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mobility, schooling and education, employment and income. The data were collected
through a mail-out survey which was conducted from 2002 to 2004. Information was
gathered on age, gender, length of time in community, First Nations membership,
religious affiliation, how often respondents attend religious ceremonies, education level,
income, sources of income, opinions about community, measures of sense of place, social
capital and trust, social action, media use, and self-reported health. The project has led to
the development and testing of quantitative indices for measuring trust (generalized and
institutional) as indicators of social capital, as well as measures of sense of place
(commitment to place) in coastal B.C. communities. The research tested correlations
between trust, social networks, and individual and community economic and social
characteristics and commitment to place. The surveys included a series of questions for
measuring trust that was developed into a scale and tested for reliability. The results of
the research on social processes (social capital and commitment to place) conducted by
UBC have informed the process of selecting indicators for social capital and sense of
place for this project.
4.2.3 Coastal Communities Project (CCP)
A multi-year research project that replaced the Resilient Communities Project, the CCP is
an initiative of the University of British Columbia and the Coastal Communities Network
in partnership with coastal communities, including both First Nations and municipalities.
One CCP project theme is “Community Health and Wellness” that aims to help coastal
communities develop health services that reflect and respond to local conceptions of
health and local needs.
The project is based on the premise that good health and human well-being are linked
with community resilience. The approach to health and well-being includes cultural,
economic, social and environmental components. The research team is working with
municipal and First Nation partners to develop monitoring tools to evaluate the impact of
new health services approaches.
4.2.4 B.C. Healthy Communities Project
The B.C. Healthy Communities Project website features documentation and links to
community indicators processes, such as the 2004 publication “Tools for Change” that
describes over 40 community indicator projects in B.C. Published by the Social Planning
and Research Council of B.C. (SPARC), the document outlines some 30 indicator
processes, including local community indicator projects (such as the “Gulf Islands:
Measuring Our Progress”), and 15 provincial initiatives such as the BC Socio-Economic
Profiles of B.C. Stats Indices and “Measuring BC’s Performance – Toward Northstar
2010 of the B.C. Progress Board.” The SPARC publication is available at
http://www.sparc.bc.ca/resources_publications/resources_and_publications.
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