References

Note: denotes reference material that can be purchased through Community Building Resources Office.

Key References (the ones we use the most in our Community Building work)

• Cary, L.J. (Ed.). (1984). Community development as a process. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press.
• Community Building Resources. (2000 - 3rd printing) OurBook is yourbook - thinking about community capacity building and asset mapping©. Edmonton, AB: Author.
• Erasmus, P. and Ensign, G. (1998 - 2nd printing). A Practical framework for community liaison work in native communities. Wetaskiwin, AB: To order contact: Taylor Printing, 4525 - 56 Street, Wetaskiwin, Alberta - Canada Ph: (780) 352-8333
• Henton, D., Melville, J., Walesh, K. (1997). Grassroots leaders for a new economy: how civic entrepreneurs are building prosperous communities. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
• Kretzmann, J.P., and McKnight, J.L. (1993). Building communities from the inside out: A path toward finding and mobilizing a community's assets. Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research Neighbourhood Innovations Network.
• McKnight, J.L. (1995). The careless society - community and its counterfeits. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.
• Oldenburg, Ray. (1997). The great good place. New York, NY: Marlowe & Co.
• Smith, David. (1995). First person plural. Montreal, PQ: Black Rose Books.
• Wilkinson, R.G. (1996). Unhealthy societies. New York, NY: Routledge.

