Canadian Rural Research Network (CRRN) Réseau Canadien de Recherche Rurale (RCRR)

Thesis/Thèse : Developing a Sense of Place in Rural Alberta: Experiences of Newcomers

2012-02-12T16:49:00.000-08:00

Source: University of Alberta.
"This narrative inquiry uses the talking circle, a discourse process indigenous to the North American prairies, to explore the experiences of recent international migrants to rural Alberta."

"The immediate intention is to address questions of rural revitalization and the creation of welcoming communities. At a deeper level, it explores the role of history, cultural negotiation, and power relations in community development. It examines place as a critical element of human experience, which has been severed under modern economic regimes. Recommendations for how we might best respond to rural migration challenges include processes for listening and responding to needs, for building trustworthy relationships, and a call to recognize Aboriginal history. Findings also point to the importance of facilitating options for migrants with temporary status in a transient global context. The study advises that learning through attentive intercultural discourse could be integral to recreating democratic communities and establishing sense of place."

Heather Mae Plaizier. Developing a Sense of Place in Rural Alberta: Experiences of Newcomers. A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education
in Adult Education, Educational Policy Studies.

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WWW: http://repository.library.ualberta.ca/dspace/index.jsp

Studies/Études : Canada's rural population since 1851 / La population rurale du Canada depuis 1851

2012-02-10T13:32:00.000-08:00

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Statistics Canada / Statistique Canada.
Between 2006 and 2011, Canada's rural population increased by 1.1%, compared to Canada's overall growth rate of 5.9%.

According to the 2011 Census, more than 6.3 million Canadians were living in rural areas, that is, areas with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants and a population density below 400 people per square kilometre. This number has been relatively stable since 1991, while the population living outside of rural areas has been rising steadily. Consequently, the proportion of Canadians who live in rural areas has been dropping and in 2011 fell below 1 in 5 Canadians to 18.9%.

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Canada's rural population since 1851 (HTML).

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Entre 2006 et 2011, la population rurale du Canada a augmenté de 1,1 % comparativement 5,9 % dans l'ensemble du Canada.

Selon le Recensement de 2011, plus de 6,3 millions de Canadiens vivaient en régions rurales, c'est à dire au sein de régions comptant moins de 1 000 habitants et dont la densité de population est inférieure à 400 habitants au kilomètre carré. Ce nombre est relativement stable depuis 1991, alors que celui de la population ne vivant pas en régions rurales est en constante augmentation. En conséquence, la proportion que représentent les personnes vivant en régions rurales parmi l'ensemble des Canadiens est en baisse et a atteint moins d'une personne sur 5, soit 18,9 %, en 2011.

Article intégral en PDF.
La population rurale du Canada depuis 1851 (HTML).

WWW: www.statcan.gc.ca

Training/Formation : Nature and modern countryside, International Summer School of Rural Development, Finland

2012-02-03T15:36:00.000-08:00

Source: Kajaani University Consortium.
24–27 May, 2012 - Adult and Continuing Education Unit (AIKOPA) of Kajaani University Consortium organises the Summer School of Rural Development “Nature and modern countryside; treasures or threats?” in Mekrijärvi Finland. The summer school is a part of the second Nordic Conference for Rural Research in Joensuu.

Summer school starts during the Nordic Conference and the participants of summer school get ex‐ante tasks. The Summer School is targeted to rural developers, researchers, students and administration.

Download the programme and addiional information.

WWW: www.mua.fi

Studies/Études : The Role of Cohesion Policy in Rural Development, EU

2012-02-03T15:22:00.000-08:00

Source: Studies in Agricultural Economics.
The invited articles published in this issue of Studies in Agricultural Economics address the important theme of ‘The Role of Cohesion Policy in Rural Development’. All were first presented at the conference entitled ‘What Future for Cohesion Policy? – An Academic and Policy Debate’ held on 16-18 March 2011 in Bled, Slovenia.

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List of articles.

Andrew F. Fieldsend (ed.) (2011)
Extra pages

Andrew K. Copus, Mark Shucksmith, Thomas Dax, David Meredith (2011)
Cohesion Policy for rural areas after 2013

Robert Knippschild (2011)
With 'Regional Territorial Agendas' towards territorial cohesion?

Christos Ladias, Nikolas Hasanagas, Eleni Papadopoulou (2011)
Conceptualising 'macro-regions': Viewpoints and tools beyond NUTS classification

Andrew F. Fieldsend (2011)
Rural Europe 2+2+: A conceptual framework for a rural employment policy

Fekó Adrienn, Sass Magdolna, Nagy Gábor (2011)
The role of broadband developments financed from EU Structural Funds in the enhancement of regional cohesion in the NMS-10

Małgorzata Michalewska-Pawlak (2011)
Rural areas development as a field of intervention of the European Union Cohesion Policy after 2013

Elisa Montresor, Francesco Pecci, Nicola Pontarollo (2011)
The convergence process of the European regions: the role of Regional Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy

WWW: www.aki.gov.hu

Reports/Rapports : The EU proposals for rural development after 2013 / Les propositions de l’UE pour le développement rural après 2013

2012-02-01T17:01:00.000-08:00

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Notre Europe.
In this Policy Brief edited by Notre Europe, Francesco Mantino analyses the European Commission proposal for the CAP’s second pillar.

"According to him this reform is a compromise between innovation and conservatism that will modify the policy’s definition and financing. Among the main changes he stresses the enhancement of the strategic planning in the objectives of rural development (Europe 2020 Strategy), the implementation of a new institutional framework promoting a stronger coordination of national and regional levels (the so called “Common Strategic Framework” or “Partnership Contract” at national level) and the strengthening of environmental objectives. However he underlines that the introduction of an objective of farm income stabilization in the CAP’s second pillar will increase the complexity of rural development planning, adding short terms objectives to a policy driven by long term ones until now."

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About the author and related documents.

WWW: www.notre-europe.eu

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Dans ce Bref de Notre Europe, Francesco Mantino analyse la réforme du second pilier de la PAC proposée par la Commission. Pour lui, elle découle d’un compromis entre l’innovation et le conservatisme qui affectera la définition de la politique et le financement de cette dernière.

Parmi les principaux changements, il note le renforcement de la dimension stratégique dans les objectifs du développement rural (Stratégie Europe 2020), la mise en place d’un nouveau cadre institutionnel incitant les Etats et les régions à davantage de coordination (appelé « cadre stratégique commun » ou « contrat de partenariat » à l’échelle nationale) et le renforcement des objectifs environnementaux. Il souligne néanmoins que l’introduction d’un objectif de stabilisation du revenu agricole dans le second pilier de la PAC devrait complexifier la programmation en incluant des objectifs de court terme dans une politique jusqu’ici organisée autour du long terme.

Document à télécharger.

L'auteur / En vue.

WWW: www.notre-europe.eu

RuralTube : Teaching in Rural America

2012-02-01T16:42:00.000-08:00

Source: U.S. Department of Education.
Four Nationally Board Certified teachers talk about the rewards and challenges of their profession in rural America.

