The project Training, engagement, and retention: a ‘learning region’ approach to rural youth is a partnership between Simon Fraser University, the Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation, and the Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute that explores rural youth retention, training, and...Read more
Communities need to engage their youth through more outlets and in more accessible and interactive ways. This means engaging youth in ways that make them excited, interested, and invested. True engagement emphasises elements like two way interaction, conversation, power sharing, and mutual...Read more
The purpose of this guide is to support new and landless farmers to choose a path toward accessing land. In researching and writing this guide, the driving question has been: how have new farmers gotten onto land? There are several different options to consider from leasing and purchasing to...Read more
Population dynamics of the endangered mountain ecotype of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in British Columbia, Canada
Heiko U. Wittmer, Bruce N. McLellan, Dale R. Seip, James A. Young, Trevor A. Kinley, Glen S. Watts, and Dennis HamiltonRead more
This report serves as a benchmark by documenting land use and riparian habitat changes necessary for the development of regulations, standards, policies and education materials.Read more
Presentation discussing current state of well-being derived from survey results, causes and correlation, framework surrounding things we care about, and approaches (examples and tools) for including intangibles in measures of success.Read more
This report discusses the results of a community needs assessment, undertaken to identify challenges and weaknesses that may act as barriers to newcomers and immigrants and to provide information that will help local communities and stakeholders work towards more welcoming and inclusive...Read more
This report provides an overview of the Regional Manufacturing and Technology Survey commissioned by KAST. The purpose of the project was to gain a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by the manufacturing and technology based businesses in the West Kootenay region.Read more
This report provides an overview of the Regional Manufacturing and Technology Survey commissioned by KAST. In addition to a detailed summary of interview results, the report provides preliminary analysis and recommendations developing out of this project.Read more
This document provides relevant stakeholders with pertinent environmental information to facilitate future land use planning along the Kootenay Lake West Arm foreshore.Read more
