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Access Learning
www.accesslearning.com

Aboriginal Human Resource Development Council of Canada - The AHRDCC was established in 1998 to work on a national scale with Canadian corporations, industry sectors and Aboriginal Employment Centres in partnerships that translate into more skills, training and employment solutions for Aboriginal people.
www.ahrdcc.com

Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board - information about apprenticeship and the trades in Alberta.
www.tradesecrets.org

Alberta Business Advantage - a provincial, municipal and industry partnership dedicated to the promotion of business and community development across the Province of Alberta
www.albertafirst.com

BluePrint for Life/Work Designs - public and private agencies across Canada use the Blueprint to help youth and adults design, build and manage their careers.
www.blueprint4life.ca/

Calgary Career Development Centre - assisting Albertans with Career, Learning and Employment directions and Labour Market Information needs.
www.aecd.gov.ab.ca/calgary_cdc/Capsule/indexct.html

Charity Village Career Centre - Canada's busiest source for nonprofit jobs, with more than 20,000 positions advertised to date.
www.charityvillage.com/charityvillage/career.html

Government of Alberta - Alberta Learning Information Service, ALIS is Alberta's leading on-line gateway for career, learning and employment information and services.
www.alis.gov.ab.ca

Government of Alberta - "Service Alberta" helping you find the Government of Alberta information and services you need
www.servicealberta.ca

Government of Canada Business Service Centres (CBSCs) - are your gateway to government information for business. The CBSCs provide a wide range of information on government services, programs and regulations and are there to answer your questions about starting a new business or improving an existing one.
www.cbsc.org

Government of Canada Jobs, Workers, Training & Careers - Information for Aboriginal Peoples, Employers, Newcomers to Canada, Non-Canadians, Persons with Disabilities, and Youth.
www.jobsetc.ca

HRDC Career Awareness - Together with our partners, we help Canadians make wise work/life choices by providing them with a broad range of programs, products and services.
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/career-carriere/

HRDC Essential Skills - Skills for Life, Learning and Work that people use in their jobs and in their lives every day: Reading Text, Continuous Learning, Document Use, Working with Others, Writing, Numeracy (Math), Thinking Skills, Oral Communication, Computer Use.
www15.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca

HRDC Job Futures - The Applied Research Branch (ARB) of Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) generates policy relevant research to guide HRDC's development of creative solutions to labour market, human capital and social development, and income security issues and problems.
www.jobfutures.ca

HRDC Labour Market Information - The Labour Market Information service provides general and detailed information on local labour markets across Canada. This information can help people to search for work, and to make general employment, training and career decisions.
lmi-imt.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/

HRDC Workinfonet - The Canada WorkinfoNET Web site is about helping Canadians connect to the resources they need in the areas of jobs, work and recruiting; learning, education and training; occupations and careers; labour market information and outlook; self-employment; workplace issues and supports; and financial help and issues.
www.workinfonet.ca

Industry Canada Skill Net - a network of on-line services, designed and developed in partnership with industry sector councils, associations, government organizations and the private sector to meet the needs of specific groups or industry sectors.
www.skillnet.ca

Salary Expert - provides Canadian and American salary information.
www.salaryexpert.com

WED Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Program-Western Canada - Since its establishment in 1987, Western Economic Diversification Canada's (WD) mandate has been to promote the development and diversification of the economy of Western Canada and to advance the interests of the West in national economic policy.
www.wd.gc.ca/eng/finance/programs/edp.html

General Employment Information:

Agricultural Labour Pool - a recruitment and job seeking assistance service for both employers and those seeking employment in agriculture.
www.agri-labourpool.com

Alberta Entrepreneurs with Disabilities - for services to entrepreneurs
www.aedess.com

Alberta Jobs - An online resource for employment listings in Alberta.
www.albertajobs.com/

Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry 2001 Alberta Wage and Salary Survey
www.alis.gov.ab.ca/career/oi/alberta.asp

Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry (AEII) Occupational Profiles - OCCINFO© is designed to provide up-to-date information on many different occupations in a format called occupational profiles. Occupational profiles provide specific information regarding a particular occupation or group of occupations in Alberta.
www.alis.gov.ab.ca/occinfo/

Biotechnology Human Resources Council - BHRC is an industry government partnership between Human Resources Development Canada and the biotechnology industry. The BHRC was created in April 1997 in response to the 1996 Government of Canada Human Resource study on the biotechnology sector. This study proposed a series of recommendations to ensure that the Canadian biotechnology sector has access the skilled employees it requires, both now and in the future.
www.bhrc.ca/

BrassRing Canada - IT and Healthcare - BrassRing's mission is to help meet the exploding demand for professional recruitment, selection and training services by enabling candidates to achieve their educational and career goals. BrassRing Canada provides its services to IT and Healthcare candidates throughout Canada.
www.brassring.ca

