Conference: Rural Futures
The Rural Futures Institute is pleased to formally announce this year’s opening session for The Rural Futures Conference, slated for October 21-23, 2015. Howard G. and Howard W. Buffett will help set the...
Monthly Archive: August 2015
Call for Papers: RSA Workshop on the EU Cohesion Policy
EU Cohesion Policy: Focus on The Territorial Dimension (5th-6th November, 2015 @ The Centre for Geographical Studies, IGOT, Lisbon University) In just 24 years (1989-2013), the EU Cohesion Policy has shifted its main strategic...
(Reports) Growth Strategies for Rural Communities
The Rural Development Institute from Brandon University has released two reports on growth strategies for rural communities. Rural planners and development officers are often looking for ways to sustain and grow population. What growth strategies...
Summary Conclusions from Rural Works!
New from the Rural Development Institute, the following reports explore the Rural Works! initiative that began in 2014 at the University of Manitoba. The agenda for Rural Works! was a call to action, a...
Report: Settlement Services Available to Immigrants and Newcomers
New research led by the Rural Development Institute (RDI) at Brandon University (BU) explores settlement services available to newcomers in 29 rural areas and centres across Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba)....
Symposium: Networks as Interventions: Policy Tool or Panacea?
Brought to you by the Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities, we are proud to announce the 2015 symposium: Networks as Interventions: Policy Tool or Panacea? The 2015 symposium will explore if and/or how...