Community development is the process of supporting and building communities through purposive action. Its practitioners apply theories and concepts that are related to the structures and participants involved. Building on analytical materials and skills, this course examines the nature of community in its variety of forms; issues and conditions that have an impact on communities; forces at work within communities, as well as those operating from outside; variations in community practice (economic and social development, social planning) and geographical setting; and applications in professional and academic fields as varied as education, literacy, economic development, health, social, and human services. Perspectives on the community that arise from policy setting, cross cultural relations, personal and global involvements, and practice strategies will also be examined as will specific concerns of Indigenous communities.
Weeks 4 and 5: Community Organization (CO)
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—Viewing Assignment
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Barack Obama. Lace up your shoes and do some organizing (YouTube) (2017)
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Pam Warhurst. How we can eat our landscapes (YouTube) (2012)
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Week 5: community development (cd)
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—Reading Assignment
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—Bibliography/Supplementary Materials
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Association for Community Health Improvement.
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UNESCO.
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City of Edmonton. (2006). The Quarters Downtown: Urban Design Plan. (peruse pages 9–36).
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Weeks 5 and 6: Social Planning
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—Bibliography/Supplementary Materials
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Friedmann, John. “Part 1: The Terrain of Planning Theory.” Planning in the Public Domain: From Knowledge to Action. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1987.
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American Planning Association
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Social Planning and Research Council of BC.
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Social Planning Network of Ontario.
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Social Planning Toronto.
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Week 6: Community Economic Development (CED)
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—Reading Assignment
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Ontario. Economic Development Case Study Handbook (2011)
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Gibson, Katherine, Jenny Cameron, Stephen Healy, and Joanne McNeill (2019). “Beyond Business as Usual: A 21st Century Culture of Manufacturing in Australia .” Western Sydney University; University of Newcastle Australia.
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The Canadian CED Network. “The Inclusive Economy: Stories of CED in Manitoba ” (YouTube) (2018). The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and Rebel Sky Media
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—Bibliography/Supplementary Materials
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Andriotis, Konstantinos. “Community Groups’ Perceptions of and Preferences for Tourism Development: Evidence from Crete.” Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research 29, no. 1 (2005): 67–90.
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Bendavid-Val, Avrom. Regional and Local Economic Analysis for Practitioners. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1991.
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Blakely, J., and Ted K. Bradshaw. Planning Local Economic Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2002.
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The Canadian CED Network.
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Galaway, Burt, and Joe Hudson, eds. Community Economic Development: Perspectives on Research and Policy. Toronto: Thompson Publishing, 1994.
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Grameen Bank.
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Lejano, Raul D., and Anne Taufen Wessells. “Community and Economic Development: Seeking Common Ground in Discourse and Practice.” Urban Studies 43, no. 9 (August 2006):1469–1489.
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Perry, S., and M. Lewis. Reinventing the Local Economy: 10 Canadian Initiatives. Vernon, BC: Centre for Community Enterprise, 1994.
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Shaffer, Ron, Steve Deller, and Dave Marcouiller. “Rethinking Community Economic Development.” Economic Development Quarterly 20 (2006): 59–74.
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