Notes

Data Management

• Create A Graph - Create any of 5 different types of graph online.  Print or save each graph.

• Airport - A video using only pictograms you would see at the airport.

• Hans Rosling - A Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet and Director of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system.  His talk at TED 2006 is amazing.

• Edward Tufte - Edward Tufte has been described by The New York Times as "the da Vinci of Data".  An audio interview with him is available from NPR.

• The Canadian UFO Survey - An all time high number of sightings were made in Canada in 2008.

Banking

• Financial Consumer Agency of Canada - Great information on credit cards

  • Credit Card Quiz from FCAC.

  • Credit Cards and You - All you need to know about credit cards

• Consumer Reports - Great information about credit and loans

• Investor Education Fund - Canada's leading independent source for unbiased financial information.

• Toronto Stock Exchange - Where Canadian stocks are traded.

Housing

• Do You Rent? - A residential tenancy guide from service Nova Scotia.

• Renting in Nova Scotia -  from CHMA

• Residential Tenancies Act - from the government of Nova Scotia

• Standard Lease From - from the government of Nova Scotia

• Renter's Insurance - From Nationwide

Fun Stuff

• Car Logos quiz

• Canadian Flags quiz