Resources

Ever resourceful, HPCA members know how to get the answers to critical questions. We understand the importance of continual learning and remaining well-connected with other qualified professionals. Here we lead you to associations and web sites with useful information:

Business Links
The Halton Region Business Directory http://www.region.halton.on.ca/business/hbd/
Doing business in Mississauga http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/business
Mississauga Board of Trade http://www.mbot.com/
Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce http://www.haltonhillschamber.on.ca/

Marketing Training Courses for Small Business
If you are looking to market your business and need training on how to do it, Results Exchange can provide you with all the marketing training that you need to make your small business a success.

Research Links
Thanks to Rita Vine, www.workingfaster.com for her input.

Toronto Public Library: http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/

Virtual Reference Library (a selection of several thousand web resources):
http://vrl.torontopubliclibrary.ca/

Library Portal (varied resources such as Internet sites, research guides, tutorials including Smallbizxpress):
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/dat_index.jsp

Librarians’ Index to the Internet, useful for finding starting points on any topic: http://www.lii.org

BUBL, a British directory that links to search guides on thousands of topics: http://www.bubl.ac.uk/link

Telephone: directories, more than 400 free white and yellow pages from around the world: http://www.infobel.com/teldir

DeskRef, more than 700 links to references such as maps, dictionaries, calendars, countries, biographies and more: http://www.rcls.org/deskref/

FindArticles.com, a tool that provides quick searching to articles from 300 selected magazines dating back to 1998: http://www.findarticles.com

Canadian Government Information, a gateway to federal information by subject, and to provincial and municipal government web sites by geographic location: http://cgii.gc.ca/index-e.html

Moreover, headline services with detailed categories that allow news delivery to specific topics: http://www.moreover.com

Professional Organizations
Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario, for recognized professional graphic designers: http://www.rgdontario.com

Association of Translators and Interpreters of Ontario, which represents certified translation professionals: http://www.atio.on.ca

Canadian Public Relations Society, for professional Canadian PR practitioners: http://www.cprs.ca

Editors’ Association of Canada, the national association of freelance editors: http://www.editors.ca

International Association of Business Communicators, the knowledge network for professionals engaged in strategic business communications management: http://www.iabc.com
Toronto chapter: http://toronto.iabc.com

Ontario Society for Training & Development, dedicated to the profession of training, workplace learning and human resources development: http://www.ostd.ca

Professional Writers Association of Canada, a national organization representing freelance writers and journalists across the country: http://www.pwac.ca

Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, a national professional association for graphic designers: http://www.gdc.net

Society for Technical Communication, the world’s largest organization that advances the arts and sciences of technical communication: http://www.stctoronto.org

U.S. Organizations
American Marketing Association: http://www.marketingpower.com
Canadian/Toronto chapter: http://toronto.marketingpower.com
American Medical Writers Association: http://www.amwa.org
American Translators Association: http://www.atanet.org