First Nations and community economic development: a case study

A training project in a northern Canadian community provided an opportunity to examine participatory planning approaches and the meaning of work in First Nations communities. Focus groups conducted three years after the unsuccessful intervention of a community economic development (CED) project sugg...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Community Development Journal
Main Authors: Goodfellow-Baikie, Robin L., English, Leona M.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2005
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First Nations
Online Access:http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/bsi051v1
https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsi051
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Summary:A training project in a northern Canadian community provided an opportunity to examine participatory planning approaches and the meaning of work in First Nations communities. Focus groups conducted three years after the unsuccessful intervention of a community economic development (CED) project suggest that complex factors such as lack of support from community leaders and rate of pay for workers determine whether CED is always appropriate in northern, First Nations contexts.

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