These rural teachers describe challenges with funding, a lack of technology, and the need to elevate the teaching profession while expanding curriculum in order to prepare students for a 21st century economy.

Watch video.

Read more on the video.

WWW: www.ed.gov/blog

Funding/Financement : Rural Youth Homelessness in Alberta

2012-01-30T13:16:00.000-08:00

Source: Alberta Rural Development Network.
ARDN is interested in supporting the development of a project relating to Rural Youth Homelessness in Alberta. This project would complement the current call for proposals on Youth Homelessness: Promising Practices for Prevention and Reduction for up to $80,000. The deadline is February 29, 2012 (23:59 Pacific Time).

ARDN has also entered into discussions with a research funder to further enhance that amount.

If you are interested in ARDN’s assistance in obtaining funding and developing a proposal, please contact Paul Watson Research Director for ARDN by email or phone, 780-449-1006 ext 222.

WWW: www.ardn.ca

Reports/Rapports : Rural social enterprise in England

2012-01-28T16:06:00.000-08:00

Source: Plunkett Foundation.
Social enterprises are increasingly being developed by rural communities to take control of the issues affecting them, states a new report from Plunkett Foundation commissioned by Defra.

The Review of Rural Social Enterprise in England is the first systematic review of the many various forms of community led social enterprise across rural England and the impact they have on rural communities.

The report was commissioned by the Rural Communities Policy Unit within Defra and was supported by the Office for Civil Society within the Cabinet Office. The report can be downloaded here.

WWW: www.plunkett.co.uk

Funding/Financement : Youth Homelessness: Prevention and Reduction / Itinérance chez les jeunes : prévention et réduction

2012-01-28T15:29:00.000-08:00

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: HRSDC / RHDCC.
Communities have consistently requested evidence-based promising practices to provide them with tools to prevent and reduce homelessness. In order to provide such practices, the department seeks to fund research projects that will evaluate the effectiveness of prevention and reduction strategies. Deadline: February 29, 2012.

Effective prevention strategies allow youth who are at risk of homelessness to avoid the disruption caused by housing loss, while reduction strategies help the existing homeless population rise out of homelessness. There is a need for studies examining the relative effectiveness of these strategies. Such strategies need to take into account the diversity of the homeless youth population, including any mental health or addiction issues, and current living arrangements. In short, what works best and for whom? This information can help communities tailor programs to the needs of homeless and at-risk youth in their own area.

Other intervention-related issues that will be considered for the current CFP include, but are not limited to the following:

* What is the social return on investment (SROI) of a particular prevention or reduction program?
* How do social networks of family or friends contribute to intervention effectiveness?
* How do individual needs influence intervention effectiveness? How can interventions be best matched to the individual?
* How do youth who have benefited from interventions fare over the longer term? This may involve follow-up with clients who have benefited from a promising practice.
* What are effective strategies for maintaining contact with homeless youth clients who migrate between cities?

All projects should include a focus on community involvement and dissemination. Research should be applicable to other communities in Canada. Successful applicants will receive funding to enable them to deepen their understanding of youth http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhomelessness and to contribute to charting the development of effective solutions to address the issue.

Read Call for Proposals (Deadline: February 29, 2012 (23:59 Pacific Time).

Rural and Remote Homelessness.

WWW: www.hrsdc.gc.ca

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Les collectivités ont constamment demandé des pratiques prometteuses fondées sur des données probantes pour avoir des outils pour prévenir et réduire l’itinérance. Afin d’offrir de telles pratiques, le Ministère cherche à financer des projets de recherche qui évalueront l’efficacité des stratégies de prévention et de réduction.

Les stratégies de prévention efficaces permettent aux jeunes qui sont à risque d’itinérance d’éviter le dérangement causé par la perte de logement, alors que les stratégies de réduction aident la population sans abri actuelle à sortir de l’itinérance. Il faut des études portant sur l’efficacité relative de ces stratégies. Celles‑ci doivent tenir compte de la diversité de la population des jeunes itinérants, notamment les troubles de santé mentale ou les problèmes de dépendance et les conditions de vie actuelles. En résumé, qu’est‑ce qui fonctionne le mieux et pour qui? Cette information peut aider les collectivités à adapter les programmes aux besoins des itinérants et des jeunes à risque de leur région.

D’autres questions liées aux interventions qui sont prises en considération pour le présent AP incluent, entre autres :

* Le rendement social des investissements d’un programme précis de prévention ou de réduction;
* La façon dont les réseaux sociaux familiaux ou d’amis contribuent à l’efficacité de l’intervention;
* La façon dont les besoins des personnes influencent l’efficacité de l’intervention; la meilleure façon de choisir les interventions en fonction des personnes;
* La façon dont les jeunes qui ont bénéficié des interventions s’en sortent à long terme; cela peut inclure un suivi auprès des clients qui ont profité d’une pratique prometteuse;
* Les stratégies efficaces qui permettent de maintenir une communication avec les jeunes clients qui migrent vers d’autres villes.

Tous les projets devraient inclure un accent mis sur la participation à la collectivité et la diffusion. La recherche devrait pouvoir s’appliquer à d’autres collectivités au Canada. Les soumissionnaires retenus recevront du financement leur permettant d’approfondir leur compréhension de l’itinérance chez les jeunes et de contribuer à l’élaboration de solutions efficaces pour aborder le problème.

Appel de propositions.

Itinérance dans les collectivités rurales et éloignées.

WWW: www.rhdcc.gc.ca

Reports/Rapports : Exploring community acceptance of rural wind farms in Australia

2012-01-28T15:05:00.000-08:00

Source: CSIRO.
CSIRO’s Energy Transformed Flagship has undertaken a preliminary study to consider community acceptance of wind farms from a variety of stakeholder perspectives.

"The Australian Government’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) requires that 20 per cent of Australia’s electricity be produced from renewable energy sources by 2020. Previous projections anticipate that wind technology could contribute to the majority of this target (for example, see ROAM Consulting, 20101).

Given this target and interest in wind farm development, CSIRO has explored community acceptance of the technology.

The preliminary study produced four key findings:

1. There is strong community support for the development of wind farms.

2. Many of the benefits can be shared or communicated in ways that would enhance community support for the development of wind farms in a region.

3. Existing regulatory approaches provide an appropriate framework for negotiating wind farm developments, but there is scope for improving outcomes.

4. The emerging notion of a ‘Social Licence to Operate’ provides a useful framework for wind farm developers to engage local communities in ways that could enhance transparency and local support."

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Read Summary.

WWW: www.csiro.au

(E-)Books/Livres(-E) : The Rural Nurse: Transition to Practice

2012-01-28T14:48:00.000-08:00

Source: Springer.
This volume addresses the pressing need for practical information about transitioning from an urban-based nursing education or practice to a rural health care environment.

It provides successful strategies that nurses in rural settings can use to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative programs that will meet the needs of individual rural communities. The book details current rural nursing transition-to-practice trends and issues, national standards, and evidence-based model programs worldwide. Rural practice culture is described along with professional education issues, competency, patient care, and safety.

