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Library Information & Research Guides

Legal Information

Education

Citing Canadian Government Documents- APA Style

Finding Cases by Topic

Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (CED): available through Law Source: Provides a comprehensive statement of the law (legislation + case law)

The Canadian Abridgement: available through Law Source: Provides case digests (i.e., summaries) of Canadian case law.

Education Law Reporter: elementary and secondary
Education Law Reporter: post-secondary
Education & Law Journal

Finding Cases by Citation

Guide: How to Find Legal Cases
CanLII Canadian case law and statutes

Finding Laws

 CanLII Canadian case law and statutes

Finding Journal Articles and Commentaries

Catalogue search: Education law and legislation--Canada

• Education law, 4th edition
• An educator's guide to the role of the principal
• Civil rights and education

Education and Law Journal: Scholarly analysis of issues transecting the fields of Education and Law
CBCA Complete: Canadian current events; coverage includes both news sources, magazines, and scholarly journals
Canadian Newsstand: Full text of articles in major Canadian and small market BC newspapers.
ERIC: Comprehensive Education journal article database

Ethics Sources

Encyclopedia of Ethics
Ethics and education (e-journal)
Ethics and educational policy
Background information sources: Philosophy

Finding policies

Most public organizations post their policy manuals, which can easily be found through a Google search.  Here are a few examples:

BC Ministry of Education policies
BC College of Teachers: bylaws and policies
Surrey School District policy manual
Vancouver School Board policy manual