Annex 2 Key Documents Reviewed

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Environment Canada Performance Reports

Departmental Performance Reports, 2006-2007 to 2008-2009.

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/2006-2007/inst/doe/doe-eng.pdf

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/2007-2008/inst/doe/doe-eng.pdf

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dpr-rmr/2008-2009/inst/doe/doe-eng.pdf

Report on Plans and Priorities, 2006-2007 to 2010-11.

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2006-2007/EC-EC/ec-ec-eng.pdf

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2007-2008/EC-EC/ec-ec-eng.pdf

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2008-2009/inst/doe/doe-eng.pdf

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2009-2010/inst/doe/doe-eng.pdf

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rpp/2010-2011/inst/doe/doe-eng.pdf

Meteorological Service of Canada, 2006. Annual Report.

Statutes and Agreements

Aeronautics Act (R.S., 1985, c. A-2). http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/A-2/index.html

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (1999, c. 33). http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/C-15.31/index.html

Department of the Environment Act (R.S., 1985, c. E-10). http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/E-10/index.html

International Boundary Waters Treaty Act (R.S., 1985, c. I-17). http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/I-17/index.html

Weather Modification Information Act (R.S., 1985, c. W-5). http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/W-5/index.html

World Meteorological Organization, 1947 (last amended 2007). Convention of the World Meteorological Organization.

Internal Documents

Decima Research Inc. National Survey on Meteorological Products and Services 2002: Final Report. May 2002.

Environment Canada, 2006. Environment Canada’s Sustainable Development Strategy, 2007-2009.  http://ec.gc.ca/Publications/default.asp?lang=En&xml=240FBAC4-DFF8-425D-84FE-7EB7622C3F5D

Environment Canada, 2007. Environment Canada’s Science Plan: A Strategy for Environment Canada’s Science & Volume Two:  Supporting Documents.

Environment Canada, 2008. Environment Canada IM & IT Plan.

Environment Canada, 2008. Evaluation of the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) Transition Project.

Environment Canada, 2010. Audit of Governance of Specialized IT Resources.

Environment Canada. April 19, 2010. "Canadian Meteorological Private Sector." http://www.ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=8DB56DCD-1

Environment Canada. April 23, 2010. "Science and Technology Branch." http://www.ec.gc.ca/scitech/default.asp?lang=en&n=58F9D2F5-1#astd

Environment Canada. No date. Environment Canada’s Proposed 2010-11 Program Activity Architecture.

Environment Canada. No date. Environment Canada’s Science Plan: A Blueprint for Managing and Conducting Science over the Next 10 Years. Overview document.

Environment Canada. Science and Technology Branch, 2009, Measuring Environment Canada’s Research and Development Performance.

Environment Canada. No date. Nowcasting R&D Strategy - 2010-2015.

EKOS Research Associates Inc. April 2007. National WES Products and Services Survey 2007, Final Report.

Friday E., Jr. (Panel Chair) at al. January 2002. Independent Review of the Research and Development Program of the Meteorological Service of Canada.

Kerry A. et al. June 4, 2009. Benchmarking Study on Business Models for the MSC-Final Report.

Meteorological Service of Canada, Meteorological Research Division (MRD). November 2009. "Computing Requirements for Regional Science Divisions and Associated Labs".

Meteorological Service of Canada. 2008. "Forecasts for Canadians, Foresight for Canada - Articulating a Vision and Strategic Direction for Environment Canada’s Weather and Environmental Services."  Discussion document.

Meteorological Service of Canada, Quality Management System Office. March 18, 2008. "WES Quality Management System (QMS)". Presentation deck (labelled draft).

Meteorological Service of Canada. June 5, 2009. The Meteorological Service of Canada’s People Plan 2009-2010.

Meteorological Service of Canada. No date. MSC Strategic Plan 2003-2012: Research and Development Program.

National Inquiry Response Team. 2009. Weather and Environmental Services (WES) National Inquiry Response Team (NIRT) Performance Management - NIRT system - January 2009 Report.

Weather and Environmental Services Board. "Weather and Environmental Services. April 2010. 2010-11 Departmental priorities." Presentation deck.

Weather and Environmental Services Board. March 31, 2009. "Delivery of Weather and Environmental Services (OPG 2B2) - Priorities and Challenges for 2009-10." Presentation deck.

Meteorological Serivce of Canada, Performance Management, Joanne Volk. Weather and Environmental Services Board. May 26, 2009. "Weather and Environmental Services Board Quality Management System - Management Review." Presentation deck.

Weather and Environmental Services Board. March 2010. "PAA, PMF, QMS, MRSS. Beyond the Alphabet Soup." Presentation deck.

Weather and Environmental Services Board. September 30, 2009. "Proposed 2010-11 PAA Governance S.O. 2.0 'Canadians are equipped to make informed decisions on changing weather, water and climate conditions.’" Draft material.

Committee Meeting Minutes and Reference Documents

Meteorological Service of Canada. 2007. "Comité des Passes Opérationnelles et Parallèles (CPOP) Standards."

Meteorological Service of Canada. 2009. "Prediction Committee (PC) - Terms of Reference."

Meteorological Service of Canada. 2010. "Technical Transfer Approvals Committee - Terms of Reference."

Meteorological Service of Canada. No date. "Service Coordination and Management Committee (SCMC) - Terms of Reference."

Meteorological Service of Canada. No date. "Termes de Référence du Comité d’innovation de la prévision météorologique et environnementale du SME."

Minutes and Terms of Reference from Comité de gestion R&D-CMC: November 12, 2009.

Other Government Documents

Budget Speech 2007 to 2010.   

http://www.budget.gc.ca/2007/pdf/speeche.pdf

http://www.budget.gc.ca/2008/pdf/speech-discours-eng.pdf

http://www.budget.gc.ca/2009/pdf/speech-discours-eng.pdf

 http://www.budget.gc.ca/2010/pdf/speech-eng.pdf

Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. 2008. 2008 Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to the House of Commons. Chapter 2: Managing Severe Weather Warnings - Environment Canada. http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/docs/parl_cesd_200812_02_e.pdf

Finance Canada. Budget 2010: Leading the Way on Jobs and Growth. March 4, 2010.

External Literature

Davison, C. M. (2009). "Knowledge translation: Implications for evaluation." In Ottoson M. and Hawe P. (eds.), Knowledge utilization, diffusion, implementation, transfer, and translation: Implications for evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation 124:75-87.

Ian D. Graham, Jo Logan, Margaret B. Harrison, Sharon E. Straus, Jacqueline Tetroe, Wenda Caswell and Nicole Robinson, 2006, "Lost in Knowledge Translation: Time for a Map?" The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 26: 13-24.

National Academy of Sciences. 2003. Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Service.

Pawson R. 2006. Evidence-based Policy: A Realist Perspective.

Media Articles

Regina Leader-Post. July 14, 2010. "Stormy weather ahead: getting the word out." News article.

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