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Environmental Science/Studies]]> Cara Daw]]>
The research was conducted over the 2003-2004 academic year and begins with a literature review of employment opportunities offered on an international, national, provincial, and county scale. Primary research, collected through telephone surveys with local employers, sets out to determine: what employers know about apprentice programs in the trades, which businesses currently offer such opportunities, what barriers exist to such programming, and what employers are looking for in apprenticeship training. Results are presented and analyzed and recommendations proposed to better facilitate such training programs.]]> Host contact: Babbs, Trevor]]> Department: Geography]]> Ken Hoeverman]]>
In Part Two, the logging of the pine forests in Haliburton in the 1850s is outlined with specific reference to the role of government in this expansion of logging and settlement into the area and the story of the Canadian Land and Emigration Company with its goal of promoting and selling lots for settlement. In less than 30 years, the land was virtually depleted of this valuable resource with little interest being shown by government in reforestation efforts until 1913 when the report titled the Trent Watershed Survey presented the devastation of the land and recommended solutions. The conclusion to the paper proposes a look at the role society's structure and values play in such environmental catastrophes and presents suggestions for further research.]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Host contact: MacNeil, Eleanor]]>
The project is comprised of four distinct components; the first being the database design, the second being data entry, and the third being preliminary analysis of the data entered and the drawing of conclusions from the results. The fourth component to the project is a summary of the expected benefits to the surrounding area.]]> Host contact: Maher, Terry]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]> 1. What constitutes a natural heritage system?
2. How have other regions dealt with planning for natural heritage?
3. How are decision-making bodies within Haliburton County dealing with natural heritage?
4. Where can data on the elements of natural heritage within Haliburton County be found?
5. What recommendations are therefore derived from the information which has been reviewed?]]> Sheila Ziman]]> Host contact: Wooton, Brent]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]> Host contacts: Matthews, Jess; Wooton, Brent]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> This report defines a child friendly community as, "a local system of good governance committed to fulfilling children's rights", according to the United Nations definition. It provide a planning toolkit for municipalities to help them develop more child friendly communities.

]]> Host contact: Cook, Irene; Graham, Donna]]> Department: Geography]]>