Other References

• Alinksy, Saul D. (1989 Vintage Books edition). Reveille for radicals. New York, NY: Vintage Books.
• American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American psychological association. (5th Ed). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (also see website info on last page).
• Anderson, H.J. and Scharlé, M. (1994). Meeting food requirements: central Edmonton capacity study. Edmonton, AB: Community Development Caritas.
• Benson, Lyle, Fochler, Jerry, and Burns, Brad (1993) Rock, paper, scissors - Building success through fun and games. Edmonton, AB: Broken Arrow Solutions.
• Brown, Leland. (1996). A Protocol for community-based research. American Journal of Preventive Medicine - supplement Research Linkages Between Academia and Public health Practice. 12. (4).
• Campfens, H. (Ed). 1997. Community development around the world: practice, theory, research, training. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
• Canada Grants Service. (2001). Guide to canadian grants and assistance programs from government and private source. Toronto, ON: Author. (also see website info on last page)
• Center For Philanthropy.(2002). Canadian directory to foundations. Toronto, ON: Canadian Center For Philanthropy. (also see website info on last page)
• Centre for Community Enterprise. (1996). Tools, strategies, & structures for community renewal. Port Alberni, BC: Author
• Chapman, Elwood N. (1990). Attitude: Your most priceless possession. (revised edition) Los Altos, CA: David S. Lake Publishers.
• Chavis, D. M. and Florin, P. (1990). Nurturing grassroots for health and housing. Bulletin N.Y. Academy of Medicine, 66 (Sept./Oct.), pages 558-572.
• Chrislip, D.D. and Parr, J. (no date). The restoration of community. National Civic League, U.S.A.
• Christenson, J. and Robinson, J. (1980). Community Development In America. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press.
• City of Edmonton Planning and Development Department. (1996). Abbottsfield/Rundle Heights community development plan. Edmonton, AB: Author.
• City of Vancouver. (1995). The citizen's handbook. A guide to building community in Vancouver. Vancouver, BC: City of Vancouver Planning Department.
• Cobb, C., Goodman, G., Wackernagel, M. (1999). Why bigger isn't better: the genuine progress indicator - 1999 update. San Francisco, CA: Redefining Progress.
• Cobb, C., Halstead,T. & Rowe, J. (1995, October). If the GDP is up, why is America down? Atlantic Monthly. 55-77
• Cobb, C., Halstead,T. & Rowe, J. (1995). The genuine progress indicator: Summary of data & methodology San Francisco, CA: Redefining Progress.
• Community Futures Association of British Columbia. (1995). Entrepreneurial communities - a handbook for local action. Vancouver, BC: Author.
• Connor, D.M. (1990). Citizens participate - an action guide for public issues (Rev.ed.). Victoria, BC: Development Press.
• Connor, D.M. (1993). Understanding your community (2nd ed.). Victoria, BC: Development Press.
• Coulter, P.C. (1997, May). The four-quartered world, in B.Lucht (Producer), Ideas. Toronto, ON: CBC Radio.
• Dedrick, A., Mitchell, G., Miyagawa, M. & Roberts, S. (1997). From model to reality - community capacity building and asset mapping. Listen and learn ... the answers are with communities. Edmonton, AB: Author
• Dedrick, A., Gallivan, M., Mitchell, G., Moore, N. & Roberts, S. (1998). Listen and learn II. Edmonton, AB: Author
• Dedrick, A. and Ng. E. (1995) Fresh Start capacity study. Edmonton, AB: Community Development Caritas.
• Dedrick, A., Mitchell, G. and Roberts, S. (1994). Community capacity building and asset mapping: model development. Edmonton, AB: Community Development Caritas.
• Dedrick, A and Chew, L. (1995). Pioneers of hope and resources: a capacity study on the "gifts" of WE-COPE Board members. Edmonton, AB: Community Development Caritas.
• Dedrick, A and Mitchell, G. (1994). Glenwood community capacity for health supports. Edmonton, AB: Community Development Caritas.
• Dewar, T. (1997). A guide to evaluating asset based community development: Lessons, challenges & opportunities. Chicago, IL: ACTA
• Dixon, J. (October 1995). Community stories and indicators for evaluating community development. Community Development Journal, 30 (4), pp. 327 - 336.
• Emery, Merrelyn & Purser, Ronald. (1996). The Search Conference: a powerful method for planning organizational change and community action. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc.
• Engwicht, David. (1999). Street reclaiming: creating livable streets and vibrant communities. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers.
• Evans, R.G. (1992). CIAR population health working paper no. 20: Why are some people healthy and some people not? Toronto, ON: Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
• Fisher, R. and Kling, J. (1993). Mobilizing the community. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
• Fitz-Gibbon, C.T. and Morris, L.L. (1990). How to design a program evaluation. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
• Flora, C.B., Flora, J., Spears, J.D., Swanson, L.E., (1992). Rural communities: legacy and change. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
• Frank, J.W. (1995). Why population health? Canadian Journal of Public Health 86 (3).
• Freire, Paulo. (1995). Pedagogy of the oppressed. New York, NY: The Continuum Publishing Co.
• Health Canada. (1997). Towards a common understanding: Clarifying the core concepts of population health. Ottawa, ON: Health Canada.
• Health Canada (1986). Achieving health for all: A framework for health promotion. Ottawa, Canada: Minister of Supply and Services.
• Herman, J.L., Morris, L.L. and Fitz-Gibbon, C.T. (1987). Evaluators' handbook. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
• Hodge, G.L. (1991). Planning Canadian communities- An introduction to the principles, practice, and participants (2nd ed.). Scarborough, ON: Nelson, Canada.
• Howell, R., Olsen, M. & Olsen D. (1987). Designing a citizen involvement program: a guidebook for involving citizens in the resolution of environmental issues. Corvallis, OR: Western Rural Development Center.
• Human Resources Development Canada - Flo Frank and Anne Smith co-writters. (1999). The Community Development Handbook: A tool to build community capacity and The community Development handbook: a tool to build capacity. Hull, Quebec: Human Resources Development Canada, Labour Market Learning and Development Unit
• Hustedde, Ronald J. (1998). On the soul of community development. Journal of the Community Development Society, Vol. 29 No.2 pp.159-165.
• Jacobs, J. (1961). The death & life of great american cities. (1991 ed.). Toronto, ON: Vintage Books
• Jewkes, Rachel, and Murcott, Anne. (1996). Meanings of community. Soc. Sci. Med. 43. (4). pp. 555-563.
• Jolles, Robert A. (1994). How to run seminars and workshops: resentation skills for consultants, trainers, and teachers. New York, NY: John Riley & Sons, Inc.
• Kalina, L. (2001). Building Food Security in Canada, From Hunger to Sustainable Food Systems: A Community Guide. Kamloops, BC: Kamloops FoodShare - South Central Health Unit. (For more information contact Laura Kalina, laura.kalina@thr.ca - or phone 250-554-6200)
• Kaner, S. (1996). Facilitator's guide to participatory decision making. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Press.
• Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance. (1998). Neighbors getting to know neighbors - capacity mapping in real life. Kansas City, MO: Author.
• Kehde, Karl. (1999). The LUFNET Process: How to achieve land use that builds community spirit. Hope, NJ: LUFNET
• Kibel, Barry M. (1998). Success stories as hard data (abridged). Chapel Hill, NC: Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation
• Kohn, A. (1992). No contest - a case against competition. Toronto, ON: Houghton Mifflin.
• Kretzmann, J.P., and McKnight, J.L. (1996) A guide to mapping local business assets and mobilizing local business capacities. Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications.
• Kretzmann, J.P., and McKinght, J.L. (1997). A guide to capacity inventories: Mobilizing the community skills of local residents. Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications.
• Kretzmann, J.P., and McKnight, J.L. (1996) A guide to mapping consumer expenditures and mobilizing consumer expenditure capacities. Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications.
• Kretzmann, J.P., and McKnight, J.L. (1996) A guide to mapping and mobilizing the economic capacities of local residents. Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications.
• Labonte, R. (1993). The view from here - Community development partnerships. Canadian Journal of Public Health, July-August, pp. 237-240.
• Lamoureux, H, Mayer, R. and Panet-Raymond, J. (1989). Community action. Montreal, PQ: Black Rose Books.
• Laroque, G. (1994). Organizing for community empowerment and a school lunch program: Unpublished report. Edmonton, AB: Boyle Street Co-op Services.
• Leedy, P.D., (1993). Practical research: Planning and design. (5th Ed). Toronto,ON: Maxwell MacMillan Canada.
• Lewis, D. and Salem, G. (1986). Fear of crime - Incivility and the production of a social problem. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Inc.
• McCormick, Chris. (1995). Constructing danger. The mis/representation of crime in the news. Halifax, NS: Fernwood Publication.
• McFarlane, Judith, and Fehir, John (1994) De Madres a Madres: A Community, Primary Health Care Program Based on Empowerment Health Education Quarterly, Fall 1994, Vol. 21.
• McKnight, J.L. (1987). Regenerating community. Social Policy. Winter, pages 54-58.
• Miller-Adams, Michelle. (2002). Owning Up - poverty, assets, and the american dream. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
• Miner, L.E., and Griftith, J. (1993). Proposal planning and writing. Phoenix, AZ:Oryx, Press.
• Minkler, Meredith (editor). (1997). Community organizing and community building for health. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press Livingston Campus.
• Moe, Richard and Wilkie, Carter. (1997). Changing Places - rebuilding community in the age of sprawl. Markham, ON: Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
• Moore, Thomas (1996). The re-enchantment of everyday life. New York, NY: Collins Publishing Inc.
• Morris, L.L., Fritz-Gibbon, C.T., Freeman, M.(1987). How to communicate evaluation findings. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications U.S.A.
• Mullahey, Ramona, Susskind, Yve and Checkoway, Barry. (1999) Youth Participation in Community Planning. Chicago, IL: American Planning Association (APA)
• National Civic League. (1993). The civic index - a new approach to improving community life. Denver, CO: National Civic League
• Patton, M.Q. (1990). How to use qualitative methods in evaluation. London, England: Sage Publications.
• Pederson, A, O'Neill M. and Rootman, I. (1994). Health promotion in Canada- provincial, national and international perspectives. Toronto, ON: W.B. Saunders, Canada.
• Perry, Stewart and Lewis, Mike. (1994). Reinventing the local economy. Vernon, BC: Centre for Community Enterprise.
• Perry, S. (1987). Communities on the way: Rebuilding local economies in the United States and Canada. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
• Ploeg, J., Dobbins, M., Hayward, S., Ciliska, D., Thomas, H., and Underwood, J. (1995). Effectiveness of community development projects. Hamilton, ON: Ontario Health Care Evaluation Network.
• Posterski, D. And Nelson, G.C. (1997). Future faith churches. Reconnecting with the power of the gospel for the 21st century. Winfield, BC: Wood Lake Books Inc.
• Practical Management Incorporated. (1988). How to teach grown-ups. Calabasas, CA: Practical Management Inc.
• Project Adventure, Inc. (1995). Youth leadership in action. Dubuque, IA: Kendall / Hunt Publishing Company.
• Putnam, R. (Jan. 1995). Bowling alone: America's declining social capital. Journal of Democracy, 6 (1), pp.66-77.
• Putnam, R.(Winter, 1995). The strange disappearance of civic America. The American Prospect, no. 24.
• Ricks, F., Charlesworth, J., Bellefeuille, G., and Field, A. (1999). All together now: creating a social capital mosaic. Nepean, ON: The Vanier Institute of the Family.
• Rinehart, E. & Bouie-Scott, B. (1996). Proposal Writing. Springfield, IL: Illinois Department of Commerce & Community Affairs.
• Roberts, S. and Dedrick. A. (1995). West Edmonton resources for stress management - Comprehensive resource list. Edmonton, AB: Community Development Caritas.
• Roberts, S. and Dedrick. A. (1995). Oliver community capacity and assets for health supports. Edmonton, AB: Community Development Caritas.
• Rodd, N. (1989). Quest for health (a fable). Soc. Sci. Med. 29 (7), pp. 895-6.
• Ross, D.P., and Usher, P. J. (1986). From the roots up: Economic development as if community mattered. Toronto, ON: James Lorimer & Company, Publishers.
• Sapp, Jane. (1989). Culture: the roots of community spirit & power. New Market, TN: Highlander Culture Program.
• Sarlo, C.A. (1992). Poverty in Canada. Vancouver, BC: The Fraser Institute.
• Scharlé, M. and Roberts, S. (1995). Millhurst capacity study: Discovering our community. Edmonton, AB: Community Development Caritas.
• Shore, William H. (1995). Revolution of the heart: a new strategy for creating wealth and meaningful change. New York, NY: Riverhead Books.
• Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia. (1995). Strengthening communities: A series of community development skills guides. Vancouver, BC: SPARC of BC.
• Stratford Community Resource Committee. (1996). Mobilizing the spirit of Stratford. Stratford, PEI: Author
• Stengal, R. (1996). Bowling Together - civic engagement in America isn't disappearing but reinventing itself. Time, July 22, pp. 35-36.
• Stone, J. (1998). Neighbors getting to know neighbors - Capacity mapping in real life. Kansas City, MO: Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance.
• Theobald, Robert. (1997). Reworking success - new communities at the millennium. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers
• Tyler Norris Associates, Redefining Progress. (1997). The community indicators handbook. San Francisco, CA: Redefining Progress.
• University of British Columbia. Institute of Health Promotion Research. (1995). Study of participatory research in health promotion. Vancouver, BC: Author.
• University of Alberta - NUFS 477 Students (1996). I can do it - People with brain injury. Edmonton, AB: Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Alberta.
• Whitecourt and Community Capacity Study Team. (April 1996). Report - Discovering the SPICE of Whitecourt - Whitecourt and community capacity study. Whitecourt, AB: Edmonton Community Development, Capital Health Authority SW/SE Networks.

