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Longitudinal study of personal adjustment and social conditions in the Fort McMurray area Vol I: Research design
Download1978
The purpose of Phase 1 was to establish a research design for a longitudinal study to identify and explain the relationships between social and personal adjustment of people in the oil sands region. The research design was to be implemented in Fort McMurray and to be applicable to any resource...
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Longitudinal study of personal adjustment and social conditions in the Fort McMurray area Vol II.a: Background papers
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The need for a baseline information system derives from the diversity and inconsistencies in the existing data sources in the province, in the data itself, in the collecting procedures and regarding accessibility. In addition, we were required to investigate the feasibility of establishing a set...
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Longitudinal study of personal adjustment and social conditions in the Fort McMurray area Vol II.b: Time-Use diaries
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The time-use diary is a data collection instrument intended to furnish a detailed account of daily individual activities by type, sequence, duration and location. Its purpose is to provide a comprehensive picture of how people spend their time. Experience has shown that the time-use diary is a...
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1979
Van Dyke, E. W., Church, L. M., Loberg, C., Bai, D.
With the increase in incidence of resource development particularly in Alberta, several new towns have grown to accommodate the workers. Several types of social problems have come to be identified with these resource communities. This present study attempts to identify the social problems that...
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1980
Peter C. Nichols & Associates Ltd.
Development of the Athabasca Oil Sands deposits between 1961 and the present has led to rapid changes in the region's demographic and economic structure, in types of employment available, in the composition of labour force, distribution of income per capita, and in the demand for housing and for...
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1979
This report represents one of the initial exploratory studies undertaken in 1976, to determine the parameters of and the appropriate methods for research on the social impacts of oil sands development in the AOSERP study area. As a preliminary step towards the clarification of the conceptual and...