Host contact: Evans, Gord]]> Department: Geography]]> A national report that looks at who is using food banks and why. The number of working Canadians accessing food banks is increasing, showing that many jobs are not keeping up with the rise cost of living. This report challenges many of the commonly held stereotypes about who accesses a food bank and suggests how the problem of food insecurity can be addressed in Canada. Provincial profiles are also included.

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]]> Host contact: Martin, Fay]]> Department: Gender and Women's Studies]]> The Gull River is a major river system in Haliburton County made up of three chains of rivers and lakes merging at Boshkung Lake. The author presents an overview of various attitudes towards the land and the way these perceptions altered the river over time. The major part of the paper details the development of the Minden Wild Water Reserve on the Gull River north of Minden Lake, which provides "world class white water" many months of the year.  Concluding thoughts on whether these changes reflect positive or negative attitudes round out the discussion.

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1. How does living in Haliburton County influence your likelihood to suffer from a chronic health disease or condition?

2. How does the rural and remote context influence accessibility and utilization of health care services in Haliburton County?

3. How important is the development and implementation of health care technology to rural communities in Haliburton County?

4. What are the implications of the aging population on rural and remote health care resource sin Haliburton County?

5. How can supportive housing programs play a better role in supporting rural seniors' desire for 'aging at home' in Haliburton County?

6. What are the major policy issues relating to rural health in Haliburton and what are the implications of Ontario's new rural and northern health care panel?

7. What is the case 'for' or 'against' closing Emergency Rooms in rural communities and replacing them with Urgent Care Centres? The recommendations from each report are included in the following summary of recommendations. The summary is followed by each report as they were submitted by the students.]]> The purpose of the group project was to develop and demonstrate skills in writing and presenting community-based research that would address particular rural health questions. The final reports feature three-parts: (1) A comprehensive review of academic literature relating to the social determinants of health, and how these issues relate to health in rural/remote areas. (2) The Haliburton context: A community profile for Haliburton County based on available secondary data relating to the questions. (3) Future Research Opportunities: A research proposal to fill gaps in exiting knowledge about the theme in Haliburton County.

]]> Host contact: Rosebush, Paul]]> Department: Geography]]> This report uses Health Canada's health indicator data to assess the provincial health care systems. It presents comparisons of the health care systems in each province using indicators, and compares Canada in general to health care indicators in other countries.

]]> This report was written by the Conference Board of Canada to encourage businesses and employers to take action on the social determinants of health in order to improve the health of Canadian, as well as business profits and performance. The report provides examples of Canadian and international programs that focus on improving the social determinants of health and benefit business at the same time.

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