Blog: Newcomers Helping Rural Communities
Small town re-imagining is imperative to the fight it takes to keep rural communities alive through the ups and downs of a resource-based country. In this blog, read about how newcomers to these rural...
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OMAFRA: Call for Letters of Intent
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has announced the Call for Letters of Intent for the 2016-2017 OMAFRA Food Safety Research Program. Submission deadline: June 29, 2016 @ 11:50 am...
(Blog) May 2016 Featured Governance Team Member
It’s time for the governance team’s second featured team member! For May 2016, we are profiling: Judith I. Stallmann, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO What is your current research? Motivations for my research...
(Blog) – Governance News Round Up – April 2016
It’s that time again! Here is your Governance News Round-up for April 2016. If you have any reflections from one of the stories, or you have a story from your region to share, please...
(Blog) April 2016 Featured Governance Team Member
Over the coming months, the Governance Team will be featuring team members on the blog. The first team member to be featured is Dr. Andrea Olive. Andrea is an Assistant Professor in the Departments...
(Blog) Governance News Round Up – March 2016
Check out links to news stories related to rural governance from March 2016. If you have any reflections from one of the stories, or you have a story from your region to share, please leave...
(Blog) Governance News Round-Up – February 2016
This is the first of a monthly posting gathering rural governance headlines from around the internet. If you have any reflections from one of the stories, or you have a story from your region...
NRD | “Does your insurance cover that?”
This post is the first in a Natural Resource Development series undertaken to raise awareness of the importance of fire safety management and risk mitigation. This post has been submitted by Greg Bartlett, a...
NRD Reading List | The FPIC Report
The Boreal Leadership Council, founded in December 2003, is made up of leading conservation groups, First Nations, resource companies and financial institutions, all of which have a stake in the management and resource development...
(Blog) Internet Access and e-Governance
E-governance is increasingly used to improve efficiency and accessibility of government services. But what if access to the internet is not universal? Who is able to access these services? The growing use of e-governance...