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dc.contributor.advisorShahi, Chander
dc.contributor.advisorNelson, Connie
dc.contributor.authorMilne, Ryan
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-22T16:35:59Z
dc.date.available2014-01-22T16:35:59Z
dc.date.created2013-04
dc.date.issued2014-01-22
dc.identifier.urihttp://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/482
dc.description.abstractWild blueberries are an important food source in rural communities of Northwestern Ontario, and can be used as a possible alternative to diversify their economic resource base. This study explores the socio-economic development opportunity through wild blueberries in and around the township of Ignace in Northwestern Ontario through two research papers. The first paper demonstrates the economic viability of a wild blueberry business by exploring the market demand and willingness-to-pay for wild blueberries picked by rural and First Nation communities, and developing an economic profile of a pilot wild blueberry picking and selling business in and around the township of Ignace in Northwestern Ontario. The second paper explores through a community case study how a complex adaptive system’s theoretical lens can facilitate an understanding of the challenges associated with alternative development opportunities in communities, where growth and economic development are limited to primary resource industries such as mining and forestry. From a complexity lens, the resilience and adaptation of local communities in sustainable diversification of resource based businesses are explored. The results of market survey and conjoint analysis support wild blueberries as a viable food source for economic development and strengthening food security in the region. The complex relationship and challenges demonstrate that such challenges may be better understood and overcome through a complexity approach.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectCommunity developmenten_US
dc.subjectEconomic diversificationen_US
dc.subjectNon-timber forest productsen_US
dc.subjectSocial enterpriseen_US
dc.subjectWild blueberriesen_US
dc.subjectMarket surveyen_US
dc.titleExploring wild blueberries as a place-based socio-economic development opportunity in Ignace, Ontarioen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
etd.degree.nameM.Sc.F.en_US
etd.degree.levelMasteren_US
etd.degree.disciplineForestryen_US
etd.degree.grantorLakehead Universityen_US


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