Researcher-in-Residence Initiative in Cultural Mapping, Economic Development, Social Inclusion, and Urban Planning

The City of Kamloops has volunteered to become a living laboratory for the study of community-engaged research and participatory practices in small city urban planning. The three-year Researcher-in-Residence (RiR) Initiative, supported jointly by Thompson Rivers University and the City of Kamloops, affords the City the opportunity to deploy enhanced research resources , with the aim of testing and documenting best practices in (1) community-university research engagement, (2) the integration of cultural mapping to effect more participative and pluralist policy development and planning, and (3) the development of new models for public planning and participatory decision making in small cities.

Faculty Supervisor:

Will Garrett-Petts

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Partner:

City of Kamloops

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Thompson Rivers University

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