Growing and foraging regional plants

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The bulk of the paper reports on the author's interviews with eight community members who are involved in growing and/or foraging natural plants and their philosophies of living on and with the land. A list of regional plants found and used by those interviewed forms an appendix to the paper.]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]>
The primary goal of this report is to familiarize the reader with the basics of current government policy and protocol in the establishment of Land Trusts in Ontario, and applying it to specific heritage features that are present in Haliburton County. It is recommended to promote public education on the environmental and economic benefits of land trusts, as well as growing and maintaining close relationships with other Land Trusts and organizations such as Ducks Unlimited, the Haliburton Stewardship Council, OMNR, and more.]]> Host contact: Wooton, Brent]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]>
Travelling in the Haliburton Highlands in 1998, these skills of "reading the land" are transferred to a new area and his experiences are related as he walks several areas of the region observing the biodiversity at his feet.]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> The purpose of the project is to bring citizens' voices to the development of indicators to measure quality of life. It includes information about the dialogue methodology, lessons learned, and next steps.

]]> Host contact: Morris, Malcolm; Ross, Heather]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]> Host contact: Potter, Paul]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]>
File includes information on the divestment of counselling for women from SIRCH, and related correspondence.]]>
Community based children's services are attempting to respond to the changing social needs of the community within limited human and financial resources.]]> Recreation & Tourism]]> Much of the beauty and diversity of the Haliburton region is privately held and this paper looks at the importance of private stewardship efforts, detailing the various techniques and measures available to concerned citizens.  Reference is made to the University of Waterloo Heritage Resources Centre's study of volunteer environmental stewardship (VES) and the various private conservation mechanisms such as landowner contact programs, conservation easements, land trusts, and government-sponsored stewardship initiatives available to the landowner.

The loss of biodiversity and the corresponding need for private conservation efforts in natural areas such as Haliburton is explored as well as the connection between the concept of bioregionalism and private stewardship. It is concluded that private stewardship initiatives are an integral part of a comprehensive conservation measure to protect and enhance the biodiversity of a region such as Haliburton.

]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> This report was designed as a resource to help better explain the social determinants of health and how they influence chronic diseases. It describes six of the social determinants in detail; income, employment, housing, food security, education and inclusion. Suggestions for implementing changes on these determinants for community organizations and others, are also provided, plus useful links and resources.

]]> Discusses dating violence, prevention of relationship violence, themes and issues, and breaking the cycle of violence.

]]> Host contacts: Godin, Alex; Graham, Phil]]> Department: Canadian Studies]]>