In March 2011, Dr Warren Magnusson from the Political Science Department at the University of Victoria spoke at GaLTT's AGM about the evolving role of non-profit and volunteer organizations in local governance. He recommended the following further reading.
Andrew Sancton, Canadian Local Government: an Urban Perspective (Toronto: Oxford Uiversity Press, 2011). To be published in May, 2011.
C. Richard Tindal and Susan Nobes Tindal, Local Government in Canada, 7th edition. (Toronto: Nelson Education, 2009).
Mary Louise McAllister, Governing Ourselves: The Politics of Canadian Communities. (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004).
Robert L. Bish and Eric Clemons, Local Government in B:ritish Columbia, 4th edition. (Richmond BC: Union of British Columbia Municipalities, 2008).
Union of British Columbia Municipalities—http://ubcm.ca/
Civic Info BC—http://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/
BC Local Government Department—http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/
Nanaimo Regional District—http://www.rdn.bc.ca/
Islands Trust—http://www.islandstrust.bc.ca/