Community Research Needs

One of the central purposes of the Clayoquot Alliance is to promote academic research that responds to community needs and concerns. With this intent in mind, Senior Research Associate Barb Beasley has compiled a list of community research needs related to aquaculture, community health, marine resources, and tourism, each identified collaboratively through a number of interviews, meetings and community events. These included:

• Interviews with individual community members,
• Interviews with individual academic researchers,
• Meetings with the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust Marine Aquatic Committee,
• Meetings with staff from Ecotrust Canada,
• Meetings with staff from the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Fisheries Program,
• Meetings with SFU REM graduate students and Alison Gill,
• Meetings with staff from the Tofino and Ucluelet Chambers of Commerce,
• Meetings with staff from the Nuu-chah-nulth-aht/West Coast Vancouver Island Aquatic Management Board, and
• Discussions at the 2003 Clayoquot Symposium: Citizen Science and Community Health.

Our acknowledgements and thanks go to all involved. Questions, comments and additions to this list are welcomed.