Student Resources Online - Web Links
The links below lead to sites that are not part of the
McGraw-Hill Ryerson site. Click on the following links to
visit the sites in a new browser window.
At the end of each one of its fifty selections, the new
Act of Writing, fifth edition, refers you to at least one
website and sometimes several. Many of these explore the
topic of the essay you have just read, while others help
you know more about its author.
Right here, though, you can link to any of these websites.
Another advantage of using these links is that they will
be kept current. As time passes, some sites given in the
book may change or disappear, but the ones here will be
checked often. Missing ones will be removed, and good new
ones will be added as they come online. If you find other
good ones not yet listed, please suggest them to the publisher.
The following websites are organized according to their
chapter in the book. Happy exploring!
Chapter 1 - NARRATION
CAROL SHIELDS, “Encounter"
http://www.carolshields.com
http://Schwinger.harvard.edu/~terning/Canadians/
http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/stone.diaries.html
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~morton/Telecourse/Stone_Diaries/eb_on_carol_shields.htm
http://www.mbwriter.mb.ca/mapindex/s_profiles/shields_c.html
GEORGE GABORI, “Coming of Age in Putnok"
http://www.holocaustcenter.org/lifechance/lit51.shtml
MARIE GAGNON, “Shelter"
http://csf.colorado.edu/homeless/index.html
http://www.editions.org/editionshtml/VLBheroines.htm
SYLVIA FRASER, “My Other Self"
http://www.wier.ca:8080/~WIER/sfraser.html
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/fm/childafs.html
CAROL GEDDES, “Growing up Native"
http://users.ap.net/~chenae/natlink.html
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/art_artists_music_literature/performing_artists/musicians_musical_groups_bands/
http://www.wmm.com/catalog/pages/c283.htm
http://ipl.org/cgi-bin/ref/ref.out.pl?ty=long&id=soc40.55.00
JAN WONG, “‘Safeguard Your Lives’"
http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/99-3/issue6/janwong.html
http://www.bolen.bc.ca/special/wong.html
http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/1097/wong/excerpt.html
Chapter 2 - EXAMPLE
RAY GUY, “Outharbor Menu"
http://www.wordplay.com/tourism/folklore.html
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/snapshots/avalon/
http://www.gov.nf.ca/tourism/
http://www.soiree99.nfld.net/historical/toc.htm
MICHELE LANDSBERG, “West Must Confront Anonymous Misery of the World’s Children"
http://www.freethechildren.org/index.html
http://www.rightsofchildren.ca/
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/comp/child/
http://aurora.icaap.org/archive/landsberg.html
AMY WILLARD CROSS, “Safety First, Fun a Distant Second"
http://www.ou.edu/oupd/kidsafe/start.htm
JOSH FREED, “Say Hi or Die"
http://www.vpc.org/index.htm
http://www.nra.org
http://Wednesday-night.com/JoshFreed.htm
ALBERTO MANGUEL, “Reading Ourselves and the World Around Us"
http://www.nald.ca
http://www.calypsoconsulting.com/manguel.html
Chapter 3 - DESCRIPTION
ANNE MICHAELS, “Hurricane"
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/michaels/
http://www.holocaustcenter.org/lifechance/lit51.shtml
http://www.hurricane.com/
http://hurricane.weathercenter.com/
KAREN CONNELLY, “August 4"
http://www.nectec.or.th/WWW-VL-Thailand.html
http://www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/connelly.htm
THIERRY MALLET, “The Firewood Gatherers"
http://www.nunanet.com/~nunat/pages/arctic.html
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/connections/Conn95/01-zuk.html
CHRISTIE McLAREN, “Suitcase Lady"
http://csf.colorado.edu/homeless/index.html
http://ryandale.org/ryanlinks.html
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
http://aspin.asu.edu/hpn/
CHARLES YALE HARRISON, “In the Trenches"
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/index.html
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
EMILY CARR, “D’Sonoqua"
http://www.tbc.gov.bc.ca/culture/schoolnet/carr/index.htm
http://tv.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/bio1997/carr.htm
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/totems/
www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/carr_emily.html
Chapter 4 - CAUSE AND EFFECT
PAUL D’ANGELO, “The Step Not Taken"
http://www.depressioncanada.com/
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depressionmenu.cfm
DAVID SUZUKI, “Hidden Lessons"
http://www.sierralegal.org/
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Default.asp
http://www.cbc.ca/onair/personalities/natureofthings/suzuki.html
http://eelink.net/EndSpp/
http://www.wri.org/wri/biodiv/b03-koa.html
NAHEED MUSTAFA, “My Body Is My Own Business"
http://www.islamic-paths.org/Home/English/Discover/Poems/Content/Hijab.htm
http://www.islamicinterlink.com/subject/hijab.html
STUART McLEAN, “The Shocking Truth About Household Dust"
http://www.cellsalive.com/mite.htm
http://www.acs.ryerson.ca/journal/faculty/mclean.html
http://www.writersunion.ca/m/mclean_s.htm
ELINOR FLORENCE, “Leaving the Fast Lane for No Lane at All"
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/
http://www.bertc.com/ripley1.htm
GARRY ENGKENT, “Why My Mother Can’t Speak English"
http://www.cic.gc.ca
http://huaren.org/diaspora/n_america/canada/
http://www.interlog.com/~fccs/slides.htm
MORDECAI RICHLER, “1944: The Year I Learned to Love a German"
