This is a bibliography of material, both published and unpublished, dealing with the Haliburton and surrounding region. Compiled from sources found in universities, local and more distant libraries, museums, and other locations, and organized under subject headings, the paper lists material which can be accessed for use in research work. Each citation includes a location code to facilitate use.

]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Commercial and industrial recycling

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Information was obtained through the use of a survey conducted with 21 businesses, one service provider and several landfill attendants.

The responses by the interviewees are included in the report and suggestions to promote more diversion of materials from landfill are provided.]]> Host contact: Hopkings, Virginia]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]> Commercial Scale Spalting of Logs

What is spalting?

-spalting is color on wood caused by fungi

-spalting can occur on any tree species, but not all fungi produce spalting

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This report contains an annotated bibliography, summarizing sources used during the research for the children’s resource. In addition, an electronic copy of the product has been included. This graphic has the potential to be used at Water Festivals across the province. ]]> Host contact: Clark, Bev]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]> The author has coined the term 'communitycation' as "the effective communication that takes place among the members of a community" and community as a "small collective group such as the Haliburton Environmental Network (H.E.N.) or a larger group, similar to a village or town."

The focus of this paper is the experience of the author as she participated in the community research program at Trent University. Based on the papers of two other students, Bernie Davis and Anna Gibson, the author presents her views on the two-way communication needed for the program to be a success both from the community perspective and that of the student. She reports on her work with the community-based Haliburton Environmental Network and the experiences gleaned from the interaction with the members of the group. Some of the difficulties faced by students and community are discussed and suggestions presented for improvement in communication among the three groups; Trent University, the community, and the students.   

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The project looks at: 1) existing methodology that can facilitate community engagement with the lake plan, 2) methods that can be used to effectively exchange feedback between a community and a committee, and 3) publication and distribution strategies the committee could use to further the community engagement plan.

]]> Host contact: Butcher, Ron]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]> The paper explores the notion of community, specifically Haliburton, from the perspective of land, individual identity and collective identity.  

It touches upon the pronounced urban-rural polarities that run deep into the Canadian psychological constitution and finally, looks at the idea of belonging to place and the need and desire to locate ourselves on the geographical map of the human experience.

]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Minutes from the Community Capacity Building Planning Group and related information.

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Recommendations include fostering community awareness and responsibility, along with a cohesive team mentality amongst health care providers as this is necessary to enable seniors to live independently in the community while maintaining a decent quality of life. This is also an extremely cost effective manner for Community Care to promote the availability of their services to seniors and their caregivers in Haliburton County. ]]> Host contact: Elia, Hilary]]> Department: Nursing]]> Host contact: Casey, Roxanne]]> Department: Gender and Women's Studies]]> Host contact: MacDonald, Donna]]> Department: Canadian Studies]]> The complex issues surrounding forest use in British Columbia are the focus of this paper. The role of governments and industry over the years is outlined, followed by a look at the rise of community-based initiatives which present an alternative, more environmental perspective. The union of ecology and economy which these community groups propose has much in common with bioregionalism and the paper presents an analysis of these initiatives in that context.  The issues of stewardship and "living-in-place" in the management of natural resources are discussed.  Recognizing that there is no simple solution, the paper concludes with suggestions for a cooperative approach to forest management in B.C.

]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Shoreline Stabilization Research Project Report]]> After conducting a literature review, we have found that the best option for shoreline management of erosion is Slope and Vegetation Biomass Control. A close second would be the Brush Mattress combined with a Live Fascine. These naturalized options have been highlighted and recommended to use on Horseshoe Lake, and other reservoir lakes for the Trent-Severn. There are also some industrialized options included as not every property has the ability to implement naturalized erosion control. Out of all of the industrialized methods listed here, we suggest using Vegetated Riprap only in scenarios where naturalized control is unfeasible.]]>
This paper looks at the work of the Highland Harvest Community Shared Agricultural system. The health and economic issues encountered in Haliburton are discussed based on a report from the Haliburton, Kawartha and Pine Ridge District Health Council and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. This leads to a look at the issue of food security in Haliburton. The concept of Community Shared Agriculture is introduced, followed by details of how the Highland Harvest CSA operates. Suggestions for future research topics conclude the paper.]]> Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies]]> Independent evaluation study of Community Based Education and the relationship between Trent University and the Haliburton County community.

]]> The Haliburton County Committee Against the Abuse of Women(HCCAAW) is a committee developed in 1989 to work towards the prevention of the absue of women in Haliburton County. One means of working towards this goal was to ensure there are services and supports available for women who are abused. Starting in January of 1995, the committee develpoed, organized and facilitated the Community/Accountablilty Framwork project which was co-sponsored by the Halibuton Social Action Committee and made possible by a finacial contribution from the Ministry of Community and Social Services. This community initative would start the process of dealing with the development of a framework of service delivery for women and prepare recommendations to ensure the coordination of the delivery of services for victims of abuse.

]]> Host contact: Prince, Jim]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]> Fish Ecology
Wastwater Treatment]]>
Conclusions regarding a CTW to retain the five trout related pathogens common to Ontario is that they should be effectively removed or inactivated from the wastewater. However, the determination of this purifications is speculative and based on the assumptions that a similar microbial community would be present in the CTW servicing the HFH that exists in the CTWs servicing human domestic applications. Paramount, though, is the validation of this hypothesis with quantitative investigations. ]]> Host contact: Wooton, Brent]]> Department: Environmental and Resource Science/Studies]]>