Websites to use for BC Economy project
GENERAL
-can click on the industry that matches and find a wealth of data including: overview, what impacts the industry, workforce, employment, work environment, earnings, location of work, employment outlook
Encyclopedia of British Columbia
-access from the public Riverside website
-click on “Library” and enter school issued User ID and Password
-click on the red icon “Click Here!” to access databases and catalogues
-click on “Encyclopedia of British Columbia” under the heading ‘Online Encyclopedias’
-on the top green toolbar, hover over ‘Books’ and click on “Encyclopedia of British Columbia”
-enter the following login riversiderapids and password library
-on the left tool bar, click ‘Subjects’: now you can search for topics alphabetically
AGRICULTURE
-different resource guides with information; first one has lots (“Introduction to BC’s Agriculture”)
-resource on Agriculture in BC (PDF has history, specific information and maps about foods grown in BC and locations, ALR)
-lots of different reports you can review; a good one is the “Fast Stats 2014”
-nice intro video with some facts on agriculture in Canada (video is 1 min 14 sec)
-some facts on agriculture in Canada; includes a section on BC agriculture and a map of what is grown across the country
FILM/TV
-general overview of the film industry with stats
-newspaper article addresses the ups and downs of the film/tv industry in BC and includes some statistics on jobs
-newspaper article addresses the ups and downs of the film/tv industry in BC and includes some statistics
-lots of stats on revenue and good graphics as well
-includes a history of the film industry in BC, plus more recent stats (up to 1996)
-includes charts and graphics
FISHERIES
-lots of different reports you can review; a good one is the “Fast Stats 2014”
-report includes information on the dollar amount of exports, types of exports, and export markets
-read the first report listed (published January 2013): includes a general overview of the fishing industry, then breaks it down by specific resource (employment, earnings)
-a Government of Canada site with specific information on BC fisheries
-specific information about Aboriginals and the industry
FOREST
-facts about forestry industry
-report includes lots of stats on revenue, employment; good graphics
-information on key markets for BC forest products; good graphics
-report includes general facts and stats about the forestry industry, good graphics, and specific information on Aboriginals and the industry
-extensive timeline of the history of forestry in BC
HIGH TECH
-statistics for Tourism and High Tech (GDP and employment numbers)
-click on the first full report in PDF that was released June 2015: includes information about revenue, jobs, types of high tech industries
-overview of BC’s high tech sector with information on number of jobs, revenue, growth of the industry over time (compared to other key BC industries)
-graphic with info on BC’s Tech Industry
MANUFACTURING
-firstreport listed (June 2015) includes an overview of the manufacturing industry in BC, stats on revenue and employment, export markets
-table includes types of manufactured products produced and dollar values
-includes stats and graphics (from 2012)
-newspaper article on growth of manufacturing industry in BC
MINING
-history of mining and current information; links to interactive maps of mining operations
-tab on the right “Provincial Government – Mineral Statistics in BC”
-some lessons on environmental impacts, economics of mining; also maps/images
-Aboriginal connections to the mining industry
-great interactive map!
-fact sheet on mining in Canada “12 Key Facts on the Minerals and Metals Sector”
TOURISM
-statistics for Tourism and High Tech (GDP and employment numbers)
-good statistics
-don’t forget to visit the links on the side tool bar of this main page such as “What is Tourism?” and “Industry Overview”
-many different links on this website to learn about the marketing of BC to the world; who comes to visit BC; value of tourism in 2014