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The Rural Development Institute at Brandon University, Canada, has released a Working Paper Series on Rural Regions. These five working papers have been written to add the conversation about rural regions from an economic...
A new book edited by UNBC Geography Professor Dr. Greg Halseth describes the multi-faceted process of transition and change in resource-dependent rural and small town regions since the end of the Second World War....
“Culture, Inequalities, and Social Inclusion Across the Globe” The Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) provides the opportunity for professionals involved in the scientific study of society to share knowledge and new directions...
The National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has recently launched its Science Exposed contest, in collaboration with l’Acfas. The image contest challenges Canadians to combine creativity and science for a chance...
The Rural Sociological Society (RSS) Council has authorized the use of Endowment funds to support Master’s theses, Ph.D. dissertations, and Early Career Research awards to support research activities conducted during the 2016-2017 fiscal/academic year....
The Local Food News encourages possibility thinking for local food systems. See January 2017 highlights from the Local Food News twitter site (https://twitter.com/RelocalizedFood) or click on the “post” stories or contact editor Elbert Van...
We invite submissions of extended abstracts (500-700 words) for consideration around inclusion in a special issue proposal titled Beyond Binary Constructions of Labour Mobilities that is under development for submission in Spring, 2017. Final...
In this issue: New RPLC Executive Formed 2017 CRRF Conference information Webinar Schedule Policy Brief Funding Rural Scotland in Focus Report Released Member Honoured: Linamar Campos Flores And more… Click on link for full PDF:...
Panel: Hospitality in crisis: Critical approaches to asylum and welfare This panel, part of the ‘Migration and the European Welfare State’ stream, will focus on the role welfare plays in the creating a hostile...