Acknowledgements
Our work would not have been possible without financial support from the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine and the Canadian Medical Association. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to research these important and timely topics. The support of the Department of Family Practice, the Faculty of Medicine, the University of British Columbia, and the Pressbooks publishing organization has been invaluable. We would like to specifically acknowledge the guidance and direction of Erin Fields who held our hand as we negotiated the path to publication.
We are grateful for the direction, insights, and feedback offered by our CCEDARR Co-Investigators: Gabe Woollam, Jim Rourke, Bob Woollard, George Abbott, Darlene Sanderson, Elizabeth Wiley, Alan Ruddiman, Granger Avery, Ray Markham, Anthon Meyer, Margaret Tromp, Peter Hutten-Czapski, Montana Blum, Nelly Oelke, Sila Rogan, Eliseo Orrantia, Darcie Yarrow and Blaine Grinder who were instrumental in shaping this learning hub. Thank you to the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada for offering us a platform to share our work and for facilitating new connections and relationships. We would like to thank the Rural Coordination Centre of BC and specifically Granger Avery, Leslie Carty and Ray Markham for their enduring support for the Rural Health Services Research Network over the past years. It has been much appreciated. To our video contributors, thank you for taking the time to share your stories and experiences, without you our vision for this book would not have been possible.
Building Resilient Rural Communities has been written and edited, in part, by undergraduate students from the University of British Columbia. A special thanks to Salina Edwards, Kate Feldman, Martina Francisco, Elyse Tsang, and Kyra Liu for your dedication to the work over the last year. The Rural Health Services Research Network of BC is funded by the Rural Coordination Centre who provide funding to support staff and students.
In addition, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the many others who have supported the creation of this book through their encouragement, feedback, time, and contributions of resources. You have helped make this learning hub a reality, and we are immensely grateful.
