New voices in the debate: The quesnel women's resource centre and sustainable community development

To increase local diversity, and to enhance prospects of sustainability, tw o very distinct challenges must be addressed. First, attention must be give n to local capacity building so that people and places can react to the cha llenges and opportunities encapsulated within processes of "change" or "adj ustment." Second, there must be a wider participation in the sustainable de velopment process and debate - after all, we cannot call it "community deve lopment" if the broader community does not participate. This paper provides an illustration of how one community group in small town British Columbia is working to address both the capacity building and participation challeng es.