Solving Northern Ontario's Forest Crisis with Community Forestry

25 benefits from Community Forestry. Adapted from a paper presented by Dr David Robinson to the Northern Ontario Economic Development Conference October 29-30, 2009 at Laurentian University. Posted Feb. o6, 2010

Northern Ontario in the Labour Force Survey for February (January data)

Dr. David Robinson ad Andrew Shellingerhoud report on the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey for January 10-16, 2010. In this case no news is bad news.

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Getting the tax system right INORD, the Center for Local Government at Laurentian, the Department of Economics, the Chamber of Commerce and the GSDC present Dr. Steven Cord Expert on municipal taxation. Speaking on making the city wealthier by making it wiser: Land Value Taxation 1) GSDC board Room 1:00 February 10 Presentation to th GSDC Board 2) Laurentian University C309, 3pm, 3) Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, 8:30 Friday February 12

Feb. 10-12 Contact Dr. David Robinson 675-1151-4270 for details or to arrange a discussion or interview with Dr. Cord

 

In Memoriam Until his death in October 2009, Dr Derek Wilkinson was Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities at Laurentian University. He was the Director of the INORD for ten years, a principal researcher in the internationally renowned New Rural Economy Project. He was Co-Director of the largest study of any northern community, the 8-year Elliot Lake Tracking Study. Derek grew up in Copper Cliff, attended Queen's University and the London School of Economics. Derek's passing is a loss to his friends and to Laurentian, but it is also a significant loss for Northern Ontario. He was dedicated to promoting his community and the region. Among his many contributions, Derek did survey research for the Northern Lights festival/Festival Boreal, co-founded the Social Planning Council of Sudbury and was instrumental in launching the Campaign for the Northern Ontario School of Architecture. He will be missed

Current Commentaries and Analysis

PART III: Problems with the Ontario Tenure System (PDF)
(INORD Working Paper #6-09)

Dr. David Robinson identifies problems wit ht the current tenures system and argues it cannot promote economic development for Northern Ontario.This is number 3 in the series "The Science of Community Forests. Posted November 10, 2009

In this series on Community Forestry, Dr. David Robinson describes the theoretical issue of regime choice and presents a framework for comparing the current regime with a community forestry regime.

PART II: The Simple Theory of Forests with Joint Products
(INORD Working Paper #4-08) Posted April 4, 2008

PART I: Approaching Regime Change Systematically
(INORD Working Paper #2-08). Posted February 8, 2008

Social Innovation as a Discipline: Agency and Scale

Kirsten Robinson, a fellowship holder at the Social Innovation Generation Center at the University of Waterloo and Dr. David Robinson examine some basic concepts in the theory of social innovation. PDF. Posted Aug 25, 2009

What Do Successful Communities Do?

What is ``Best Practice '' in promoting community development? It is not easy to find lessons that can be transferred easily from a successful community to another that hopes to imitate it’s success. Dr. David Robinson suggests some general principles. PDF. Posted Aug 5, 2009

The Northern Ontario Bio-Energy Corridor: A 5-point Strategy for Economic Development in Northern Ontario (PDF)

Dr. David Robinson offers a strategy for using biomass to to promote economic development for Northern Ontario. Posted July 10, 2009

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