Resources For Reporters : People
Find People/Businesses
- Canada411 --
Phone directory search engine for eight of Canada's 10 provinces,
including postal codes and addresses. Reportedly current within
three months. Reverse addresss and phone number lookup allows
you to find who is behind a telephone number or a street address.
Find people on a street by performing a reverse
address lookup with the street number left blank.
- 411.ca --
Same functionality as Canada411.
- 1-800-GOOG-411 -- find local businesses on your cellphone
- CIRA --
WHOIS lookup finds people who own ".ca" domain names
(i.e. the person behind the website)
- Network Solutions -- WHOIS lookup finds people who own ".com", ".org", etc. domain names
Find Experts
- Dalhousie University
- Mount Saint Vincent University
- Acadia University
- St. Francis Xavier University
- Saint Mary's University
- MediaLink -- Canadian sources for journalists from government, business, not-for-profit groups, universities and research institutes.
- Sources -- 5,000 contacts from more than 1,000 organizations and companies across Canada offering expertise and views on over 12,000 subjects. Search engine under "Sources Directory"
- ProfNet -- (American) Post your request to PR people in universities, think tanks, corporations and agencies across North America. Or search for experts, then contact them directly.