The Rural Nurse Transition to Practice. Deana Molinari, PhD, MS, RN, CNE (Editor). Angeline Bushy, PhD, RN, FAAN (Editor).

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WWW: www.springerpub.com

Rapports/Reports : Le retour des jeunes enfants dans la communauté algonquine de Kitcisakik : une recherche-action

2012-01-15T20:52:00.000-08:00

Source: Chaire Desjardins en développement des petites collectivités (UQAT).
La problématique concerne le fait que les habiletés parentales traditionnelles dans la communauté ont été usurpées de la communauté dans l’expérience du pensionnat pour enfants autochtones et, depuis lors, oubliées suite à plus de 50 années de scolarisation des enfants hors de leur milieu de vie.

De plus, les parents de cette communauté n’avaient aucun modèle ni expérience d’être parent, à temps plein, d’enfants qui fréquentent l’école primaire. Dans la phase I de la recherche, les besoins des parents et de la communauté, ont été identifiés. Dans les phases II, III et IV, il s’agissait de répondre à ces besoins par la mise en oeuvre de diverses actions d’un programme global pour combler les besoins exprimés lors de la phase I.

La question de recherche : Quel serait le type de programme le plus adéquat pour répondre à leurs besoins et pour améliorer le bien-être communautaire, celui des enfants en particulier? Son objectif principal : Répondre aux besoins exprimés par les intervenants et les membres de la communauté en phase I de la présente recherche, par la mise en oeuvre d’un programme d’intervention visant trois cibles : 1) affective, le lien d’attachement en particulier; 2) de la vie quotidienne, les routines et l’implication des parents dans les travaux scolaires des enfants en particulier; 3) culturelle-scolaire, mise en oeuvre d’un Groupe de mobilisation de parents (GMP) et de cours de langue et de culture algonquines ainsi que l’implication des aînés dans l’école « pour une école qui nous ressemble ».

Loiselle, M., Bourdaleix-Manin, A.-L. et Potvin, M. (2011). Le retour des jeunes enfants dans la communauté algonquine de Kitcisakik : une recherche-action visant l’engagement de la communauté envers la santé et le bien-être des enfants. Rapport de recherche : Phases II, III et IV. Rouyn-Noranda : Chaire Desjardins en développement des petites collectivités (UQAT).

Lien pour le rapport.

WWW: http://web2.uqat.ca/chairedesjardins/index.asp

Call for papers/Appels de communications: Rural + Development + Planning Symposium, Manitoba 2012 Planning Conference

2012-01-15T20:45:00.000-08:00

Source: Rural Development Institute.
The symposium on Wednesday, February 22, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. is potentially an opportunity for some theory-building across multiple disciplines and perspectives. Participants are invited to submit a paper or poster presentation proposal that addresses the ‘sum’ of ‘rural + development + planning’, with a ‘thriving’ agenda in mind.

Participants are called to identify critical interfaces and to engage in dialogue, in pursuit of insightful integration and significant synthesis. In the calm before the comparative storm of the main conference, this symposium will provide an ideal time for reflection on the fundamentals and undercurrents within the conference theme – Beyond Surviving: Planning to Thrive.

Hosted by the Brandon and Area Planning District, the Manitoba 2012 Planning Conference – Beyond Surviving: Planning to Thrive brings together elected officials, municipal administrators, educators and students, and public and private sector planners for three days of learning about the key issues facing planners in Manitoba today.

Call for Papers

WWW: www.brandonu.ca/rdi

Call for papers/Appels de communications : Impacts of Community Engagement: CACSL Conference

2012-01-15T20:30:00.000-08:00

Source: Canadian Alliance for Community Service-Learning.
The University of Saskatchewan is proud to host the 2012 CACSL Community Service-Learning Conference on May 10, 11, and 12. The conference will focus on the impacts of community engagement, how all stakeholders involved in CSL are affected by CSL practices and programs.

Our hope is to spark conversation, facilitate the development of potential research alliances, and share practices so that we can learn from authentic engagement with each other. More information on the conference is available at www.usask.ca/cacsl2012.

Individual submissions are welcome, and joint submissions from stakeholder groups – community organizations, faculty and academics, and staff and practitioners – are highly encouraged. Proposals should be submitted by one person providing contact information with participants listed, up to two submissions per key contact person. Proposals due January 31, 2012.

All proposals must follow the guidelines as they will appear in the submission form (available soon). Each proposal will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers, and will receive notification regarding acceptance by no later than March 13, 2012.

Read the full call for proposals.

WWW: http://blog.communityservicelearning.ca/

Studies/Études : Patterns of health services utilization in rural Canada / L’utilisation des services de santé dans les régions rurales du Canada

2012-01-11T18:47:00.000-08:00

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada/Agence de la santé publique du Canada.
"Canadians value ease of access to their health services. Although many studies
have focused on accessibility to health services in Canada, few have examined
rural-urban differences in this aspect, particularly from a national perspective."

This publication is a descriptive analysis of the utilization patterns of a broad range of health services by rural residents compared to their urban counterparts.

R.W. Pong, M. DesMeules, D. Heng, C. Lagacé, J.R. Guernsey, A. Kazanjian, D. Manuel, J.R. Pitblado, R. Bollman, I. Koren, M.P. Dressler, F. Wang, W. Luo (2011). Patterns of health services utilization in rural Canada. Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada. Volume 31, Supplement 1, Fall 2011.

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"Les Canadiens ont à cœur la facilité d’accès aux services de santé. Bien que de nombreuses études aient porté sur l’accessibilité des soins de santé au Canada, très peu d’entre elles l’ont examinée sous l’angle des différences entre les régions urbaines et rurales, particulièrement dans une perspective à échelle nationale."

Le présent document est une analyse descriptive et comparative de l’utilisation d’un grand nombre de services de santé par les populations rurales et urbaines.

R.W. Pong, M. DesMeules, D. Heng, C. Lagacé, J.R. Guernsey, A. Kazanjian, D. Manuel, J.R. Pitblado, R. Bollman, I. Koren, M.P. Dressler, F. Wang, W. Luo (2011). L’utilisation des services de santé dans les régions rurales du Canada. Maladies chroniques au Canada. Volume 31, supplément 1, automne 2011.

Téléchargez cet étude.

WWW: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca

Reports/Rapports : Integrating Innovative Ideas: Small Rural Hospital Summit

2012-01-11T18:38:00.000-08:00

Source: North East Local Health Integration Network.
"Approximately 40% of the population in Northeastern Ontario lives in rural communities and they are served by 21 small hospitals. In planning and delivering services, staff and directors of these hospitals must respond to the wide range of cultural and unique geographical challenges of the region."

"Integrating Innovative Ideas: Small Rural Hospital Summit was organized to provide representatives of the small rural hospitals an opportunity to identify some of the issues and concerns they face in meeting the needs of their communities, and to develop innovative solutions to meet those needs. Representatives of the NE LHIN (North East Local Health Integration Network), as well as the NE CCAC (North East Community Care Access Centre), and NEMHC (Northeast Mental Health Centre), also attended the Summit. In addition to having an opportunity to network with each other, it was also hoped that participants would generate 100 ideas for actions they could take to improve health care across the region."

