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Fostering Connections between Protected Areas and Research
Welcome!!
On December 4th – 6th, 2006 BCPARF hosted our first conference. With the goal of BCPARF being to facilitate and promote parks and
protected areas research in
British
Columbia and with our neighbours in Alberta, Yukon, Alaska and Washington, our first
conference focused on Fostering
Connections between Protected Areas and Research.
BCPARF is hosted by the
University
of
Northern British Columbia and chaired by Pam
Wright. The 2006 conference took place at
Royal
Roads
University in
Victoria.
 Building on the theme –Fostering Connections between Protected Areas and Research – our goal was to
bring together park and protected area planning and management staff from
local, regional, provincial, federal and First Nation protected areas with
those in the research community including students and faculty from
Universities and Colleges, First Nations, independent researchers, consultants,
other government agencies, and non-governmental organizations.
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To truly foster
connections we solicited a range of interesting and interactive formats
including fire-side chats, roundtable discussions, displays, workshops, posters
and presentations to a management/research ‘dating’ service.
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Conference Sub-Themes
Under the broad umbrella of Fostering Connections between
Protected Areas and Research we received presentations covering a range of themes including:
- Meaningful
visitor experiences
- Ecological
management (including active
management for fire and beetles)
- Tourism
– benefits and impacts
- Integrating
parks in the broader landscape
- The
economic sustainability of protected areas management
- Marine
ecology and challenges to protection
- Integrating traditional ways of knowing
- New
research techniques and tools
- International
involvement & partnerships
- Communicating
research results
- Protected
areas as living labs - developing a research program
PDF copies of most of these presentations can be accessed by clicking here. |
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Conference Steering
Committee
Pam Wright - University of Northern BC Conference
Chair
Peter Arcese - University of British Columbia
Wayne Bourque - Parks Canada
Wolfgang Haider - Simon Fraser
University
Eric Higgs - University of Victoria
Rick Kool - Royal Roads University
Kim MacLean - University of Northern BC
Chloe O'Loughlin - Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Rick Rollins - Malaspina University College
Gail Ross - BC MOE/Parks
Pippa Shepherd - Parks Canada
Tory Stevens - BC MOE/Parks
Location
Conference activities took place in the
Mews
Conference
Center at Hatley Park National
Historic Site, located on the campus of the Royal Roads
University in
Victoria,
British Columbia,
Canada
from December 4th - 6th, 2006.
The Mews Conference Center is a heritage building that was
originally designed in 1912, and housed the stables for the Dunsmuir family and
their staff. James Dunsmuir was a coal baron and the former Premier and
Lieutenant Governor of
British
Columbia.
Hatley
Park is
considered one of the finest examples of an intact Edwardian estate and was
designated a National Historic Site in 1995.
Conference Sponsors
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University of Northern BC
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BC
Parks
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Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada: Knowledge Impact in Society Grant |
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