http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~terning/Canadians/
http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~terning/bios/Richler.html
http://www.worldwar1.com
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/remarque.htm
Chapter 5 - COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
DORIS ANDERSON, “The 51-Per-Cent Minority"
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/digiproj/women/ewomen.htm
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/12/h12-295-e.html
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/can.html
BIRUTÉ GALDIKAS, “Akmad"
http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?plD=7
http://www.yorku.ca/arusson/
http://www.yorku.ca/arusson/links.htm
CATHERINE PIGOTT, “Chicken-Hips"
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Gambia.html
http://merriewood.com/gambia/
http://www.mirror-mirror.org/eatdis.htm
http://www.anred.com/toc.html
BRIAN MARACLE, “Out of Touch and Loving It"
http://users.ap.net/~chenae/natlink.html
http://www.indiancircle.com/links.shtml
http://fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~martinh/7nrez.htm
RUSSELL BAKER, “A Nice Place to Visit"
http://www.toronto.com
http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/
http://www.panix.com/clay/nyc/
MARGARET LAURENCE, “Where the World Began"
http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~terning/bios/Laurence.html
http://www.town.neepawa.mb.ca/mlh/
http://www.info.library.yorku.ca/depts/asc/Bios/mlwho.htm
Chapter 6 - ANALOGY AND RELATED DEVICES
COLLIN BROWN, “A Game of Tennis"
http://www.tenniscanada.com/
http://www.blackvoice.com/
BASIL JOHNSTON, “Modern Cannibals of the Wilds"
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/pubs/standman/atcc/atcc.htm
http://www.sierralegal.org/forests.html
http://www.ipl.org/cgi/ref/native/browse.pl/A41
http://users.ap.net/~chenae/natlink.html
http://www.turtle-island.com/rolemodels.html
MICHAEL ONDAATJE, “Tabula Asiae"
http://www.cariboo.bc.ca/ae/engml/friedman/ondaatje.htm
http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~terning/Canadians/
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/HUM/ENGL/canada/poet/m_ondaatje.htm>
http://www.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/Ondaat.html
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/indian_subcontinent/sri_lanka/
FÉLIX LECLERC, “The Family House"
http://www.mef.qc.ca/felix.htm
http://www.geocities.com/leclerc_felix/
Chapter 7 - CLASSIFICATION
The Hon. DAVID LAM, “Pulling Together"
http://www.cic.gc.ca
http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/multi/
http://www.bcadoption.com/fcc/NewsletterArticles/DavidLam.htm
http://www.cic.sfu.ca/
ERIKA RITTER, “Bicycles"
http://faculty.babson.edu/petty/btopten.htm
http://members.aol.com/Jakajk/bikeweb2.html
http://www.writersunion.ca/r/ritter.htm
http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Erika%Ritter
DAVID FOOT with DANIEL STOFFMAN, “Boomers and Other Cohorts"
http://www.footwork.com
http://www.peel.edu.on.ca/~centralpeel/DEPART/Geography/helpfullinksfor%20students/demography.htm
Chapter 8 - PROCESS ANALYSIS
EVELYN LAU, “I Sing the Song of My Condo"
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/HUM/ENGL/canada/poet/e_lau.htm
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/LAUevelyn.html
STEPHEN LEACOCK, “How to Live to Be 200"
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/literature/5/index-e.html
http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~terning/bios/Leacock.html
http://www.ewertheimer.com/portrait/leacock.htm
www.canadian-health-network.ca
JUDY STOFFMAN, “The Way of All Flesh"
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/
http://www.fitnessonline.com/
DAN STRICKLAND, “The Last Laugh at Dark-Eyed Susan’s Roadside Café
http://www.algonquinpark.on.ca
SUSANNA MOODIE, “Dandelion Coffee"
http://malvm1.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/moodie.htm
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/moodie/roughing/roughing.html
http://www.wellesley.edu/Activities/homepage/web/Species/pdandelion.html
Chapter 9 - ARGUMENTATION AND PERSUASION
MARTIN HOCKING, “Capping the Great Cup Debate"
http://www.ec.gc.ca/ecocycle/
http://www.chemistry.uvic.ca/fac_misc/hocking.htm
KILDARE DOBBS, “The Scar"
http://www.lclark.edu/~history/HIROSHIMA/dirc-arts.html
http://www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/
http://www.dannen.com/decision/
BONNIE LAING, “An Ode to the User-Friendly Pencil"
http://www.pencils.com/makeit.html
JOY KOGAWA, “Grinning and Happy"
http://www.najc.ca
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/KOGAWAjoy.html
http://www.writersunion.ca/k/kogawa.htm
RITA SCHINDLER, “Thanks for Not Killing My Son"
http://www.bullying.org
http://www.gangwar.com/report/index.html
DIONNE BRAND, “Job"
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/brand/index.html
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/BRANDdionne.html
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/3/8/t8-5002-e.html
NATHALIE PETROWSKI, “The Seven-Minute Life of Marc Lépine"
http://dionysos.ulaval.ca/impact/ic/icart.951114.html
http://www.whiteribbon.ca
http://www.gendercide.org/case_montreal.html
STEVIE CAMERON, “Our Daughters, Ourselves"
http://www.whiteribbon.ca
http://www.gendercide.org/case_montreal.html
http://www.hpedsb.on.ca/millenni/cameron.html
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