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        Community Liveability Survey 
          
          
          
          
          
        My researchers and I are asking for
        your assistance in helping us better understand what makes a truly
        sustainable community and how it functions. 
        As many of you know, we have developed
        a short and uniquely Canadian questionnaire that we would like you to
        complete so that your views and feelings on your community can be added
        to those of the growing list of Canadians who have already
        participated.  
          
        It should only take a few minutes of
        your time and to say thank you, we will enter your name to win one of
        five iPOD Shuffles®. Your responses could well help shape the world you
        leave to your children and grandchildren.  
          
        Regardless of geographic location, our
        communities are formed by the individual choices we make each day:
        joining the school computer club or sports team, supporting an
        environmental group or politician, moving to a new home, choosing a
        school, or joining a local church group. 
          
        Our decisions to live more sustainably
        in our communities are often shaped by the community resources
        available to us such as public transit, access to shops and
        restaurants, water and sewer, friends and family, health care, schools,
        services for seniors, and recreational opportunities. But do we define
        our communities or do they define us? 
          
        Please make your voice heard by
        visiting www.crcresearch.org/survey.htm.  
          
        Thank you. 
        Dr. Ann Dale 
        Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Community Development  
        Royal Roads University 
          
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