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WWW: www.nelhin.on.ca

Training/Formation : Rural and Remote Medicine Course: “On the Edge”

2012-01-06T19:30:00.000-08:00

Source: Society of Rural Physicians of Canada.
April 26-28, 2012 in Whistler BC. This working conference hosted by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada offers nearly 200 workshops, lectures and plenaries in a peer-to-peer interactive learning environment.

Based largely on small group sessions this conference will allow you to interact both with speakers and each other in beautiful Whistler BC. Registration is now open, and poster submissions are welcome.

Click here for more details.

WWW: www.srpc.ca

Funding/Financement : Rural Health Services Research Network of BC - Travel Bursary Competition

2012-01-06T19:26:00.000-08:00

Source: RHSRNbc.
Travel bursaries will be awarded to RHSRNbc members who have been invited to present their rural health services research orally or, in poster format at either a national or international conference.

There are four bursaries to be won—three national bursaries of up to $450 and one international bursary of $750. These bursaries are intended to subsidize the costs of travel and accommodation and other expenses related to conference participation.

Application

This competition has a rolling deadline and bursaries will be awarded on a first come first serve basis to deserving applications given they meet appropriate standards of quality. Application forms are available online at http://rhsrnbc.ca/pdf/TravelBursaryCompetitionApplicationSG.pdf

WWW: http://rhsrnbc.ca

Events/Événements : A Long Way from Home? The Rural and Regional Resettlement Experiences of Visible Migrants and Refugees, International Conference

2012-01-06T15:42:00.000-08:00

Source: University of Melbourne.
Friday 10 February 2012. "Regional and rural settlement of migrants and refugees is an increasingly relevant settlement trend in Australia, assisted by government policy and community sector initiatives and motivated by migrants and refugees themselves."

"Settlement is influenced by the pre-arrival experiences of migrants and refugees, along with a multitude of micro and macro factors in the social, political and economic realms of the destination country which play out differently in metropolitan and regional or rural locations. The visibility of the most recently-arrived migrants and refugees from Africa, the Middle East, South and South-East Asia is also a feature of their settlement experience.

Exploring these issues and related debates, the Conference will showcase the research of the ARC Linkage Project and engage leading academics working in related areas to provide a wider national, international and comparative overview of regional migration and settlement trends, policies, praxis and reality."

The Conference is hosted by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project "Resettling Visible Migrants and Refugees in Rural and Regional Australia" conducted out of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne in partnership with the Victorian Office of Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship (OMAC) and Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV).

Read about the program and registration.

WWW: www.unimelb.edu.au

Events/Événements : Rural Communities Conference, Australia

2012-01-06T15:29:00.000-08:00

Source: National Institute for Rural & Regional Australia.
NIRRA will be hosting a Rural Communities Conference on 18-20 April 2012, at Narrabri in rural NSW.

This conference will be for social researchers working the rural space, looking at the key issues raised in the Visioning the Future of Rural & Regional Australia scoping study. The conference includes a seminar and workshop on rural futures.

Click here for further details.

WWW: http://nirra.anu.edu.au

(E-)Books/Livres(-E) : Health in Rural Canada

2012-01-05T18:36:00.000-08:00

Source: UBCPress.
Health research in Canada has mostly focused on urban areas, often overlooking the unique issues faced by Canadians living in rural and remote areas. This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the state of rural health and health care in Canada, from coast to coast and in northern communities.

Three themes are highlighted: rural places matter to health, rural places are unique, and rural places are dynamic.

The contributors bring insights and methodologies from nursing, social work, geography, epidemiology, and sociology and from community-based research to a full spectrum of topics: health literacy, rural health care delivery and training, Aboriginal health, web-based services and their application, rural palliative care, and rural health research and policy. Taken together, these wide-ranging and multifaceted explorations of the dynamic relationship between health and place offer researchers and policy-makers, students and practitioners a valuable resource for understanding the special, ever-changing needs of rural communities.

Edited by Judith C. Kulig and Allison M. Williams.

Table of contents and Sample Chapter.

WWW: www.ubcpress.ca

Training/Formation : Governing for Sustainable Rural Futures, Comparative Rural Policy Summer School

2012-01-05T17:10:00.000-08:00

Source: ICRPS.
Join the 2012 International Comparative Rural Policy Studies (ICRPS) Summer School in Québec, Canada. This dynamic school follows the same academic format as previous summer schools in Canada (Ontario, and Manitoba), Europe (Scotland, Belgium, Catalonia in Spain and Norway), and the USA (Missouri and Oregon).

It will mix co-learning academic experiences with field work in different settings. After a few days in Montréal, hosted by Concordia University and the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation, we will travel to the Estrie region of the province, then on to Québec City to meet with policy makers involved in the development of Québec’s innovative rural policy. During the last week, we will travel to the Bas Saint-Laurent at the University du Québec à Rimouski where we will be hosted by the Canada Research Chair on rural development and an associated network of regional development researchers.

About the International Comparative Rural Policy Studies (ICRPS) Program (http://icrps.com)

The International Comparative Rural Policy Studies (ICRPS) program brings together an international, multi-disciplinary group of faculty, students, and professionals to study the many facets of rural policy: from policy formulation to policy impacts. The ICRPS program is the first of its kind that enables students to examine and compare the role of rural policy in different cultural, political, and administrative contexts in Europe, North America, and the South. Designed for graduate students and early-career professionals, the ICRPS program introduces the skills to analyze and compare policies at the international, national, state, regional, and local levels. It also provides the opportunity to study the nature and implications of new forms of governance in rural contexts. The key elements of the ICRPS program are: a two-week international summer institute, comparative rural policy research projects, and online distance learning courses. The ICRPS Consortium, comprising core faculty from eleven universities in Canada, Europe, Mexico, and the USA, has developed an advanced program to enhance policy formulation and analysis in the rural context.

2012 Québec Rural Policy Summer School Program preview

According to the OECD program review, the Québec government has put in place one of the most impressive rural policies in the world. The 2012 Summer School will provide us with an opportunity to learn about this policy, its implementation in 2001, the transformations since then, and its impacts on rural communities and regions. The experience and insights of the Québec regional development research group will be complemented by the work of a Canadian national research team conducting comparative analysis of new regional policies in Newfoundland, Ontario, British Columbia and Québec since 2010.

Students will work in groups to make presentations, analyse documents, prepare policy briefs, meet policy professionals and take part in field trips. Faculty and international students will collaborate in a shared learning environment. This summer school session will combine new and returning students, which enhances the mutual learning experience of multiple years. The exploration of key rural development issues will take place within a context of first-hand engagement of students and faculty with policy-makers, practitioners, researchers, and citizens in the various field sites included in the summer school.

View ICRPS 2012 Flyer.

View more ICRPS details.

