Search tools

• Canadian Research Index
  Find Canadian policy, research, social, economic, and political reports issued by the federal and provincial governments, as well as by government funded research institutes.
• Canadian Electronic Library
  Publications from a variety of Canadian public policy institutes, research institutes, think tanks, advocacy groups, government agencies and university research centres.
• Government of Canada
  • General search
  • Search engines by departments & agencies: Note links to some specific agencies in the links section below
  • Publications and reports: General portal to print + online publications
  • Search or browse for e-resources: Online resources via the depository services program
• USA.gov: The U.S. government's official web portal

Government links

British Columbia

• Government of British Columbia
  • Cultural Services Branch
  • Corporate Privacy and Information Access
  • Information and Privacy Commissioner
  • Lobbyist Registry
  • British Columbia Film Commission

Canada

Government of Canada: Browse the list of government agencies for ones relevant to your topic

• Communications Policy of the Government of Canada
• Canadian Heritage (list of agencies by subject)
  • Culture Canada: "Government of Canada's one-stop web access to government Culture, Heritage and Recreation programs and services."
  • Broadcasting Policy and Innovation Branch
  • Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission: CRTC
    • Statutes and Regulations
    • Documentation of Public Proceedings: license applications & renewals, public proceedings, submissions, policy statements
  • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (corporate site)
  • National Film Board of Canada
  • Telefilm Canada
  • Copyright Policy Branch
  • Library and Archives Canada
• Industry Canada
  • Canadian Intellectual Property Office
  • Communication Research Centre "helping to build the technological foundation for advanced, global communications through its research expertise in wireless, photonics and broadband technologies"
  • Spectrum Management and Telecommunications
  • Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications (SITT) Gateway "objective... is to accelerate Canada's transition to the network economy through the development and use of information and communications technologies (ICTs), for the economic, social, cultural and civic benefit of all Canadians"
• Information Commissioner of Canada
• Privacy Commissioner

United States

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
• Patent and Trademark Office
• National Archives and Record Administration
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
• Copyright Office

International

• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• Unesco: includes Culture & Unesco which covers copyright and cultural industries
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations
• International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
• International Agencies and Information on the Web: Listings of IGOs and NGOs (intergovernmental organizations and nongovernmental organizations)

Other relevant SFU Library guides

• Government Resources