Class materials

Infogram Infogram examples Homicide methods [...]

Statistics Canada NHL Salaries File for percentage review Sample size [...]

Nova Scotia Property Online Registry of Joint Stock Companies Nova Scotia Property Assessments Property Online [...]

Here are some resources that should help you with the assignment. The key documents we discussed in class (all available on SEDAR.com) Audited annual financial statements. These contain the key financial information for a company. The balance sheet is a snapshot of the finances at the end of the [...]

News Databases Factiva is a full-text news database used to search larger Canadian news outlets and many outside Canada, including the New York Times and Washington Post. Eureka is a full-text news database used mostly to search regional news outlets, including the Chronicle Herald and CBC online [...]

Here are some resources on FOI and for filing your requests. And if you scroll to the bottom, a bit of fun. Forms Form for requests to Nova Scotia government departments Form for requests to Dalhousie University Form for requests to Halifax Regional Municipality Form for requests to Halifax [...]

Full Nanos poll Full Ekos poll NHLSalaries Sample size [...]

Here are the links to the other accountability resources we covered in class (aside from the salary disclosure information): Nova Scotia lobbyist registry: https://novascotia.ca/sns/lobbyist/search.asp Federal lobbyist registry: https://lobbycanada.gc.ca/eic/site/012.nsf/eng/00035.html Federal [...]

The following are the assignments. Each will be added as it is assigned: FOI assignment NewsAssignment1 [...]

The Syllabus can be obtained at this link: [...]