WWW: http://ICRPS2012.ca

RuralTube : DERREG Project Films

2012-01-05T17:06:00.000-08:00

Source: DERREG.
A series of short films about the DERREG case study regions are now available to view on YouTube. The films depict good practice examples of initiatives which are engaging with the opportunities and challenges presented by globalisation in Europe's rural regions.

The films were produced by 3 film studies graduates from Aberystwyth University: Jordan Renshaw, Akvile Vzesniauskaite and Alex Hughes.

Watch videos on derregfilms's channel.

WWW: www.derreg.eu

Call for papers/Appels de communications: XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology, Portugal

2012-01-04T15:34:00.000-08:00

Source: International Rural Sociology Association - IRSA.
The 13th World Congress of Rural Sociology will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, July 29 to August 4 2012, and is now accepting abstracts for the paper sessions. The deadline for abstracts is Jan 15, 2012.

Click here for details on the Congress.

WWW: http://irsa-world.org

Call for papers/Appels de communications: Rural and Remote Resilience: Making the Priorities Possible, 2012 International Rural Network Forum

2011-12-21T20:05:00.001-08:00

Source: International Rural Network.
24 - 28 September 2012 Whyalla and Upper Spencer Gulf, AUSTRALIA. Building on an initial gathering in Townsville, Australia, and on four previous conferences, the 2012 IRN World Forum in the Upper Spencer Gulf will bring together practitioners, policy makers and scholars with an interest in regional, rural and remote communities across the world.

IRN gatherings emphasise the sharing of practical experience and the value of local knowledge in addressing local challenges. This is especially important in the areas of community and economic development, health, education, culture and environment.

The theme of IRN 2012 is Rural and Remote Resilience: Making the Priorities Possible. A key aim of IRN 2012 is to attract presentations which join together community groups and practitioners with researchers / academics and or policy makers / industry. IRN 2012 will pay particular attention to the policy and governance challenges related to the differences between regional, rural and remote communities.

Submission deadline is 29 February 2012.

Read full call for more information & submission guidelines.

WWW: www.international-rural-network.org

Reports/Rapports : Rural Futures

2011-12-21T19:59:00.000-08:00

Source: Alberta Rural Development Network.
This issue of Curb Magazine was produced with support from the Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) and has great content on rural communities and their development.

Read full issue.

Curb Magazine is about policy practice and community experiences in cities, regions, and rural areas. Curb is distributed to municipal offices and planning departments across Western Canadian provinces and territories, and North-Western United States.

WWW: www.ardn.ca

Events/Événements : Creating Rural Connections 2012 Conference, Alberta

2011-12-21T19:55:00.000-08:00

Source: Alberta Rural Development Network.
Save the date for the Alberta Rural Development Network’s (ARDN)’s Creating Rural Connections 2012 conference. It will be held October 11-13, 2012 in Olds, Alberta.

More information will be provided on www.ardn.ca as details are confirmed.

WWW: www.ardn.ca

Studies/Études : Self-contained labour areas in Canada / Zones de travail autonomes au Canada

2011-12-19T14:59:00.000-08:00

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Statistics Canada / Statistique Canada.
In this study, 349 self-contained labour areas have been delineated, based on commuting flows. A self-contained labour area is a territorial unit where most of the residents with jobs are working in the area and most of the jobs in the area are filled by workers residing in the area.

There are between 197 and 229 self-contained labour areas that can be described as “rural self-contained labour areas”, depending on the way “rural” is defined.

Again, depending on the “rural” definition used, 29% to 39% of rural Canadians reside in a rural self-contained labour area. However, the majority of rural residents reside and work in a labour market with some degree of connection to a larger urban centre.

Our study represents an initial delineation. Many census subdivisions were too small to provide reliable estimates of “commuting rates” (or had no commuting flows) and these census subdivisions were not assigned to a self-contained labour area for the purposes of this study. Additional criteria (e.g. road networks, geographic proximity, etc.) could be used to create custom areas.

As each self-contained labour area is (largely) self-contained in terms of workers and jobs, these areas may provide a useful delineation for understanding other issues which residents would have in common (such as the need for post-secondary institutions or health and recreational services).

Munro, Anne, Alessandro Alasia and Ray D. Bollman. (2011) “Self-contained labour areas: A proposed delineation and classification by degree of rurality.” Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin Vol. 8, No. 8 (Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 21-006-XIE) (www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=21-006-X&CHROPG=1&lang=eng).

Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin, Chronological index

WWW: www.statcan.gc.ca

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Dans la présente étude, 349 zones de travail autonomes ont été délimitées d’après le navettage. Une zone de travail autonome est une unité territoriale où la plupart des résidents employés travaillent dans la zone délimitée et où la plupart des emplois sont occupés par des résidents de cette zone.

Il y a entre 197 et 229 zones de travail autonomes, qui peuvent être décrites comme des « zones de travail rurales autonomes », selon la définition du concept de « ruralité » utilisée.

Encore une fois, selon la définition de la « ruralité » utilisée, de 29 % à 39 % des Canadiens ruraux habitent dans une zone de travail rurale autonome. Toutefois, la majorité des résidents ruraux habitent et travaillent dans un marché du travail qui est lié dans une certaine mesure à un grand centre urbain.

Notre étude représente une délimitation initiale. De nombreuses subdivisions de recensement étaient trop petites pour produire des estimations fiables des « taux de navettage » (ou le navettage y était inexistant). Ces subdivisions de recensement n’ont donc pas été assignées à une zone de travail autonome aux fins de l’étude. D’autres critères (p. ex. les réseaux routiers, la proximité géographique, etc.) ont pu servir à créer des zones personnalisées.

Puisque chaque zone de travail autonome est (pratiquement) autonome pour ce qui est des travailleurs et des emplois, ces zones peuvent produire une délimitation utile pour comprendre d’autres problèmes qui pourraient être communs aux résidents (comme le besoin d’établissements postsecondaires ou de services de santé et de loisirs).

Munro, Anne, Alessandro Alasia et Ray D. Bollman. (2011) “ Zones de travail autonomes : une proposition de délimitation et de classification selon le degré de ruralité.” Bulletin d’analyse: Régions rurales et petites villes du Canada vol. 8, no 8 (Ottawa: Statistique Canada, No 21-006-XIF au catalogue).

Bulletin d'analyse : régions rurales et petites villes du Canada, Index chronologique

WWW: www.statcan.gc.ca

Studies/Études : Dependence, diversity, and the well-being of rural community

2011-12-19T14:52:00.000-08:00

Source: Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.
"This paper offers a tribute to William Freudenburg’s legacy of work on the well-being of resource-dependent communities. In it, we review Bill’s work on the well-being of resource-dependent communities, and social impact assessment more generally."

"Key elements of this program of work, especially his emphasis on subjective indicators of well-being and his emphasis on the need for “mid-range” theory informed research conducted by the Canadian Forest Service that addressed the relationship between forest dependence and well-being. Especially crucial in this vein were analyses that explored variation in outcomes over time, space, and definitions of well-being and dependence. Finally, we demonstrate that these analyses served as a foundation for our emerging work in the area of community diversity and resource dependence."

