Political Science Program Hosts Workshop on Governance Research in Smithers
October 14, 2004 for immediate release
UNBC researchers are participating in a new, national study of the issues facing local and regional governments and an information session in Smithers this weekend will shape how northern communities will participate.
The study is involving 66 researchers from universities across Canada, including UNBC Political Science professors Gary Wilson and Tracy Summerville. A number of key issues will be targeted during the research: emergency planning, federal property, immigrant settlement, image building, infrastructure, and urban aboriginal policy. Among the issues addressed will be how different levels of government work together and how interaction can be improved. The researchers in BC will focus on federal lands and immigrant settlement.
Local government officials and First Nations leaders from throughout northern BC have been invited to the initial research session at the Hudson Bay Lodge in Smithers on Saturday. In addition to discussion about northern BC's participation in the study, a presentation will be given by UNBC Geography professor Catherine Nolin, who is currently conducting a study of immigrant and refugee settlement in communities around northern BC.
The session will mark the third annual Steelhead Seminar on Northern Governance that has been presented in Smithers by the University's Political Science program. Last year's Steelhead Seminar focused on the political issues of health care delivery in the North.
The national study is being coordinated from the University of Western Ontario and is being funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
UNBC researchers are participating in a new, national study of the issues facing local and regional governments and an information session in Smithers this weekend will shape how northern communities will participate.
The study is involving 66 researchers from universities across Canada, including UNBC Political Science professors Gary Wilson and Tracy Summerville. A number of key issues will be targeted during the research: emergency planning, federal property, immigrant settlement, image building, infrastructure, and urban aboriginal policy. Among the issues addressed will be how different levels of government work together and how interaction can be improved. The researchers in BC will focus on federal lands and immigrant settlement.
Local government officials and First Nations leaders from throughout northern BC have been invited to the initial research session at the Hudson Bay Lodge in Smithers on Saturday. In addition to discussion about northern BC's participation in the study, a presentation will be given by UNBC Geography professor Catherine Nolin, who is currently conducting a study of immigrant and refugee settlement in communities around northern BC.
The session will mark the third annual Steelhead Seminar on Northern Governance that has been presented in Smithers by the University's Political Science program. Last year's Steelhead Seminar focused on the political issues of health care delivery in the North.
The national study is being coordinated from the University of Western Ontario and is being funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
