... Siemens can be contacted at: siemensl@uvic.ca 11 09 2018 18 10 2019 23 10 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Community economic development Small business Rural entrepreneurship Rural regions Canada Case...

... then be of concern to communities, regions and the overall public sector. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Canada Public administration Risk management Communities Town planning Municipal planning Strategic planning Strategic risk The contemporary understanding of public sector...

..., a factor that Claude Blanchet considers to be one of the main reasons for its success; the quality of its staff and their work was outstanding. Canada Public administration Regional development Intrapreneur Quebec Above all, Claude Blanchet wanted an education that would allow him to go...

...Masud Chand Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the migration of the Indian diaspora to Canada and the USA and its role in fostering trade and investment between them using its transnational social networks. Design/methodology/approach This study was based on interviews with 25...

... to start their own company, while this is not the case for those with a more limited knowledge of English. Paré and Juteau (2000) also broach the linguistic question, albeit from a comparative perspective, looking at both majority group and second‐ and third‐generation immigrant entrepreneurs in Canada...

... in travel distances and to show how all three have changed over the last decade in Antigonish town and county (Nova Scotia, Canada). Design/methodology/approach The core of the paper is a quantitative analysis, using GIS software to measure the changes in the built environment described in the second...

... children, the reason being, they tell us, that they are unable to hunt, and consequently of little account. Leo Paul Dana can be contacted at: leo.dana@canterbury.ac.nz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Ethnic groups Business enterprise Small enterprises Canada Damas...

... of Saint John's managers, professionals and skilled technical workers, are among the richest and best educated in the province (ESJ, n.d.). Canada Cities Town planning Regional development Since the 1970s urban studies literature has explored the nature of urban political and economic power...

... Canada Self employed workers With Confederation, Newfoundland became a peripheral province, with respect to both geography and power. This has led to Newfoundlanders becoming dependent on mainland Canada for many basics (such as employment insurance payments and fishing quotas). Newfoundlanders...

... information about the state of health and learning in selected areas across Canada. Using literature on health and learning as a framework, this paper discusses challenges and promising practices in terms of participants' abilities to sustain their own and their communities' health and learning. © Emerald...

... documenting the history of agriculture and irrigation in the valley are examined to provide historical depth to the study. An interdisciplinary review of theoretical literature on multilevel governance is conducted and also a comparative review of water governance systems in Canada and elsewhere. Findings...

... underlying responsible government in Atlantic Canada in the early days of settlement, broadening to a consideration of how those values might apply today. Design/methodology/approach Beginning with a brief history of neo‐liberalism that roots globalization in sixteenth century mercantilism, this paper...

...Deborah Stiles; Greg Cameron Purpose 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 appears to be a situation of changing paradigms. Design/methodology/approach...

... of larger urban centres with 10,000 or more population” (Government of Canada, 2004), the region can be classified as entirely rural. For years, residents in this region have faced difficult socio‐economic conditions, with low levels of education, high levels of unemployment and poverty shaping their daily...

...Garth Cant; Leo Paul Dana; Robert Brent Anderson; Aldene Meis‐Mason Purpose Beneath Canada's Northwest Territories lies a potential of 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Will a $16 billion gas‐pipeline bring prosperity or gloom? Will this bring employment opportunities for local people...

... perspective in this field, was used for this assessment. The methodology used was based on two national samples from Canada and Israel (n=235) which included mostly members of a private business networking organization. Questionnaires were distributed to the respondents; only entrepreneurs...

... by the unique circumstances operating within Canada and may not apply to other situations. Moreover, as Membertou First Nation is an urban‐based reserve it faces a different set of opportunities and constraints than rural‐based communities within Canada. Originality/value At one level, the story...

... elders; entrepreneurs; public servants; employees of the private sector; managers of oil companies; unemployed persons; housewives; the mayor of Inuvik; and the first aboriginal woman leader in Canada. Findings It was reported that oil and gas industry activities are having a positive impact...

... variety of ethnic groups anywhere in Canada. Because our intention was to compare the groups both intra‐ and inter‐ethnically, we decided to study the Chinese, Italian, Indian/Sikh, Jewish, and Vietnamese communities, all of which had a demographically sufficient population in all three cities with enough...

...Lynne Siemens Purpose This paper seeks to explore the challenges faced by tourism businesses and the methods used by the business owners to respond to these within rural areas of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and nearby smaller islands. There has been little consideration of both...