Richard C. Stedman, Mike N. Patriquin and John R. Parkins (2011). Dependence, diversity, and the well-being of rural community: building on the Freudenburg legacy. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.

WWW: www.springerlink.com

Books/Livres: International Handbook of Rural Demography

2011-12-19T14:38:00.000-08:00

Source: SpringerLink.
"With an inclusive international perspective, and founded on the principles of social demography, this handbook shows how the rural population, which recently dropped below 50 per cent of the world total, remains a vital segment of society living in proximity to much-needed developmental and amenity resources."

"The rich diversity of rural areas shapes the capacity of resident communities to address far-reaching social, environmental and economic challenges. Some will survive, become sustainable and even thrive, while others will suffer rapid depopulation. This handbook demonstrates how these future development trajectories will vary according to local characteristics including, but not limited to, population composition."

László J. J. Kulcsár and Katherine J. J. Curtis (Eds.). International Handbook of Rural Demography. 2012, XIII, 405 p.

WWW: www.springerlink.com

Reports/Rapports : The New Rural Europe: Towards Rural Cohesion Policy

2011-11-29T18:08:00.000-08:00

Source: Nordregio.
"Much of rural Europe is steadily shifting away from our twentieth century conceptions. However, rural policy has been slow to adjust. There is an urgent need for a fresh approach, more attuned to contemporary realities and issues"

This report is based on findings from the EDORA (European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas) project. The overarching aim of EDORA was to examine the process of differentiation in rural areas, in order to better understand how EU, national and regional policy can enable these areas to build upon their specific potentials to achieve (in the words of the EU 2020 strategy) "smart, sustainable and inclusive growth." EDORA was a project funded under the ESPON 2013 programme. It began in September 2008 and was completed in March 2011. This project was coordinated by the University of the Highlands and Islands, supported by a large consortium representing twelve EU Member States.

Report

WWW: www.nordregio.se

Studies/Études : Employment shifts in natural resource sectors / Évolution de l'emploi dans les secteurs des ressources naturelles

2011-11-29T18:06:00.000-08:00

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Statistics Canada / Statistique Canada.
Employment in natural resource sectors (including closely-related sectors in the value chain of each natural resource sector) represented 13% of Canada’s total employment in 200, down from 14% in 1991.

Employment in natural resource sectors and their related value chains represented a relatively higher share of total employment in predominantly rural regions (22%) in 2001, compared to predominantly urban regions (8%).

However, the share of workers in predominantly rural regions employed in each of the natural resource sectors (agriculture, fishery, forestry, mining and energy) declined from 1991 to 2001.

Alessandro Alasia and David James Hardie (2011). Employment shifts in natural resource sectors: A focus on rural value chains. Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin. 21-006-X. Vol. 8, No. 7. Statistics Canada.

WWW: www.statcan.gc.ca

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L’emploi dans les secteurs des ressources naturelles (y compris les secteurs étroitement reliés dans la chaîne de valeur de chaque secteur des ressources naturelles) représentait 13 % de l’emploi total au Canada en 2001, en baisse par rapport au taux de 14 % enregistré en 1991.

L’emploi dans les secteurs des ressources naturelles et leurs chaînes de valeur connexes représentait une proportion relativement plus élevée de l’emploi total dans les régions essentiellement rurales (22 %) en 2001, comparativement aux régions essentiellement urbaines (8 %).

Cependant, la proportion de travailleurs dans les régions essentiellement rurales travaillant dans chacun des secteurs des ressources naturelles (agriculture, pêche, foresterie, mines et énergie) a diminué de 1991 à 2001.

Alessandro Alasia et David James Hardie (2011). Évolution de l'emploi dans les secteurs des ressources naturelles : accent sur les chaînes de valeur rurales. Bulletin d'analyse -Régions rurales et petites villes du Canada. 21-006-X. Vol. 8, No 7. Statistique Canada.

WWW: www.statcan.gc.ca

RuralTube : The Urban/Rural Political Divide

2011-11-29T18:05:00.000-08:00

Source: The Agenda, TVO.
Ontario's election saw the Progressive Conservative party garner much of the rural vote, while the Liberals and NDP sit comfortably in urban areas. Is there a rural/urban divide in Ontario? In a politically divided province, how difficult is it to satisfy everyone's interests?

Whatch video on RuralTube.

WWW: www.youtube.com/user/AgendaStevePaikin

Call for papers/Appels de communication : Policy and Research in Community Investment/Politique et recherche en matière d’investissement communautaire

2011-11-26T08:53:00.000-08:00

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Rural Research Workshop/Atelier sur la recherche rurale.
May 24-25, 2012. Bytown Pavilion, 111 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario. Continuing the theme of relating policy to research, and vice versa, the second national Rural Research Workshop (RRW) “Policy and Research in Community Investment” will focus on the complex relationships between policy and research as they relate to the practice of rural community investment.

This workshop will critically explore the three-way interrelationships between policy, research and development practice. How do they relate to each other? What lessons have we learned from these experiences? How can we improve the connectivity between these three? How can a positive interrelationship be crafted to enhance the creativity and effectiveness of rural community investment?

This participatory workshop will also address the challenges facing public policy for municipal, provincial, territorial and federal governments, community-based and other organizations, the co-operatives sector, as well as the private sector. The research challenges for academe, practitioners, non-government organizations, and others will also be explored.

Our goal is to connect practice (e.g. local economic development, youth recreation services, elder health) to the design of public policy at all levels of government, and connect the policy making process and content to research and practice. At the Workshop, we hope to present a wide range of related challenges and opportunities. We will also ensure that the findings of both research and front-line practice inform each other, and inform policy.

Community (re)investment has to be understood in its complete context which, today, involves several complex interrelated streams. These include: the implications of globalization; evolving systems of governance; the challenges of place-based approaches to development; the rediscovery of the role and relevance of the social economy; the role of innovation, learning and knowledge mobilization; transformative development; capacity development; and changes in our demographic profiles. Papers addressing these and other related topics, attending to the policy/research/practice dynamic, will be considered for presentations.

The design of policy and research must inform our investment in rural communities, and they in turn must be informed by development practice. What are the challenges, lessons, and opportunities here, be they theoretical, conceptual, practical, or other?

Paper presentations must include a research purpose and objectives, methodology or approach (if applicable), a summary of the research results and suggested policy contributions. Up to 24 presentations can be accommodated. Proposals and presentations may be in English or French. A group of three paper proposals may be submitted for consideration as an organized session. Each presentation will be restricted to 20 minutes.

Proposals should indicate the name of each author, the e-mail and telephone number of the contact author, the language of the presentation (English or French), paper title and an abstract of no more than 200 words. As a Workshop outcome, authors may be invited to submit full papers to be considered for inclusion in a journal special edition.

