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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Podcast: Bill Reimer on Fire Stress and Its Impact on Mental Health
The RPLC’s PI, Bill Reimer, has been busy speaking to radio hosts about fire stress in Fort McMurray and its impact on mental health, being a part of over 10 interviews on the subject! Here...
Rural Innovation Forum
Lesser Slave Lake Rural Innovation Forum: Rural Economic Development & Opportunities for Diversification June 27th, 2016 10:00-4:00pm Northern Lakes College, Slave Lake This is a workshop for local governments, industry leaders, economic development agencies,...
(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 – 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...
(Call for Contributions) CRRF RPLC Conference
2016 CRRF RPLC Conference Guelph, Ontario October 12-15 The “Building Vibrant Rural Futures: Mobilizing Knowledge and Informing Policy” Conference invites stories, presentations, panels, and capacity building sessions on how community organizations, policymakers, and...
(Webinar) Lessons in Governance
Remote Control: Lessons in Governance as a Resource for Rural and Remote Regions Rob Greenwood February 4, 2016 PDF PowerPoint Video Presentation
(Awards) RSS Graduate Students
POPULATION RESEARCH INTEREST GROUP GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD The Population Research Interest Group of the Rural Sociological Society is soliciting submissions for a graduate student paper award in the areas of rural demography...
(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...
(Call for Cases) Rural Areas in Europe
Culture della Sostenibilità launches the call for cases for the conference: Rich in Nature, Poor in Services: The Unbalanced Welfare of Fragile Rural Areas in Europe Rovigo, Italy – 18-19 March 2016 The abstract...