Chapter 6.1 Constructing rural places in a globalized world: Place-based rural development seen from northern British Columbia, Canada

Greg Halseth is a Professor in the Geography Program at the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada, where he is also the Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies and Co-Director of UNBC’s Community Development Institute. His research examines rural and small town community development, and local and regional strategies for coping with social and economic change.

Don Manson has spent the last two decades as a researcher and educator. His work has centred on the communities and people of Northern British Columbia.

Laura Ryser is the Research Manager of the Rural and Small Town Studies Program at the University of Northern British Columbia. Her research interests include small town community change, institutional barriers to change, building resiliency to respond to restructuring trends, labour restructuring, and rural poverty.

Sean Markey is an Associate Professor with the Resource and Environmental Management Department in the Faculty of Environment at Simon Fraser University. His research concerns issues of local and regional economic development, community sustainability, rural development, and sustainable infrastructure.

Marleen Morris is the Co-Director of the Community Development Institute at the University of Northern British Columbia and an Adjunct Professor in the Geography Program at UNBC. Her research examines multi-sectoral collaboration, with a particular focus on community and regional development.