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CHAPTER 3–STUDENT BOOK

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The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization whose corporate members work with academics, senior government representatives from many countries, and other international organizations to provide a platform for discussion about issues related to international business and about strategies for constructive change.

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Schoolnet's GrassRoots, Collaborative Learning Projects for the Internet are sponsored by Industry Canada and the Conference Board of Canada. The goal of the projects is to equip Canadian young people with the knowledge and skills that they will need if they are going to succeed in the knowledge economy. “Building Innovative Capacity in the Classroom” includes programs designed and implemented by teachers and students.

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Strategis Canada, which is sponsored by Industry Canada, calls itself “Canada's Business and Consumer Site.” This very large site contains information on a wide range of business subjects, including reports on rationalization in the pharmaceutical, health services, petroleum products, electricity, and retailing industries.

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The W. Edwards Deming Institute is a nonprofit organization founded to foster understanding of Dr. Deming's ideas. The Institute's Web site has a biography of Deming along with a collection of his articles and teachings.

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The National Quality Institute (NQI) is a not-for-profit organization that helps other Canadian organizations improve the productivity, quality standards, and healthiness of their workplaces. NQI members include IBM Canada, Canada Post, Sun Life of Canada, Health Canada, Human Resources Development Canada, and the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.

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The Standards Council of Canada is a federal Crown corporation that promotes efficient and effective standardization. While the Council does not actually set standards, it accredits the organizations that set standards in Canada, approves National Standards of Canada, represents Canada in international standards forums, and serves as a source for information about Canadian standards.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the source of ISO 9000 and more than 13 700 International Standards for business, government, and society. The organization is made up of national standards institutes from 145 countries. The ISO Web site has lists of their products and services, explanations of what ISO designations mean and how standards are developed, and descriptions of the communities and markets that use ISO services.

Page 105, Country Link

The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Web site has information on current Canada-Vietnam relations, a Business Guide for Canadian Companies that want to do business in Vietnam, listings of major Canadian imports from, and exports to, Vietnam, as well as links to regularly updated travel advisories and to the addresses and details on the Canadian embassy in Hanoi and the consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.

CHAPTER 3–TEACHER GUIDE

Lesson 3-4

“Selling Canada's Water” is a June 2001 CBC News Online article written by Martin O'Malley and John Bowman. The article sums up the basis for the controversy about whether or not to sell Canada's water and includes different viewpoints on the issue.

ICE Activities for 3.1, Activity 3. (c)

The “As Prime Minister Awards” are sponsored by Magna International as part of their Magna for Canada Scholarship Fund. Each year Canadian students are invited to write a 2500 word essay on what they would do to make Canada a more united and prosperous country.

Think About It, Page 95

A brief history of the institution of Canadian income tax can be found in an online article called “The Birth of Income Tax (1917).” Lloyd Duhaime, a Victoria, BC lawyer and author, wrote the article.

ICE Activities for 3.5, Activity 1. (a)

The Kaizen Institute is a consulting company that offers companies workshops, seminars, study tours, books, and videos on the theory and practice of kaizen.