Call for Submissions – MUNbuttoned
The Harris Centre is looking for students, faculty, and staff to share the most interesting, exciting, and intriguing things they do. Research Games, March 30: Have you ever created an interactive game as a...
Author: Wayne Kelly
Call for Proposals – Western Economic Diversification Canada
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) is now accepting applications for the Western Diversification Program (WDP) Call for Proposals (CFP). Please note that WD is only seeking applications that directly support one (or more) of...
New Working Paper Series on Rural Regions – RDI Brandon University
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...
RPLC Members Contribute to New Book: “Transformation of Resource Towns and Peripheries: Political Economy Perspectives”
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....
112th Annual ASA Meeting – Montreal, August 2017
“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...
Say cheese! Science Exposed is back!
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...
Masters, PhD, and Early Career Awards – RSS
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....
Local Food News – Ontario – January 2017
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...
Call For Abstracts – Beyond Binary Constructions of Labour Mobilities
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...
RPLC Newsletter – 2017 January
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:...