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Held in Edmonton, Alberta, over 70 Symposium participants engaged with the concept, design, practice and evaluation of networks in the context of Canadian and international public policy. They explored the dilemmas faced, and the...
Remote Control: Lessons in Governance as a Resource for Rural and Remote Regions Rob Greenwood February 4, 2016 PDF PowerPoint Video Presentation
The Way Forward: Envisioning Treaty Rights in Modern Resource Management February 19 to 21, 2016 Camrose, AB, University of Alberta’s Augustana Campus The conference will examine the need and opportunity to incorporate treaty rights...
Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment March 21 and 22 March, 2016 Wadham College, Oxford, UK You are invited to present a paper that encourages the exchange of interdisciplinary ideas about the...
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...
In 2016 the National Association of Community Development Professionals and the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals will be holding a joint conference for the first time. The event, entitled Building a Path to...
Fifth Conference of the Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA) June 16-17, 2016 – Bologna, Italy The changing role of regulation in the bio-based economy The fifth AIEAA Conference aims at providing...
December 1, 2015 Research position available in Vancouver The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) is a non-profit organization primarily involved in the design, research, and evaluation of social programs and policies. Since 1991,...
3rd April, 2016 – 6th April, 2016 Graz, Austria “Building Bridges: Cities and Regions in a Transnational World” Special session Beyond growth – regional development and planning in non-core regions Organisers:...
Last week I sat down with Robert Frost, a Municipal Advisor with the Province of Nova Scotia, to discuss his experience with rural governance in the province. The Q&A below is not an exact...