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The European Society for Rural Sociology is organizing the XXVII Congress, in Krakow, Poland from 24 to 27 July 2017. The Call for Abstracts is open until December 20, 2016. Abstracts should be submitted to the contact...
Dr. Ted Hewitt, President of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), celebrates Rural Policy Learning Common’s new engagement card with Dr. Bill Ashton. Ted opened the national forum: Imagining Canada’s Future...
In 2016, the topic of migration has never been more relevant. As the global population expands, technologies change and travel becomes more accessible to the everyday person, movement of people becomes more commonplace. You...
Join the Sussex Centre for Migration Research and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies for the fourth SCMR-JEMS conference on November 30th, 2016. Find out more here!
The Canadian Mountain Network’s 2016 Mountain Festival December 9 – 15, 2016 at the University of Alberta The Canadian Mountain Network seeks to provide mountain enthusiasts and stakeholders the opportunity to connect, collaborate, and...
RPLC’s very own Philip Loring has been a part of the article “Climigration? Population and climate change in Arctic Alaska.” Residents of towns and villages in Arctic Alaska live on ‘‘the front line of...
The RPLC’s very own Philomena de Lima has just released her latest book! de Lima, P. (2016) International Migration: the well-being of migrants. Dunedin Press: http://www.dunedinacademicpress.co.uk/ Migration is a widely debated issue. Events in Africa...
Did you miss our latest webinar? Don’t worry! You can access the video here and the PDF here.
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...
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...