New government resources @ OPL

Towards an understanding of gender differences in literacy achievement
The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) produced this report to provide insight into the "significant differences in students' success across schools... [It] provides an initial exploration of such differences, focusing on the literacy achievement gaps that exist between girls and boys in elementary schools in Ontario."

Your guide to doing business with the Government of Canada: A 5-step approach for small and medium enterprises
"If you own or operate a business and are interested in selling your goods or services to the federal government, this guide will help you understand the basics of procurement... The guide is divided into five steps - understand the process, register your business, promote yourself, search for opportunities, and bid on opportunities."

Witness to war: Reporting on Afghanistan 2004-2009 by Adam Day
Adam Day is a Canadian reporter who has taken four trips to Afghanistan, and he says, "it's always the same experience - a comprehensive and sometimes jarring process of becoming bewildered." This collection of stories is an "attempt to document the experience of the Canadian Forces at war."

Social network site privacy: a comparative analysis of six sites
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada examines six social networking sites from a privacy perspective, "looking at the stated mandate, the financial underpinnings..., [their] history and the user demographics." The six sites that are assessed are Facebook, Hi5, Linkedin, LiveJournal, MySpace, and Skyrock.

Preparation for the English-as-a-second-language evaluation
Preparation a l'evaluation du Francais langue seconde
While these practice guides are produced for use by employees in the Public Service Commission, they may be useful for anyone studying English or French as a second language.