Yellowknife’s Toxic Legacy
During more than half a century of mining, 19,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide dust went up the stacks of smelters at the Giant and Con mines and settled on the once-pristine land and lakes...
Category: Reports
Community Well-being in Oxford County, Canada
The Canadian Index of Well-being data and reports will be used to shape next steps in key areas of the Future Oxford Community Sustainability Plan. Find the full survey reports and news release here.
Rural Canada: The Internet ‘Black Out’ Zone?
With high-speed internet still a pipe dream for many rural Canadians, is it time for broadband to be considered a utility? Find out more here from CBC News
Where does your food come from?
Ever wonder where your food comes from? On Tuesday, Clover Leaf (fish product producer) is launching a website it has quietly been testing for almost two years, allowing consumers to use the code on their...
IFAD Rural Development Report 2016
This report provides a thorough analysis of the complex picture of rural transformation and seeks to answer three key questions: What are the different pathways of structural and rural transformation in developing countries? How...
Immigration in Small Towns
Alia Dharssi’s series, Workers Without Borders, is a six-part series revealing a growing population of undocumented immigrants; businesses country-wide, in both urban and rural areas, struggling to access desperately-needed labour; and poor integration of immigrants into...
Fostering Inclusive Rural Transformations
Fostering inclusive rural transformation Today IFAD launches Rural Development Report 2016: Fostering inclusive rural transformation. It is IFAD’s flagship publication bringing together leading thinkers to analyse lessons learnt from experiences across the globe, and...
High Food Prices: How can people afford this?
People living in remote First Nation communities on the James Bay Coast have to spend over half of their income on food in order to meet basic nutritional requirements, according to a new study...
Rural’s Role in Innovation
Many Paths for Innovation Leadership in university and colleges comes in many forms, from the instructor teaching computer aided design and entering competitions, to break throughs by researchers, to creating a mandate for innovation...
High-speed Internet in First Nations Communities
Indigenous company to bring high-speed internet to all of Manitoba’s First Nations communities $4.2M in funding coming from federal government for internet project Jillian Taylor · CBC News, July 29, 2016 CBC reports that an...