Canada IT Careers - An online resource on IT employment opportunities in the Canadian job market.
www.canadait.com/cfm/index.cfm

Canada Job and Employer Directory - JobStar Canada Inc. is a privately owned Canadian Corporation with its head office in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. JobStar.ca was a natural extension of the original site, iJive.com, a career resource site which launched in 1999. This site provided a conduit for job seekers, recruitment agencies and employers to easily and conveniently link to other human resource sites.
www.ijive.com/canada/

Canada Jobs - Hundreds of clients have used Canadajobs.com to help fill job openings. This is also a good resource for employers to post job openings.
www.canadajobs.com/

Canadian Construction Association - the voice of Canada's largest industry. Representing the non-residential interests of an industry that employs over 880,000 Canadian men and women, and that produces $134 billion in goods and services, CCA is uniquely positioned to speak to the federal government on a wide range of issues. On this website, you will find information on CCA, its issues, its publications, its services, its members, and the construction industry in general.
www.cca-acc.com/

Canadian Council for Human Resources in the Environment Industry - (CCHREI) is a not-for-profit corporation that assists the Canadian environment sectors in implementing sound human resource development policies. Since its founding, CCHREI has taken great strides toward developing a national human resource strategy that is focused on the needs of environmental practitioners, employers and educators.
www.cchrei.ca/

Canadian Jobs in Sport and Recreation - SIRC is the world's leading bibliographic database producer of sport, fitness, and sports medicine information.
www.canadiansport.com/jobs/index.html

Canadian Careers - one of the original career web sites for Canadians. Since 1996, CanadianCareers.com has established a reputation for providing reliable career and employment information to Canadians from coast-to-coast.
www.canadiancareers.com/

Canadian Equipment Industry - The CEITC objective is to attract, recruit and maintain a competitive workforce in the heavy, medium and light equipment industry.
www.caed.org/ceitc/

Canadian Job Search - IT - An online resource about employment listings in the Canadian Information Technology sector.
www.dice.com/jobsearch/metro/canadian.html

Canadian Medical Placement Service - This service enables you to find a practice opportunity, post a practice opportunity, learn more about CMPS and view related articles. Just select the appropriate button on the left of the screen.
www.cmps.ca/

Canadian Nurses Association - The Canadian Nurses Association and Industry Canada introduce the first central on-line recruiting registry of its kind for nurses.
www.nursesatwork.com/welcome.jhtml

Canadian Steel Trade and Employment Congress - (CSTEC) is a joint-venture between The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and Canada's steel producing companies. CSTEC provides a range of services to employers, employed and unemployed workers, both inside and outside the steel industry.
www.cstec.ca/

Canadian Technology Human Resources Board - (CTHRB) is a not-for-profit alliance of industry and educational institutions representing the interests of all partners in the technology workforce. Its principal mission is to sustain Canada's high ranking in the technology sector. CTHRB strives to do this through the development of youth initiatives and career development programs in the applied sciences and engineering field.
www.cthrb.ca/

Canjobs - canjobs.com was created to provide a place where employees could meet employers on the Internet. canjobs.com was conceived, designed and developed by VentureLabour.com Inc.
www.canjobs.com/

Careerclick - careerclick.com is Canada's one-stop Internet resource for career seekers to manage their careers and for employers and recruiters to find candidates.
www.careerclick.com

CareerKey - An online career networking resource that can help you increase your awareness of the career marketplace and access the "hidden job market" through this network.
www.careerkey.com/

Careers in Construction - This site features information on exciting career opportunities in the Alberta construction industry.
www.careersconstruction.com

Careers in Oil and Gas - In conjunction with Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), this site lets you find out what it's really like to work in the service, supply and manufacturing sector of the upstream oil and gas industry.
www.careersinoilandgas.com

Careers in the Trades - This is an online resource that outlines the career and educational opportunities currently circulating in the Canadian Trades sector.
realm.net/opportunityknocks/

Chemistry Jobs - Welcome to the webs leading job vacancy site for chemists, biochemists, pharmaceutical scientists and chemical engineers.
www.chemjobs.net

City of Calgary - City Links - City Links provides a safe and supportive work environment where men and women facing employment barriers can receive paid work experience, personal counselling, vocational counselling, life management skills training, and work skills training.
www.gov.calgary.ab.ca/community/programs/citylinks/

Computer Jobs - Computerwork.com was established in 1995 to serve the needs of both computer professionals seeking employment and staffing firms and corporations seeking quality IT candidates.
www.computerwork.com

Cool Jobs in Tourism - An online resource that provides people interested in the tourism industry an opportunity to find employment opportunities across Canada.
www.cooljobscanada.com/

