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...
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(Report) Networks as Interventions
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...
Building Small Town Communities that Thrive
Rural communities across Canada know the challenges all too well. Populations are shrinking, and services of all kinds are getting harder and harder to maintain, not only for businesses but also for new Canadians,...
Conference: Rural Futures
The Rural Futures Institute is pleased to formally announce this year’s opening session for The Rural Futures Conference, slated for October 21-23, 2015. Howard G. and Howard W. Buffett will help set the...