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- 2Active living
- 2Canada, Alberta, Vegreville
- 2Older adults
- 2Physical activity
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- 2Gill, Dhara S.
- 2Kisko, Adrienne
- 2Murray, Eloise C.
- 1Alberta Centre for Active Living
- 1Apedaile, L. Peter
- 1Dechaine, Jennifer
- 4Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Department of
- 4Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, Department of/Working Papers (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)
- 2Alberta Centre for Active Living
- 2Alberta Centre for Active Living/Research and General Reports (Alberta Centre for Active Living)
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1994
Murray, Eloise C., Kisko, Adrienne, Gill, Dhara S.
In the process of social change communities are impacted by internal and external forces which may threaten their existence as social entities. In an attempt to understand these processes much of the research into community attachment has focused on the relationship between social bonds and local...
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Process, Perception and Power: Notes from "Participatory" Research in a Zimbabwean Resettlement Area
Download1996
\"Participatory\" methods in research, development projects, and rural extension in developing countries have been gaining popularity. Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), and Participatory Action Research (PAR), for example, have developed alongside interest and...
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1994
Murray, Eloise C., Kisko, Adrienne, Gill, Dhara S.
Interest in the subject of social integration or urban migrants into rural communities developed as a result of the so called 'population turn around' phenomenon observed by rural sociologists in the 1970's. The focus of much of this research related to the direction of migration and factors...
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Working Harder, Getting More Efficient and Losing Prosperity: Arguments for New Rural Coalitions and Social Contracts or On Getting the Problem Right
Download1992
Canadian agriculture and the rural economy are caught up in the process of global economic integration. This paper argues that new coalitions and contractual agreements are required to keep up with this globalization. The Uruguay Round of the GATT is an example of the effort of the international...