Host contact: Butcher, Ron]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]> Practical tips and ideas on games amd art and craft activities.

]]> Report outlines programs offered and branch history. Focus is literacy and programs for offenders.

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Focuses on methods of enumeration and preparation of list of electors; qualifications of electors; monination procedures; election campaign finances, accessibility to voting; preparation and contduct of elections; conditions and criteria for recounts; voter turnout and voter awareness of local government.]]> This paper discusses car sharing from a rural and urban perspective with final recommendations for further development steps in Haliburton County. Included is an exploration of issues and barriers related to rural transprotation development.

]]> Understanding Why Exotic Earthworms Go Where They Go

]]> The students were offered the opportunity to focus on a topic that interested them, within the broad theme of innovation in food security. 

]]> Daniella Pagliaro and Gena Robertson]]> Report addresses the issue of access to and coordination of public transportation in a rural environment such as Haliburton County.

]]> Host contact: Wooton, Brent]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]> This is a journal article that compares income and mortality rates among age group and gender in 24 coastal communities in British Colombia. The study found that income is correlated to mortality, but not for specific age groups. This study is applicable to the Haliburton region as it was conducted in small rural communities similar to Haliburton.

]]> A main component of the theory of bioregionalism is that its strength and function ability begin with the individual commitment of the people in a given community. The paper puts forth the idea that foraging can make a valuable contribution to the development of a local bioregion as it helps develop individual values and skills which permit the participant to put into practice some of the aspects of the theory.

Drawing from a number of sources, the paper is a catalogue of edible plants organized first by general tree type or habitat. For each plant noted, common and scientific botanical names are given as well as distinguishing characteristics, habitat appearance, blooming period, and season to harvest. Information concerning preparation for medicinal and food purposes is included and notes of interest complete each record. Hand-drawn illustrations accompany the text and all information is cross-referenced in an index.

]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Host contact: Evans, Gord]]> Department: Geography]]>