CPRS Career File Employment Opportunities - Public Relations and Communications - The web site has been designed to service Canada's public relations and communications industry from coast to coast and in both of the country's official languages. Sponsored by the CPRS, this is a free service for public relations and communications professionals seeking new employment opportunities.
www.pub-rels.com/

Cultural Human Resources Council - brings together representatives of all the sub-sectors to address the training and career development needs of cultural workers - artists, creators, technical staff, managers, boards, volunteers, and all those engaged professionally in the sector, including the self-employed.
www.culturalhrc.ca/

DGA - Insurance Careers - DGA Careers, originally Donald Givelos & Associates Inc., has developed a reputation of being the definitive recruiting firm for the Canadian General Insurance Industry.
www.dgacareers.com/bins/index.asp

Education Canada Network - (ECN) is Canada's largest educational e-recruitment resource network. It is a recruitment solution provider, offering employers such as school districts, private institutions, colleges and universities an efficient, timely and cost-effective method of advertising their educational employment opportunities online. The ECN was developed as an online tool to assist the education community in the e-recruiting and administration of its personnel.
www.educationcanada.com/

Geo Job Source - Geo Job Source is building the most comprehensive listing of career opportunities in the spatial data professions. Available throughout the world, via the www and e-mail, GJS promises to be the first stop for job-seekers and recruiters.
www.geojobsource.com

Government of Alberta Public Service - An online resource for people seeking employment opportunities in Alberta's public service.
www.pao.gov.ab.ca/jobs/employment/

Healthcare Jobs - MedHunters is the leading online job board just for healthcare professionals and employers in North America. Here, you'll find healthcare jobs in all specialties from leading healthcare employers across the country and around the world.
www.medhunter.com

Hospitality Careers - Canada - The hospitality industry's employment and job opportunity internet resource.
www.hcareers.ca/

HotJobs - HotJobs is a global leading recruiting solutions company that develops and provides companies with innovative hiring products and services. As a pioneer in Internet recruiting, HotJobs has emerged as a leader in the space by strategically leveraging the tremendous capabilities of Internet technology to solve many of the issues associated with traditional recruiting.
www.hotjobs.ca/

HRDC's Electronic Labour Exchange - The Electronic Labour Exchange (ELE) is an exciting job matching service offered by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC).
www.ele-spe.org/

HRDC's Job Bank - an electronic listing of jobs and work opportunities provided by employers from everywhere across Canada.
www.jobbank.gc.ca

HRDC's National Occupation Classification - The NOC is used daily by thousands of people to understand the jobs found throughout Canada's labour market.
www.worklogic.com:81/noc/

Insurance Works - InsuranceWorks.com is North America's premier insurance employment site.
www.insuranceworks.com/bins/index.asp

Job Boom (Ontario and Quebec) - gives you the ability to access a large bank of on-line resources, including the descriptions of jobs offered by various companies and organizations, as well as the work experience descriptions of registered candidates.
www.jobboom.com

Job Bus Canada - a Canadajobs.com Service that drops you off at the career pages of companies and organizations
www.jobbus.com

Jobs.ca - Jobs.ca is a job search medium for individuals seeking employment. At the forefront of the agenda is the facilitation of the exchange between prospective employers, and zealous candidates. Jobs.ca aims to simplify the job search process for the individual caught in a volatile job market. It will post the latest openings in companies involved in a wide range of industries and match them up with the most talented and skilful individuals the country has to offer.
www.jobs.ca

Jobs-Calgary - An online labour exchange resource that lists some of the current employment opportunities in Calgary.
www.jobs-calgary.com

JobsCanada - An online labour exchange resource that lists some of the current employment opportunities in Canada.
www.jobscanada.com/

JobsMarket - for Persons With disABILITIES and jobsFEST are showcases of employment opportunities bringing together business, government and community agencies under one roof.
www.jobsmarket.org/

Jobs North - is a new electronic labour exchange focusing on the unique needs of job seekers and employers in the Northwest Territories. With large distances and isolated communities, searching for work can be a daunting task. Our aim is to give users access to resources and jobs they may not otherwise have known of with this easy-to-use site.
www.jobsnorth.ca

Jobshark - founded originally in Canada in 1997, is one of the world's leading Internet Recruitment companies.
www.jobshark.ca/caeng/index.cfm

Journalism Job Board - Welcome to the best Canadian communications and media job site on the Internet, where the vision is "A job for every journalist."
www.jeffgaulin.com/

MCC Employment Development - Partnering with the under-employed to develop their productive futures.
www.mcca-ed.org

Media Job Search Canada - (MJSC) offers you the largest selection of Canadian Media-Related Website and Email address links than any other service on the World Wide Web.
www.mediajobsearchcanada.com/

