building for the future: foundations for sustainable prosperity
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Building for the Future: Foundations for Sustainable Prosperity . Greg Halseth & Don Manson Community Development Institute at UNBC. Outline. Introduction Community Development. 1) Introduction. Historically. Natural resources maintained local economies Required many labourers - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Greg Halseth & Don MansonCommunity Development Institute
at UNBC
Building for the Future: Foundations for Sustainable
Prosperity
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Outline
IntroductionCommunity Development
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1) Introduction
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Historically
Natural resources maintained local economies
Required many labourers
Communities were ‘centres’ to local hinterlands
Provincial government invested in these communities– Services– Facilities– Amenities
Disrupted after 1980
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A New Game Now Pressures since:
International trade agreementsTrade globalizationLow cost production regions
Resource industries are concentrating
Technology is labour-shedding– Job losses– Limited wage benefits remain
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At Issue: Challenge
– Small town and community change– Fast pace of globalization
Opportunity – Building resilient communities based on
local assets, actions & aspirations
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Question
–How to equip communities to exercise place-based advantages & meet development opportunities & challenges on own terms?
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2) Community Development
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Answer: Focus on Community Readiness
Understanding the role / position of your region in the world
Grounding strategies in a realistic, in-depth analysis of our local & regional assets and aspirations
Focus more on long-term implementation of vision
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Community Development Foundations
The ability of communities to identify aspirations & organize assets and resources to achieve their objectives
Increasing the skills, knowledge & abilities to access/use information & resources
Create strategies & partnerships to take advantage of changing circumstances
A long-term, sustainable vision that facilitates community well-being, quality-of-life & resilience
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Keys to Innovation
Create a broad community development platform as a foundation for seizing opportunities
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Community Assets: Land & People
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Place-Based Development
A place-based economy demands much more of local capacity
Accommodates new relationships, partnerships, collaboration & wider inclusion
Competitive variables:– Traditional: Infrastructure, production, location,
economic structure & amenities– Newer: Social capital, innovation & institutions
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CD & Economic Development
Rebundle community assets Reimagine community aspirations Reinvestments in local social, economic &
cultural infrastructure From resource dependence to a diversified
economy grounded in resources & inclusive of other options
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The Community Development Institute at UNBC www.unbc.ca/cdi
In Practice: Interdependent & Mutually Supportive
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Lessons I A “new base for successful rural
innovation”– Work as regions– Scale up/strategic partnerships– Focus on readiness– Key infrastructures
PhysicalHumanCommunityEconomic
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Lessons II
Re-bundle our competitive assets in innovative ways
Attention to 4 "bottom lines"– Community– Economy– Environment – Culture
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www.unbc.ca/cdi
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Greg HalsethProfessor, Geography
University of Northern British Columbiahttp://www.unbc.ca/geography/faculty/halseth/index.html
Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies
Community Development Institute – UNBChttp://www.unbc.ca/cdi/