New Lab Building 8-141
University of Northern British Columbia
3333 University Way
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada V2N 4Z9
Phone: (250) 960-5826
Fax: (250) 960-6533
Rural and small town social geography; community change/community definition; conflict between rural and cottage property owners; community economic development; residential redevelopment in Canadian suburbs; social geography consequences of economic restructuring in resource towns
Greg Halseth is a Professor in the Geography Program at the University of Northern British Columbia, where he is also the Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies. His research examines rural and small town community development, and the social geography of community change, all with a focus upon the northern B.C.’s resource-based towns. Current work centres on household and community strategies for coping with economic change. He served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Rural Issues for the Federal Secretary of State for Rural Development, serves on the Community Advisory Committee for the BC Ministry of Forests Mountain Pine Beetle Task Force, and is also member of several community development advisory committees as well as a research advisor to a number of non-profit associations interested in rural Canada. He served on the governing council of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and is the Acting Director of the Community Development Institute at UNBC.
