Social Transformation in Rural Canada: Community, Cultures, and Collective Action

The rapidly changing nature of life in Canadian rural communities is more than a simple response to economic conditions. People living in rural places are part of a new social agenda characterized by the transformation of livelihoods, landscapes, and social relations, changes that invite us to reconsider the meanings of community, culture, and citizenship. This volume presents the work of researchers from a variety of fields who explore social transformation in rural settlements across the country. The essays collectively generate a nuanced portrait of how local forms of action, adaptation, identity, and imagination are reshaping Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities in rural Canada.

John R. Parkins is an associate professor in theDepartment of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at theUniversity of Alberta. Maureen G. Reed is a professorin the School of Environment and Sustainability and the Department ofGeography and Planning at the University of Saskatchewan.Contributors: Marilyn Baptiste, Darin Barney,Jonaki Bhattacharyya, Ryan Bullock, Christopher Bryant, Ken J. Caine,Emily Jane Davis, Nancy Duxbury, Greg Halseth, Lorelei L. Hanson,Carol-Anne Hudson, Belinda Leach, Don Manson, Martha MacDonald,Catherine Murray, Ross Nelson, Howard Ramos, Bill Reimer, Laura Ryser,Ruth Wells Sandwell, David Setah, Peter Sinclair, Chris Southcott, MarkC.J. Stoddart, Deatra Walsh, Roger William, Yoko Yoshida, and NathanYoung