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In many ways, “rural philanthropy” is nothing more than a short-hand phrase for describing core social norms and conventions that have long characterized small and sometimes isolated communities across Canada, writes John Lorinc in The...
Over the last few months, exciting progress has made with the Evaluating Sustainable Governance for Non-Profit Organizations in Rural Canada – a study funded by the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF), and the Mitacs...
Deadline: 31st August 2019 We are pleased to announce the call for papers for our 6th International conference on Intersectionality, Families and Relationships. Leading social theorist and activist Patricia Hill Collins will open the...
August 18 – 21, 2019 | Ottawa The 2019 AMO Conference, Municipalities: Ontario’s Frontline, promises to be a great opportunity to connect with your municipal colleagues from across Ontario. With expert keynotes, 18+ concurrent...
The Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities has been awarded a $25 000 grant from the Government of Alberta’s Anti-Racism Community Grant program. This program supports initiatives that raise awareness and understanding of racism and its...
Deadline: June 23, 2019 The related academic conference will take place in the frame of the Final conference of the Erasmus Plus; Project EUMentorSTEM; coordinated by the University of Bologna Department of Management in...
For the past three weeks, the Saltwire Newspapers Deep Dives series, “How unexpected ideas are leading to a new rural economy” in Atlantic Canada, has focused on Atlantic Canada: thriving or just surviving? With...
Registration Open for 2019 CRRF-NAF Conference Organizers of the upcoming Building Sustainable Communities Conference are excited to announce registration is now open! You can register for the conference by clicking here. Discounts for early bird...
Recently appointed Minister of Rural Economic Development, Bernadette Jordan, and the minister’s Parliamentary Secretary MP Marc Serré, along with their staff, have been busy consulting the public and rural development stakeholders across Canada. This...
The overarching objective for our 2019 Annual Conference is to engage all members in the coming fall federal election campaign, and the mission to modernize the municipal-federal relationship. We deliver value to our members,...