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Current Issues, Background Papers and Background Briefs
  • Current Issues are bibliographic lists of materials.
  • Background Briefs are shorter reviews of a topic.
  • Background Papers are more in-depth studies.
  • All documents are in PDF format.

 

2011

Books About BC Premiers: A Bibliography (Current Issue, 2011:01)
A Guide to the Budget Cycle in British Columbia (Background Paper, 2011:01)
Online Voting (Current Issue, 2011:02)
Provincial Library Directors: A History and Timeline (Background Paper, 2011:02)

 

2010
Climate Change Adaptation Plans (Current Issue, 2010:04)
Climate Change Plans (Current Issue, 2008:04 (Updated July 2010))
Full-day Kindergarten (Current Issue, 2010:02)
Household Debt (Current Issue, 2010:03)
Women in Politics: A Bibliography (Current Issue, 2010:01)

 

2009
B.C. Strata Law: A Select Timeline (Background Brief, 2009:03)
Cellphones and Driving (Current Issue, 2009:02)

The Changing Role of Local Government in BC (Background Paper, 2009:01)
Flu Pandemics of the 20th Century: The B.C. Experience (Background Brief, 2009:01)
Forest Tenure and Management in British Columbia (Background Paper, 2009:02)

The International Use of the Single Transferable Vote (Current Issue, 2009:01) 
Political Families: A List of Related BC MLAs (Background Paper, 2009:03)
Timeline: The Road to the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (Background Brief, 2009:02 (updated Feb. 2010)) 
 
2008

Addiction Treatment (Background Paper, 2008:03)
Amalgamating Police Services (Current Issue, 2008:01)
Books by BC MLAs (Current Issue, 2008:07 (updated April 2011))
Climate Change Plans (Current Issue, 2008:04 (updated July 2010))
Current Economic Trends (Current Issue, 2008: 02)
Economic Impact of Invasive Species (Current Issue, 2008:03)
Food Self-Reliance (Current Issue: 2008:06)
Going for Gold:  British Columbia Olympic Gold Medalists (Background Brief, 2008:04)
Mental Health Policies (Background Paper, 2008:01)
Mining and First Nations (Background Brief, 2008:03)
Physician Supply and Demand (Background Paper, 2008: 02)
Smoking in Cars with Children (Background Brief, 2008: 01)
Vancouver Downtown Eastside Redevelopment Planning (Background Paper, 2008:04)
Workplace Health (Current Issue, 2008:05)

 

2007

British Columbia 1858 (Background Paper 2007: 02)
Carbon Emission Trading (Background Brief, 2007: 03)
Historical Developments in B.C. Privacy Law (Background Brief, 2007: 04)
Representing Remote and Rural Ridings (Background Brief 2007: 01)
Seniors' Housing Across Canada (Background Brief, 2007: 06)
The Site C Dam: Historic Overview and Key Issues (Background Brief, 2007: 02)
Timelines of Major B.C. Crown Corporations (Update May 2008, Background paper, 2007: 01)
Transit in BC:  Governance and Major Development (Background Brief, 2007: 05)


2006

British Columbia's Provincial Emblems (Background Paper 2006:01)
History of the Agricultural Land Reserve (Background Paper 2006: 03)
Mandatory Retirement (Background Paper 2006: 02)