DEADLINE AND MILESTONE
Proposal submission deadline: January 20, 2012
Please complete the online Paper Abstract Submission form: http://www.crrf.ca/?page_id=558
(Note: After submitting your information a note will appear at the bottom of the online submission webpage to indicate either a successful” or unsuccessful transmission.)

If you experience difficulties with the online form or process, you can make an offline submission.
1. Obtain the form (a Word document) by sending a request to RRWPaper@gmail.com with this subject line “Request – Paper Abstract Submission form”.
2. Submit your completed form by e-mail to RRWPaper@gmail.com RRWPaper@gmail.com with this subject line “RRW Paper Abstract Submission + your full name”.
(Note: You will be sent an e-mail confirming the receipt of your offline submission form within 1-3 business days.)

Notice of acceptance: To be sent in early February 2012

Note: Participating authors will only need to pay the student registration fee.

WORKSHOP CO-HOSTS
Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF)
Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA)
Canadian Rural Health Research Society (CRHRS)

CONTRIBUTING PARTNERS
Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN)
Canadian Rural Health Research Society (CRHRS)
Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat (RCS) [Government of Canada]
Rural Development Network (RDN) [Government of Canada]
Rural Ontario Institute (ROI)

STEERING COMMITTEE
Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities (ACSRC)
Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN)
Canadian Rural Health Research Society (CRHRS)
Canadian Rural Research Network (CRRN)
Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF)
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service (NRCan, CFS)
Regional Innovation Chair in Rural Economic Development, Selkirk College
Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat (RCS) [Government of Canada]
Rural Development Network (RDN) [Government of Canada]
Rural Ontario Institute (ROI)
The Monieson Centre, Queen’s University

For additional information, please contact: David Douglas – Chair of the Steering Committee, Chair of the Programme Sub-Committee and Co-host, second national RRW / Past President, CRRF – at djdougla@uoguelph.ca

Bookmark this page http://www.crrf.ca/?page_id=720! Links to the specific Web pages relating to the Workshop programme (including speakers), registration dates and fees, and other information will be added here periodically.

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Les 24 et 25 mai 2012. Pavillon Bytown – 111, promenade Sussex, Ottawa (Ontario. Poursuivant l’établissement de liens entre la politique et la recherche et vice versa, le deuxième Atelier sur la recherche rurale (ARR) national intitulé « Politique et recherche en matière d’investissement communautaire » mettra l’accent sur les relations complexes qui existent entre la politique et la recherche dans le contexte des pratiques d’investissement dans les communautés rurales.

Cet atelier explorera de façon critique la triple relation qui existe entre la politique, la recherche et les pratiques de développement. Quels sont les liens réciproques entre ces trois éléments? Quelles leçons avons-nous tirées des expériences dans ces domaines? Comment pouvons-nous améliorer les rapports entre ces trois secteurs? Comment pouvons-nous créer une relation positive entre eux pour accroître l’originalité et l’efficacité des investissements dans les communautés rurales?

Durant cet atelier axé sur la participation, nous nous pencherons aussi sur les défis liés à la politique publique auxquels font face les gouvernements municipaux, provinciaux, territoriaux et fédéral, les organisations communautaires et autres, le secteur des coopératives, ainsi que le secteur privé. Nous examinerons également les défis dans le domaine de la recherche pour les théoriciens, les intervenants, les organisations non gouvernementales et d’autres entités.

Notre objectif est d’établir un lien entre les pratiques (p. ex., développement économique au niveau local, services de récréation pour les jeunes, santé des aînés) et la conception de politiques publiques à tous les ordres du gouvernement et de lier le processus d’élaboration des politiques et leur contenu à la recherche et aux pratiques. Nous espérons présenter aux participants de l’atelier un vaste aperçu des défis et des occasions connexes. Par ailleurs, nous nous attacherons à faire en sorte que les constatations découlant à la fois de la recherche et des pratiques sur le terrain viennent enrichir les connaissances de chacun et permettent d’améliorer la qualité des politiques.

Pour bien comprendre l’investissement (et le réinvestissement) au niveau communautaire, il faut entièrement les placer dans leur contexte qui aujourd’hui inclut de nombreuses facettes complexes liées entre elles, y compris : les conséquences de la mondialisation; les régimes changeants de la gouvernance; les défis reliés aux approches locales du développement; la redécouverte du rôle et de la pertinence de l’économie sociale; le rôle de l’innovation et la grande importance accordée à l’apprentissage et au savoir; le développement transformateur; l’amélioration des capacités; et l’évolution de nos profils démographiques. Les articles de recherche qui traitent de ces sujets et de sujets connexes et qui ont comme thème la dynamique entre la politique, la recherche et les pratiques seront pris en considération en vue de leur présentation.

Notre investissement dans les communautés rurales doit être guidé par des politiques et de la recherche qui, de leur côté, doivent tenir compte des pratiques de développement. Quels sont les défis, leçons et opportunités à cet égard, sur le plan théorique, conceptuel, pratique ou autre?

Les articles de recherche doivent avoir un but de recherche et des objectifs, une méthodologie ou une approche (lorsqu’elle est pertinente) et comprendre un résumé des résultats de la recherche et des suggestions de politiques. Un maximum de 24 articles peuvent être reçus. Les propositions et présentations d’articles peuvent être rédigées en français ou en anglais. Les propositions d’articles peuvent être soumises par groupe de trois afin de faire l’objet d’une séance spéciale. Chaque présentation sera limitée à 20 minutes.

Les propositions doivent mentionner le nom de chaque auteur, l’adresse courriel et le numéro de téléphone de l’auteur étant la personne-ressource, la langue de la présentation (anglais ou français), le titre de l’article et comprendre un résumé de moins de 200 mots. Comme suite à l'atelier, les auteurs pourraient être invités à soumettre des articles complets afin de les intégrer à un numéro spécial de revue.

ÉCHÉANCES

Date limite de dépôt des propositions : le 20 janvier 2012
Veuillez remplir le formulaire de dépôt du résumé de l’article de recherche que vous trouverez en ligne :
http://www.crrf.ca/?page_id=558
(Nota : Après l'envoi de votre information, une note apparaîtra au bas de la page Web de dépôt en ligne pour indiquer que la transmission a été réussie ou non.)

Si vous avez de la difficulté à remplir le formulaire en ligne ou à suivre les instructions, vous pouvez faire un dépôt hors ligne.
1. Obtenez le formulaire (en format Word) en envoyant une requête à RRWPaper@gmail.com en inscrivant
« Demande – Formulaire de dépôt du résumé d’un article » dans l’objet du courriel.
2. Envoyez le formulaire rempli par courriel à RRWPaper@gmail.com en inscrivant « ARR 2012 – Dépôt du résumé d’un l’article » et votre nom au complet dans l’objet du courriel.
(Nota : Vous recevrez un courriel confirmant la réception de votre formulaire de dépôt hors ligne dans un délai d'un à trois jours ouvrables.)

Avis d’acceptation : L’avis sera envoyé au début de février 2012

Nota : Les auteurs participants devront uniquement s’acquitter des droits d’inscription au tarif étudiant.

