An examination of citizen participation in health planning in the Northwest Territories: the Fort Providence Senior Citizens’ Home ...

• Main Author: Cawsey, James Frederick
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2010
• Subjects: Fort Providence; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0094952; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0094952

In the 1970’s the Government of the Northwest Territories was seeking to involve communities in the decisionmaking process about the allocation, priority setting and program and facilities design issues in the sphere of health services. As a result of this desire, relationships were being forged which emphasized a sense of partnership between government at different levels and community groups. In fact, considerable bureaucratic effort was put into the determination of how the communities should provide their participation. This eventually became known, informally at least, as the "community participation methodology". During a forty-one month period (March, 1977 to August, 1980) this methodology was implemented and eventually culminated in the construction of a senior citizens' home in the community of Fort Providence. It is the concern of this thesis to examine that methodology by asking the following question: "How useful and applicable is the Northwest Territories' community participation approach in the ...