Results of group discussions about what is working currently, what is not, and potential threats and opportunities.

]]> Note: This paper accompanies the video tape titled "Haliburton County: an Assessment by the Community."

Hoping to capture a sense of the human component of Haliburton in order to better facilitate future communication between the students of Trent University and the Haliburton community, the author set out to videotape interviews with selected permanent residents.

A series of questions were presented centering on three main subject areas: 1) perceptions of the strengths of their community 2) changes which have been perceived over time and 3) hopes and aspirations for the future of Haliburton County.

With the assistance of students from Haliburton Highlands Secondary School, interviews with 19 people were conducted and videotaped. The sampling was based on people whose families had been in the County for two or more generations, were from various parts of the County, represented a variety of age groups, and were representative of less visible members of the community.  The paper includes a critique of the project and suggestions for future work in this area as well as an index to the raw video footage.

]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environment Studies]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> A collection of background information on amalgamation in Haliburton County covering issues of boundary negotiations, transportation, recreation, waste management, by-laws, etc.

]]> Host contact: Flowers, Dave; Tuyten, Nicole]]> Department: Geography]]> Economic trends and development prospects in Haliburton County.

]]> The paper explores the connection between concepts of bioregionalism and ecologically responsible forest use to provide the theoretical and philosophical context for a discussion of how these ideas play out in reality in Haliburton County in general, and at the Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve in particular. As a preface, a brief historical overview of the changing forest and forest practices in Haliburton County is provided.  From information obtained through personal interviews, the author looks at the nature of wholistic forest use currently practiced at the Wildlife Reserve and the way in which this system of forest use impacts on community and place in the County. The potential for Haliburton Forest as a model of wholistic forest use is considered along with the issues involved in transferring that model.

]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Environmental Planning
Ecological Design
Sustainable Development]]>
The final site design is presented in Part 4 and followed by Part 5 which summarizes the material and immaterial costs of the design. This section also discusses the benefits associated with the design. The final section, Part 6, provides environmental, social, and economic frameworks and discussions that justify the designs implementation. The final plan includes details for the inclusion of a pavilion, playgrounds, planters, a submarine display, a bird garden, signage, and pervious asphalt (which offers improved drainage over regular paving).]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> ]]>
The introduction to the paper looked at some of the possible difficulties in providing health care in a rural, remote area.

The specifics of the methodology are outlined and results presented, organized under several headings. A discussion of the results follows and an outline of limitations to the survey are noted. Data from the survey is presented in tabular form within the appendix to the paper.
 ]]> Host contact: Rosebush, Paul]]> Department: Nursing]]>