R2CN CONGRATULATES TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS
The Rural Research Centres Network recently concluded its first travel award and is pleased to support an excellent group of award recipients. During the summer 2018 round of applications for the Rural Research Centres Travel Award, 13 applicants applied for support to attend conferences and continue research collaborations on a variety of rural-focused topics. These awardees will benefit from the ability to present their research findings to a broad network of peers, form and strengthen Canadian and international research partnerships, and enhance networking and shared capacity building opportunities among members of rural research centres across RPLC’s network.
The successful researchers who are being supported by this year’s Rural Research Centres Travel Award include:
- Mikael Akimowicz, Brandon University Rural Development Institute – Travel to Toulouse, France to share research findings with OECD partners
- Sally Shortall, Centre for Rural Economy at Newcastle University – International Sociology Association Conference
- Sherine Salmon, Brandon University Rural Development Institute – Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation 2018 Conference
- Kathleen Kevany, Rural Research Centre at Dalhousie University – Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation 2018 Conference
- Brennan Lowery, Grenfell Campus of Memorial University – Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation 2018 Conference
- Jill Bucklaschuk – Metropolis Conference in Halifax
- Laura Garcia Herrero, University of Bologna – LCA Conference Fort Collins, CO
- Valencia Gaspard, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at University of Guelph – People, Place, and Public Engagement Conference St. John’s, NL
- Sarah Minnes, University of Saskatchewan – People, Place, and Public Engagement Conference St. John’s, NL
- Jane Atterton, Scotland’s Rural College – Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation 2018 Conference
- Paul Kraehling, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at University of Guelph – Ontario Professional Planners’ Conference Sudbury, ON
- Emily Piontek, University of Missouri at Columbia – 2018 Rural Energy Conference Atlanta, GA
- Marc Yvan Valade, Ryerson University – Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation 2018 Conference
