At our symposium, we will explore rural community resiliency in the face of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. We aim to prepare recommendations to contribute to sustainable and resilient rural communities and health systems and consider strategies to implement these recommendations. We hope to identify new research questions that are important to answer and will provide evidence to support enhancing resiliency for rural communities.
Below are resources on rural resiliency, climate change and rural health services. If there are resources that you believe would be helpful to add to this list, please reach out to us at rhsrn.bc@ubc.ca
Planning Resilient Communities and Adapting Rural Health Services in British Columbia: A response to climate change and ecosystem disruption
Chapter 1: Assessing the impact of climate change on the current situation in British Columbia
Chapter 2: Mitigation and Prevention Strategies
Chapter 3: Climate Adaptation Strategies
Chapter 4: Healthy Rural Communities Responding to Climate Change and Ecosystem Disruption
Chapter 5: Behavioural Determinants of Climate Action and Commitment to Collective Change
Accompanying Chapter Five Infographic
Chapter 6: Re-engaging with Nature (to be released mid-April 2022)
Accompanying Chapter Six Infographic
Two Loop Model
The Two-Loops Theory of organizational change describes the nonlinear emergent processes of change within complex organizations, published initially by Margaret Wheatley & Deborah Frieze from the Berkana Institute (1). We encourage you to watch an excellent explanation of this concept below: