Nature Communications Consultants

Nature Communications Consultants (a division of CS/RESORS) is a registered company, led by Marylee Stephenson, M.A, Ph.D. Services include research and writing for speciality audiences and the general public on recreational, tourism, and environmental issues.

• Tourism as a part of sustainable development
• Eco-tourism: design and marketing of nature-based resources for recreational use
• Social impact of tourism and recreational use of natural resources
• Interpretive planning
• Visitor service planning
• Travel guide books

Selected Examples:

• A Visitors’ Guide to the Galapagos Islands, Mountaineers Books, Marylee Stephenson, revised edition, 2007. Order from:
  http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/searchproducts.cfm
• Analysis of Tourism Worker Shortages, Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council
• Preparation of a Business Plan for a Community Futures Development Corporation on Haida Gwaii, Gwaii Trust Steering Committee
• The Impact of Technological Change on the Hospitality Industry : Assessing Educational Needs and Testing a Training Response, Local 40 of the Hotel, Restaurant and Culinary Employees’ and Bartenders’ Union (HRCEBU), funded by a Technology Impact Program grant, Labour Canada, Ottawa
  
• Labour Demand & Training Gap Analysis for Tourism Industry HRD Planning BC Tourism HRD Task Force Industrial Adjustment Services Committee
• Tourism-Related Employment in Canada — Industry, Science and Technology Canada
• Motivations of Parks Users — Parks Canada
• Development of an Interpretative Plan for the Greenbelt of the National Capital Region, City of Ottawa, Parks
• A Guide to the National Parks of Canada, Prentice-Hall, Marylee Stephenson, three editions, last one published in 1997. Published in three languages and three countries.