MedZilla - An online resource for employers and professionals in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and science.
www.medzilla.com/

Monster - Jobs - The Canadian division of the leading global online network for careers.
Canadian division of the leading global online network for careers.
english.monster.ca

My Job Café - an on-line resource for IT professionals.
www.jobcafe.ca/

NetJobs Career Site - offers you fast and easy job searching and resume posting.
www.netjobs.com/index2.html

Nursing Jobs in Alberta - An online resource that lists employment opportunities for RNs, LPNs, and RNAs is Alberta.
www.canadianrn.com/jobmart/abjobs.htm

Opportunity 45 - A resource that seeks to enhance the opportunities for gainful employment for mature unemployed Calgarians over the age of 45 by skill development through planned education, training, and counseling and at the same time, seek to serve employers by providing them with experienced well qualified employees.
www.opp45.com/

PetroleumPlace - An online resource for people seeking work in the world-wide Oil and Gas industry.
www.petroleumplace.com/html/Careers/

Physical Therapist Online - PTO is a site designed for the physical therapy community. Our owners are physical therapists, well known and respected members of the profession.
www.physicaltherapist.com/jobs

Playback Careers - An online resource for people who are curious about the production, broadcasting and interactive media industries.
www.playbackmag.com/careers

Position Watch - IT and high-tech jobs across Canada.
www.positionwatch.com

Public Service Commission of Canada - With only one application for employment, you can apply to over 8,000 student jobs in the federal government. Full time work during breaks, or part time throughout the year.
jobs.gc.ca

Software Human Resource Council - (SHRC) is a nonprofit sectoral council that speaks for software professionals throughout the Canadian economy.
www.shrc.ca

Tourism Work Web - is Canada's premier online recruiting and resource network solution for the Canadian Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Industry.
www.tourismworkweb.com

Web Access Employment Network - A resume writer and resume matching service from the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work.
www.waen.org/

Women in Trades and Technology Network - WITT National Network (WITT NN) is an education and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and assisting in the recruitment, training and retention of women in trades, technology, operations and blue collar work (TTO/BCW) across Canada.
www.wittnn.com/

Work Destinations - is designed for Canadian residents who want to practice their trade or profession in another province or territory. This site offers occupation-specific information on work conditions, placement and recruitment, labour market information, local living conditions, social services, training and education opportunities. The site may also interest potential immigrants and students who want to know about entry into regulated professions and trades in Canada.
www.workdestinations.org

WORKink - facilitates communication and provides resources and information to enhance the equitable and meaningful employment of people with disabilities.
www.workink.com/

Workopolis - Canada's largest labour exchange website.
www.workopolis.com/

General Employment Information - For Students and Graduates:

Alberta/NWT/Nunavut Hire A Student - is a service provided by the Government of Canada and supported by many groups within the community. The offices are administered by students for students.
roe-ab.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/has-ede/

Campus WorkLink - Canada's biggest job site for students and recent graduates.
www.campusworklink.com/

CareerOwl - Started by professors, CareerOwl has signed up students and alumni of major universities, colleges and technical schools across Canada.
www.careerowl.ca/

National Educational Association of Disabled Students
www.neads.ca

General Employment and Education Information:

Alberta Learning - Helping to promote life long learning.
www.learning.gov.ab.ca/

Canadian Automotive Repair and Service - Your mission is to conduct a thorough investigation of the automotive repair and service industry and find information on careers that interest you.
www.carsyouth.ca

CanLearn Interactive - the one-stop online source for information on post-secondary education in Canada.
www.canlearn.ca

Career Circuit - is a Canada-Wide network of non-profit Youth Service Agencies, providing agency staff with free practical information, tools, resources and training to support effective career services to youth.
www.thecircuit.org/

Government of Canada Youth Employment Information (Youth Link) - This site will help you to plan your career, find out about training, education and other services available to youth who are eligible to work in Canada.
www.youth.gc.ca

City of Calgary Youth Employment Centre - Employment and career-related information for young people.
www.nextsteps.org/

Skills Canada - a national organization to promote careers in skilled trades and technologies as first choice options for young Canadians.
www.skillscanada.com

YouthPath is your single access point to government related youth programs, services and information.
www.youthpath.ca

Scholarships and Bursary Information for People with Disabilities:

Alberta Committee of Citizens with Disabilities Education for Life Bursary
www.accd.net/Bursaries.htm

Campbell McLaurin Foundation for Hearing Deficiencies - (403)233-0513 (fax)

Euclid Herie Awards - CNIB Edmonton (780)488-4871 (phone)

National Educational Association of Disabled Students National Directory
www.neads.ca/english/norc/funding/index.html

Phyllis Davidson Easter Seal Scholarship - Alberta Easter Seals (403) 235-1716 (phone)

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