A comprehensive report on hunger and food bank use in Canada and recommendations for change.Read more
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A comprehensive report on hunger and food bank use in Canada and recommendations for change.Read more
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"Across the region, approximately three quarters of private dwellings are classified as single detached houses. That rate is highest in the Boundary corridor (84%) and lowest in the Elk Valley (63%) (Figure 1). All corridors have significantly higher ratios of single family dwellings than the BC...Read more
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This paper, produced as part of a series on indicator reporting in the Basin Boundary Region of BC, addresses the subject areas of Infrastructure/Transportation and Housing, under the Economic research pillar of the State of the Basin project.Read more
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In the Kootenay Development region (which includes the regional districts of Central Kootenay, Kootenay Boundary and East Kootenay) the average home sale to household income ratio currently stands at 4.0, roughly the same as in 2006. This ratio is lower than the BC average, 6.5, however that...Read more
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Tables detailing occupations, estimated openings due to growth and attrition within industrial, hospitality/retail, and community/support service categories. Focused on the Kootenay region.Read more
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UNBC Community Development Institute slide show at Workforce Development Forum (Nelson, November 2015). Discusses demographic transition, worker/family transition, economic trajectories, and workforce innovation and development.Read more
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Rural planners and development officers are often looking for ways to sustain and grow population. What growth strategies and assets are tools for rural population growth? While there are many self-directed guides suggesting different growth strategies and a large literature on assets and...Read more
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"Aimee Watson, North Kootenay Lake Community Services Society, 2013
This handbook is geared for rural and remote regions interested in creating a program to enable or increase food security in their communities. Its goal is to help guide those of you wishing to do this work, whether you...Read more