| Introduction |
The Clayoquot
Alliance for Research, Education and Training is a partnership
of the University
of Victoria and Clayoquot
Biosphere Trust, funded under the Community-University
Research Alliances program of the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
As the group began its program of work in early 2001, it became
clear that extensive community and academic resources existed as
a result
of a long history of discussion and reflection in the many communities
of the region and of academic research related to it. What also
became clear was the need for substantial investment in promoting
increased
awareness of the available information and facilitating greater
access to it, for purposes both of assisting community members
in increasing
their own knowledge base and of contributing to more productive
academic work by enabling new research undertakings to build more
knowledgably
and effectively on what had been already done.
As part of its initial contribution to efforts to build research
and training capacity within the region, therefore, the CLARET
team sought to begin a systematic inventory of research materials
and other
information held in the region, and of documents describing prior
research activities. Sylvia Harron, a researcher and consultant
herself, living
in Ucluelet, undertook to assemble this initial database, recognizing
that it would have to be a ‘living document’, growing
and evolving with events in the region, and open to additions and
modifications
as new information came to light. Ultimately this database, with
its further development, is intended to serve as a starting point
for any
community member or researcher contemplating new work to explore
any particular dimensions of the natural or human systems that make
up the
region. Such a foundation of information will be an essential part
of the knowledge base to be maintained by the Clayoquot Biosphere
Trust
as it plays its ongoing role in promoting and facilitating the
growth of knowledge about the Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve region
and
peoples.
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| Credits
and Contact Information |
This database was designed
and prepared by Sylvia Harron under commission from the Clayoquot
Alliance for Research, Education and Training (CLARET). She wishes
to acknowledge the initiative and support of Kelly Bannister in
launching this project as a CLARET activity, as well as the cooperation
and assistance received from the organizations and institutions
in the region with whom she has had contact in pursuing it. The
contributions of Gypsy Wilson, Maggie Zhang and Stan Boychuk, were
particularly important in completing the work.
This project will be an ongoing activity. Comments are invited
on the design or content of this initial database, as are corrections
or suggestions about its development and content to be added.
Information on
other databases or collections in the regions will also be helpful.
Any comments or contributions may be made by contacting the Clayoquot
Alliance Project Coordinator.
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| Table of Contents |
How
to use the database »
(Microsoft Word file) |
Background and description of the database. |
Non-profit
Contact Information »
(Microsoft Word file) |
This listing of non-profit organizations
and contact information for the region is also available in booklet
form from the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust. (Directory of non-profit
organizations in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Region
Community (summer
2001)). Although not regularly updated, this document is an excellent
resource for identifying “who is who” in the Clayoquot
Region. Many of the organizations may have copies of the documents
listed
in the Database. |
2002
Clayoquot Database »
(Microsoft Excel file) |
The Clayoquot Region Research and
Document Database is designed to be a starting point for finding
out what has been researched in the Clayoquot Region. Since this
database is an expanded and edited version of an existing one (1999
Long Beach
Model Forest), reports and documents that existed at one place
and time
may or may not still be located there. Also, the intent of the
original database was to summarize research, inventory, and monitoring
projects
related to sustainable forestry in Clayoquot Sound. The database
did not refer to a specific collection of documents and included
references to projects underway that may or may not have had written
documentation.
Many of these references were left in this version of the database.
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LBMF
Library »
(Microsoft Excel file) |
This document lists the holdings of the Long Beach
Model Forest Society (summer 2002).
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School
for Field Studies »
(Microsoft Excel file) |
This document lists the student
projects from 1995 – 2002 for the School for Field Studies in
Bamfield. Many of their research project locations are in the Clayoquot
Region.
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2002
Clayoquot Theses »
(Microsoft Excel file) |
A sub-listing of academic theses completed based on research in the
region. Entries were derived from various sources including direct contact
with the researcher or their local sponsoring agency and on-line from
Dissertations International. This listing does not make claims to be
100% complete. |
Clayoquot
Document Locations »
(Microsoft Excel file) |
This spreadsheet lists organizations
and individuals that hold Clayoquot related documents. Included is contact information,
hours of operation and conditions for lending where applicable. Not all entries
in the Clayoquot Sound Research Database have the location of the document noted. |
| Supporting software |
Excel
97/2000 Viewer »
Word
97/2000 Viewer » |
Microsoft Excel and Word viewers can be downloaded free
from the Internet. |
