Tools for Social Policy Research and Advocacy

UM Libraries as a resource in your research:

The Library Staff, especially the Social Work Reference Librarian Victoria Ho, can be helpful in your search for material to help you build your Wiki.  Victoria can be contacted at: victoria.ho@umanitoba.ca

To book an appointment with Victoria go to this link: https://libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca/prf.php?account_id=144404

You should also check out the UM Library’s Subject Guide for Social Work.

Guide for submitting briefs to House of Commons Committees

This information is intended for individuals who wish to submit a brief to a parliamentary committee of the House of Commons.

The House of Commons creates committees, which execute a large portion of parliamentary work. A committee is a working group constituted of a limited number of Members of Parliament (MPs) who study bills or issues, under the committee’s mandate, in greater detail for the House of Commons

Committees regularly invite private citizens, experts, representatives of organizations, public servants and Ministers to appear before them in order to elicit information (receive evidence) relevant to the study under consideration. These consultations allow individuals and organizations, who have appeared before a committee or not, to set out and clarify their points of view presented in a written brief.