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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...
The Governance Team is proud to announce their 2016/2017 Policy Fellow. Patrick is the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Third Party (OTP) of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Patrick...
The Governance Team has funding to support the completion of three policy briefs, for a total funding of $3,000 with $1,000 per policy brief. Through building upon the research from RPLC team members and...
The 2017 CRRF Conference, “Different by Design – Exploring Innovation for Rural Prosperity,” invites stories, presentations, panels, and capacity building sessions from rural practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and citizens. Ideas should address one or...
“Two tribunals have begun making home access to high-speed internet a prerequisite for dozens of well-paid federal government appointments, despite the fact it could disqualify many Canadians living in rural and remote areas of the...
“The CRTC has declared broadband internet a basic telecommunications service. In a ruling handed down Wednesday, the national regulator ordered the country’s internet providers to begin working toward boosting internet service and speeds in...
With 2016 rapidly coming to a close, the Migration Information Source, the Migration Policy Institute’s online journal, has launched its annual countdown of the Top 10 Migration Issues of the year. They have tapped into...
The Western Diversification Program (WDP) is the main program through which Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) makes strategic investments in initiatives with not-for-profit organizations, including First Nations, Tribal Councils, Métis and Inuit organizations, that...
The XXVII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress (ESRS) is accepting abstracts for the 2017 Conference, Krakow, Poland, July 24-27. Abstracts must be sent to the contact person before January 13, 2017. The ESRS...
The Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University is recruiting for fully-funded PhD studentships linked to the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership – a...