changingtimes.com - labour market webzine for career counsellors
• Community Futures Development Corporation, www.nocde.bc.ca
• Community Skills Centres, www.skills.bc.ca
• Contact Point, www.contactpoint.ca - professional development for career counsellors
• Croden Medical Staffing, Vancouver, A Division of Croden Personnel Consulting Services Inc. Since 1978
• Downtown Eastside-Strathcona Skills Connection
• Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE), www.ele-spe.org - computerized, self-service system to match work/people
• Employer's Advisers Branch, www.labour.gov.bc.ca/eao
• Employment Insurance and Pension Benefits, www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/common/income.shtml#ei - employment/pension benefits
• Employment Standards Branch, www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb
• Employment Training Division, www.employment-training.net - training, employment counselling & resource centre, North Shore Contin
• Future Works Training, www.fwt.bc.ca - wage subsidy & employment assistance for science, high-tech & new industries
• Get Wired, You're Hired, www.wiredhired.com - Canadian guide to job hunting online
• Human Resource Office for Employers, www.hroe.org - human resource office to help small/medium businesses
• IAM Cares, vcn.bc.ca/iamcares - employment services for men & women with disabilities, Burnaby
• Indie, indie.ca - directory of global disability resources
• Industry Training & Apprenticeship Commission, www.itac.gov.bc.ca
• Innvista.com, Surrey, www.innvista.com/jobs, Search for jobs in Vancouver and across Canada from over 5,000 company web sites.
• Job Bank, jb-ge.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca - HRDC's Job Bank program
• Job Futures, www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/JobFutures - current & future labour market conditions
• Job Start Program, www.rpl.richmond.bc.ca/community - youth & families, Richmond
• JobPro Employer Contact Management Software by DataCentrik Solutions, Vancouver, Vancouver Job Search Software and Database listing 6000+ Employers
• Jobseekers Internet Access Project, vcn.bc.ca/jobseek - training & resources, access to the Internet for youth, Vancouver
• Labour Market and Career Information Assoc. of BC, lmcia.bc.ca/lmciabc.html - career, labour market information, career searches
• Labour Market Information (LMI) Service, lmi-imt.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca - labour market conditions and trends
• Landell & Associates Consulting, www.landell.com - job finding clubs, resource centre & career exploration
• NETWERCC, www.netwercc.com - career counselling information
• Office of Learning Technologies (OLT), olt-bta.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca - share information in learning technologies
• Pension Standards Branch, www.labour.gov.bc.ca/psb
• School Finder, www.schoolfinder.com - Canadian colleges & universities & summer jobs
• Sector Studies, www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/hrdc/hrib/hrp-prh/ssd-des/ - technological or business impacts on the labour mar
• Skills Development & Fair Wage Act, www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/sdfw/skilldev.htm
• Skills for Change, skillsforchange.org - learning & training for new Canadians, Toronto
• Stategis, strategis.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/main.html - in depth business & industry information
• Statistics Canada, www.statcan.ca/start.html - information on economic & social conditions
• Sympatico WorkPlace, www.workplace.sympatico.ca - job hunting & career guide
• The New Work Network, www.vcn.bc.ca/newwork
• The Red Book, www2.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/dbs/redbook/htmlpgs/home.html - complete guide to community, social & gover
• Training Access Centre (Burnaby), www.tac.burnaby.bc.ca - employment service agencies, federal & provincial & sponsorship for training
• Vancouver East Community Skills Connection, www.imag.net/webs/vaneast - training, advocacy & employment services
• What's Key in Labour Market Information in BC, www.ceiss.org/randa/key/keyhome.html - career & labour market info.
• Women's Enterprise Society of BC, www.wes.bc.ca
• Work Destinations, www.workdestinations.org - help to practice trade or profession in another province or territory
• Work Futures BC, www.workfutures.bc.ca - employment facts & trends
• Work Search, www.worksearch.gc.ca - explore career & work options
• Worker's Advisers Branch, www.labour.gov.bc.ca/wab
• WorkWeb, www.cacee.com- helping students & graduates find work
• YouBET!, www.sb.gov.bc.ca/youbet - youth business & entrepreneurship training
• Youth Employment Skills, yescanada.bc.ca
• Youth Job Site, www.workinfonet.bc.ca/youth - serving youth between 15 & 29
• Youth Options for BC, www.youth.gov.bc.ca - resources for finding a job or education
• Youth Resource Network Canada, www.youth.gc.ca - helping youth bridge between education & employment
• YWCA Steps to Employment, Vancouver, Employment program for Women

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