Audiotapes

• Practical Management Incorporated. (1988). How to teach grown-ups. (8 workbook/audio cassette course)

Web Sites - To connect to these site click here to link to "Links We Like"

• American Psychological Association. http://www.apastyle.org/
• Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute: http://www.nwu.edu/IPR/abcd.html (has list serve)
• Canada Grants Service - A Guide to canadian grants and assistance programs from government and private source http://www.grantscanada.com/index.html
• Center For Philanthropy - Canadian directory to foundations. http://www.ccp.ca/
• Community Access Project: http://cap.ic.gc.ca/
• Civic Practices Network: http://www.cpn.org/
• Community Development Society: http://comm-dev.org/ (has list serve)
• Community Building Resources: www.cbr-aimhigh.com
• Community Tool Box - Mapping Community Assets: http://129.237.244.170/homepage.html
• Connect NB Branche': http://www.cnbb.org
• Empowerment Zone & Community Enterprise Program: http://www.ezec.gov
• Foundation for Community Encouragement:
  http://www.fce-community.org
• Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance (KCNA): http://www.kcneighbornet.org
• Land Use Forum Network, Inc. (LUFNET): http://www.landuse.org
• National Civic League: http://www.ncl.org/ncl
• Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse: http://www.opc.on.ca
• Redefining Progress: http://www.rprogress.org
• Something on Edmonton, Alberta - Canada: http://www.gov.edmonton.ab.ca
• Sustainable Communities: http://chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/SCN/SCN_home.html
• Syracuse Cultural Workers http://www.syrculturalworkers.org (Mailing Address: Box 6367, Syracuse, NY 13217 USA Phone: 315-474-1132 Fax (toll-free): 877-265-5399)
• Vancouver Community Network and the Citizen's Handbook: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook

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