Greg Halseth

Rural Planning and Development | Community | Geography | Lab 8-141 Campus Prince George campus Website https://www.unbc.ca/greg-halseth Biography Greg Halseth is a Professor in the Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences Department at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he is also a University Research Professor, and the founder and Co-Director of the UNBC Community Development Institute. His research examines regional development processes, rural and small-town community development, and community strategies for coping with social and economic change. With base research focused in northern B.C., he has led many cross-Canada projects, and his international research has partnered him with teams in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, South Africa, Russia, and the Nordic countries. He has served on the governing council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and as a member of numerous federal and provincial government advisory committees on various rural issues. Greg’s some of his recent books include: "Building Community in an Instant Town"; Doing Community-Based Research”; “Transformation of Resource Towns and Peripheries”; “The Integration Imperative” (on cumulative impacts); “Investing

Greg Halseth is a Professor in the Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences Department at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he is also a University Research Professor, and the founder and Co-Director of the UNBC Community Development Institute. His research examines regional development processes, rural and small-town community development, and community strategies for coping with social and economic change. With base research focused in northern B.C., he has led many cross-Canada projects, and his international research has partnered him with teams in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, South Africa, Russia, and the Nordic countries. He has served on the governing council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and as a member of numerous federal and provincial government advisory committees on various rural issues. Greg’s some of his recent books include: "Building Community in an Instant Town"; Doing Community-Based Research”; “Transformation of Resource Towns and Peripheries”; “The Integration Imperative” (on cumulative impacts); “Investing in Place - Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia”; “The Next Rural Economies” (with contributions from 12 OECD countries); “Transformation of Resource Towns and Peripheries” (with contributions from Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Finland), “Towards a Political Economy of Resource-dependent Region”, and “Service Provision and Rural Sustainability”.