Prepared for the Slocan Lake Stewardship Society. Five samples were collected at seven sites over 30 days in accordance with Provincial
Health Guidelines for evaluation of Total, Thermotolerant Coliforms and E.coli bacteria.Read more

Youth are increasingly at a disadvantage in today’s labour market due to an increased emphasis on experience. In rural areas there can be even fewer opportunities for youth and those opportunities that are available can be undesirable (e.g., fewer opportunities, short term contracts, no benefits...Read more

Youth retention is broad, relating to workforce development, community engagement, assets and amenities, social programming, and so on. It is important to go beyond jobs. While jobs and education are critical, youth will only remain or return if a rural area is attractive. Creating not only job...Read more

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

This indicator measures the total number of people in the region in five-year age groups, or ‘cohorts’, reported by gender. Data for this indicator are typically gathered from the Census, but for this update, data were sourced from BC Stats’ annual population estimates.Read more

Presentation by Nadine Raynolds exploring characteristics and capacity of the social sector in the Columbia Basin-Boundary region. This document summarizes survey objectives/results, services provided, financial resources/challenges, human resources, organizational challenges, collaboration, and...Read more

Presentation by Rachael Roussin on research project assessing the area of arable lands within the West Kootenay region, identifying the soil/climate challenges and potential for small parcel agriculture, and providing a preliminary assessment of the effects of climate change on this potential...Read more

The challenges youth face surrounding employment occur alongside a shortage of skilled people to fill employment vacancies. The challenge finding the skilled worker is not uncommon. Within the Columbia Basin Boundary region there is a disconnect between those that are underemployed and/or...Read more