NRE2 - The 4 Themes - ServicesServicesEnvironment

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NRE2: The 4 Themes

3. ServicesTeam

Team Leader:

Greg Halseth
Phone: (250) 960-5826
Address: Department of Geography
University of Northern BC
3333 University Way
Prince George, BC V2N 4Z1
Email: halseth@unbc.ca

Site Profiles

This project included the development of a revised site profile document for execution across the research network. Drafts of the revised document were circulated to members of the NRE network and it was reviewed at the Spring 2003 workshop in Ferintosh. Beginning in May 2003 the profile document was executed across Canada. At UNBC we completed the work in the Mackenzie and Tumbler Ridge sites. The remainder of the summer months was spent on data input and clean up with the rest of the NRE network. Most NRE site coordinators submitted the site profiles on time, however, all needed substantial additions or clarifications and many of these are not completed at the end of August 2003.

Innovative and Voluntary Sector Groups

This project included the development of a new survey instrument for collecting information on a range of voluntary and innovative service providers in rural communities. The sampling design involved four sites from across Canada (Mackenzie, Wood River, Tweed, and Springhill). The survey instrument was vetted by the NRE network and reviewed at the Spring 2003 workshop in Ferintosh. The UNBC team completed the work in Mackenzie. All research teams submitted the completed survey instrument by August 2003.

Communications Profiles

The Services Research Centre coordinated with the Communications Research Centre on the development and application of the site profile and communications profile instruments. This included simplification of data collection tools, and efforts to ensure both coverage and the deletion of unnecessary duplication.

Literature Review

The Services Research Centre continues with the development and expansion of its literature review on rural and small town services delivery. One of the achievements over the past year has been the completion of a report (together with Patrice LeBlanc's group at the Département des sciences du développement humain et social Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue) on the connections between services provision and social capital in rural and small town places.

Services Research Centre team:

Greg Halseth - Services Research Centre Coordinator
Laura Ryser - Research Manager

Student assistants:

Nora King - research assistant, undergraduate student, continuing at UNBC Fall 2003
Virginia Pow - research assistant, undergraduate student, going to Grad School at Dalhousie, Fall 2003
Shiloh Durkee - research assistant, undergraduate student, moved to Okanagan, Fall 2003
Onkar Buttar - research assistant, undergraduate student, continuing at UNBC, Fall 2003
Kelly Giesbrecht - research assistant, graduate student, MA completed, remaining on research team at UNBC, Fall 2003

Research Exchange:

Two members from the research team participated at the Ferintosh workshop in Spring 2003.
Two members of the research team will participate at the St. Damase and Gatineau Fall conference

Dissemination:

Site Contact
A key element of dissemination will involve our regular community visits during the Fall 2003 period to both Mackenzie and Tumbler Ridge.