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Welcome! This is your connection to the project, Partnering for Sustainable Resource Management, a Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) between Tl'azt'en Nation and the University of Northern British Columbia.

 

***** RECENT RESEARCH PROJECT PROGRESS, EVENTS & PRODUCTS *****

Recent CURA Student Defenses:

Yim, D., August 18, 2009. Defended thesis entitled, "Evolving Co-Management Practice: Developing a Community-Based Environmental Monitoring Framework with Tl'azt'en Nation on the John Prince Research Forest." (Community Thesis Presentation)

Kutzner, D., March 2, 2009. Defended thesis entitled, "An inquiry into Aboriginal tourism product attributes and their influence on product preferences by travelers to Northern BC." (Thesis Presentation)

Recently Completed Theses:

Yim, D.K.Y. 2009. Evolving Co-Management Practice: Developing a Community-Based Environmental Monitoring Framework with Tl'azt'en Nation on the John Prince Research Forest. Unpublished Masters Thesis, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC. pdf

Publications:

Kutzner, D., Wright, P.A., Stark, A. 2009. Identifying tourists' preferences for Aboriginal tourism product features: implications for a northern First Nation in British Columbia. Journal of Ecotourism, 8: 99-114.

Fondahl, G., Wright, P., Yim, D., Sherry, E., Leon, B., Bulmer, W., Grainger, S., Young, J. 2009. Co-Managing Research: Building and Sustaining a First Nation - University Partnership. UNBC Community Development Institute: 96.

Workshops:

Northern British Columbia Aboriginal Tourism Development Workshop. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, April 21-22, 2009. Workshop summary

Conferences:

Shaw, L. Society of Ethnobiology 32nd Annual Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1st–April 4th, 2009. Presented poster

Yim, D., John, B. Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, Ottawa, ON, March 9-12, 2009. Presentation

 

CURA members (from left to right): Christopher Johnson, Kateri Haskell, Shane Hartman, Deanna Yim, Pamela Wright, Amelia Stark, Chris Jackson, Leona Shaw, Sarah Quinn, Vincent Joseph, Diana Kutzner, Gail Fondahl, Kathy Lewis, Bev Leon (Missing: Wayne Bulmer, Sue Grainger, Alex Pierre, Erin Sherry, Jane Young)

CURA Graduate Students: (from left to right) Leona Shaw, Sarah Quinn, Deanna Yim, Diana Kutzner, and Shane Hartman

 

 

 

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