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This book analyzes economic development policy governance in northern Ontario over the past thirty years, with the goal of making practical policy recommendations for present and future government engagement with the region. It brings together scholars from several disciplines to address the policy and management challenges in various sectors of northern Ontario’s economy, including the mining, pulp and paper, and tourism industries, and both small- and medium-sized businesses.
Governance in Northern Ontario assesses the role of the provincial government and its economic policy intervention in the region’s economic development. The contributors evaluate the relationship between the provincial and local governments and the business sector, and also looser structures of policy networks, such as those of First Nations and other interested community groups. Focusing on the nature of partnerships between governments and societal interests,
Governance in Northern Ontario makes a significant contribution to the theories and practice of public policy governance in socioeconomically disadvantaged regions.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Charles Conteh (Brock University) and Bob Segsworth (Laurentian University)
Chapter 2: Regional Economic Development and Socio-economic Change in Northern Ontario
Chris Southcott (Lakehead University)
Chapter 3: Administering Regional Development Policy in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Regions
Charles Conteh (Brock University)
Chapter 4: Results Measurement and Economic Development in Northern Ontario
Bob Segsworth (Laurentian University)
Chapter 5: First Nation Inclusion: A Key Requirement to Building the Northern Ontario Economy
Dawn Madahbee (Waubetek Business Development Corporation)
Chapter 6: An Historic Overview of Policies Effecting Non-Aboriginal Development in Northern Ontario 1900 - 1990
Michel S. Beaulieu (Lakehead University)
Chapter 7: Destiny Delayed? Turning Mineral Wealth Into Sustainable Development
David Robinson (Laurentian University)
Chapter 8: Agri-Food Policy in Northern Ontario: Is It Possible to Steward a Local or Regional Agri-Food Economy?
Doug West (Lakehead University)
Chapter 9: The Forgotten Industry in the Forgotten North: Tourism Developments in Northern Ontario
Rhonda Koster (Lakehead University) and Raynald Harvey Lemelin (Lakehead University)
Chapter 10: Forest Tenure Systems for Development and Underdevelopment
David Robinson (Laurentian University)
Chapter 11: Conclusion
Bob Segsworth (Laurentian University) and Charles Conteh (Brock University)
Contributors
About the author
Charles Conteh is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Brock University.
Summary
This book analyzes economic development policy governance in northern Ontario over the past thirty years, with the goal of making practical policy recommendations for present and future government engagement with the region.
