Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy: Volume 3 Issue 4

Changing paradigms?: Rural communities, agriculture, and corporate and civic models of development in Atlantic Canada

Deborah Stiles, Greg Cameron

The purpose of this paper is to examine a model of corporate and civic communities as it relates to change in rural Atlantic Canada. The aim is to frame questions relevant to what…

Regime or coalition? Power relations and the urban agenda in Saint John, 1950‐2000

Greg Marquis

The purpose of this paper is to examine the forces and actors that shaped urban development in a mid‐sized Canadian city over a half century.

Harnessing cultural and human capital for economic sustainability: a New Brunswick model

Tony Tremblay

What is the role of culture in economic development? Is there any hope for the local in the larger frame of the global? The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that…

Water and development in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia

John R. Wagner, Kasondra White

The purpose of this paper is to describe the history of water governance in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia and the challenges now facing the region as a consequence of…

Enabling volunteer health planning capacity: a rural Canadian case study

Maureen Coady

The purpose of this paper is to determine opportunities, resources, and capacity building supports that enable volunteer capacity to participate in localized health planning…

Re‐conceptualizing health and learning in terms of community resilience and enterprise

Wendy L. Kraglund‐Gauthier, Sue Folinsbee, B. Allan Quigley, Hélène Grégoire

Many Canadians presume their universal health care system provides equitable opportunity and access to health, yet this is not necessarily the case, especially for marginalized…

Self‐employed craft production is embedded work

L. Lynda Harling Stalker

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how self‐employed craft producers are embedded in social relationships.