HÔTES CONJOINTS DE L’ATELIER
Fondation canadienne pour la revitalisation rurale (FCRR)
Association des coopératives du Canada (ACC)
Société canadienne de recherche en santé rurale (SCRSR)

CONTRIBUTEURS (PARTENAIRES)
Réseau de l'Alberta pour le développement rural (RADR)
Réseau pour le développement rural (RDR) [gouvernement du Canada]
Rural Ontario Institute (ROI)
Secrétariat aux affaires rurales et aux coopératives (SARC) [gouvernement du Canada]
Société canadienne de recherche en santé rurale (SCRSR)

COMITÉ DIRECTEUR
Centre Monieson, Université Queen’s
Centre pour les communautés rurales durables de l’Alberta (CCRDA)
Chaire de recherche d’innovation régionale pour le développement économique rural, Collège Selkrik
Fondation canadienne pour la revitalisation rurale (FCRR)
Réseau canadien de recherche rurale (RCRR)
Réseau de l’Alberta pour le développement rural
Réseau pour le développement rural (RDR) [gouvernement du Canada]
Ressources naturelles Canada, Service canadien des forêts (RNCan, SCF)
Rural Ontario Institute (ROI)
Secrétariat aux affaires rurales et aux coopératives (SARC) [gouvernement du Canada]
Société canadienne de recherche en santé rurale (SCRSR)

Pour obtenir des renseignements supplémentaires, veuillez communiquer avec : David Douglas – Président du Comité directeur, Président du Sous-comité du programme et Hôte conjoint du deuxième ARR national / ancien Président de la FCRR – par courriel à l’adresse djdougla@uoguelph.ca

Ajoutez cette page à vos favoris http://www.crrf.ca/?page_id=720! Des liens vers les pages Web portant sur le programme de l’Atelier (y compris les conférenciers), les dates et droits d’inscription, et d’autres renseignements seront ajoutés ici périodiquement.

Call for papers/Appels de communications: 7th BC Rural Communities Summit, Call for Proposals

2011-11-25T16:16:00.000-08:00

Source: The BC Rural Network.
You are invited to submit a workshop proposal for the 7th BC Rural Communities Summit: : A joint conference of the BC Rural Network and Community Futures Boundary. June 7 – 9, 2012 - Grand Forks Secondary.

Summit Overview

The BC Rural Network and Community Futures Boundary will bring together rural stakeholders from across BC to learn firsthand about effective and practical approaches to empowering rural communities in the challenges and opportunities presented to them by a changing climate and a climate of change for rural BC. Building on the success of previous Summits, this event will engage participants through a variety of information sessions, interactive workshops, skills development, debates and dialogue. Grassroots, Growing Sustainable Rural Communities offers participants the opportunity to explore today’s most innovative strategies in building a sustainable rural economy.

Summit Goals

•To create and enhance awareness around issues of importance to rural and remote communities across all regions of BC.

• To provide participants with practical tools and strategies that can be translated into actions for communities

• To offer valuable opportunities to network with and learn from rural colleagues

Read full call for proposals.

WWW: www.bcruralnetwork.ca

Funding/Financement : Doing Rural Development in the Economic Downturn

2011-11-23T17:45:00.000-08:00

Source: The Arkleton Trust.
Are you interested in an opportunity to promote, and possibly research, an emerging issue concerning rural areas? If so, the Arkleton Trust is inviting expressions of interest from those wishing to develop proposals which will help to determine the future theme(s), on which the Trust will focus its efforts for 2 – 3 years from 2013.

Future themes

The Trust is now looking at what issue/issues it should focus on for the next funding period, commencing in 2013. It has considered several possibilities, including further work on the issue of climate change, in the context of the opportunities this presents for rural communities, or the new area of the role of social networking in rural areas in enabling better communication and breaking down barriers. However, much work is already being carried out on these issues and both are subjects of a fast moving agenda. The Trust has not found a clear role or niche for its intervention in either issue.

At the same time, it is aware that there are now other emerging issues, in particular around the important question of the implications for rural development policy and practice of the global economic downturn and the reduction of the role of the State and the increasing reliance on local communities to ‘fend for themselves’, not just in the UK, but more generally. This is an area on which the Trust believes it could usefully add value and should focus in the future.

The Trust has, therefore, decided to open up the process for identifying future themes, within this broad area of interest, and to invite ideas to help it determine what these might be and where it should focus its efforts.

Expressions of interest – Stage One – now until January 2012
Read details

WWW: www.arkletontrust.co.uk

Studies/Études : Does rural residence limit access to mental health services?

2011-11-23T17:38:00.000-08:00

Source: Rural and Remote Health.
"Rural residence may reduce access to specialized mental health services. The objective of this study was to examine the role of rural residence in relation to service utilization. Using Canadian data collected in 2002, service use was examined as a function of the presence of anxiety or mood disorders and rural/urban residence."

"Conclusions: The notion that rural residence limits access to mental health services was not supported. Other demographic and health status indicators such as age, sex, race, education, distress, and type of illness were more important predictors of service utilization. However, null findings related to geographic residence must be interpreted cautiously due to the small sample of rural residents who sought mental health services."

Hardy C, Kelly KD, Voaklander D. (2011). Does rural residence limit access to mental health services? Rural and Remote Health 11: 1766. (Online)

Read study.

WWW: www.rrh.org.au

Studies/Études : Weight status and health characteristics of rural Saskatchewan children

2011-11-23T17:30:00.000-08:00

Source: Rural and Remote Health.
"Limited studies on the health of children living in rural settings suggest that rural children have a higher prevalence of overweight and may not be as active as their urban counterparts. The purpose of this study was to examine the health behaviors and weight status of children aged 8 to 13 years living in rural Saskatchewan, Canada."

"Conclusion: Prevalence of overweight/obesity in these rural children was high with gender differences evident at a very young age. Most children reported eating healthy diets but many participated in several hours of daily screen time (eg watching television or using a computer). Despite their weight status or patterns of physical inactivity, children perceived themselves as being very healthy. Understanding the health behaviors and weight status of rural children may assist in the development of effective health promotion programs for rural children."

Bilinski H, Rennie D, Duggleby W. Weight status and health characteristics of rural Saskatchewan children. Rural and Remote Health 11: 1699. (Online) 2011.

Read study.

WWW: www.rrh.org.au

Podcasts : Understanding "Rural" Canada: Terms, Trends, and Policy

2011-10-25T18:37:00.000-07:00

Source: FARE, University of Guelph.
"My conversation with Ray Bollman discusses terms, trends, and policy issues relevant to understanding “rural” Canada. Throughout our discussion of trends and various policies, Ray emphasizes two characteristics of rural: remoteness and population density."

"We discuss a number of specific trends including: the decline of the relative importance of the farming sector (in terms of employment) and the rise of manufacturing in rural areas. Income trends and income disparity between rural and urban areas is also discussed. We also review general policy approaches to addressing rural issues. Ray ends the interview on an optimistic note citing recent trends in net migration to rural areas for people between the ages of 25 and 65. Looking to the future he notes that it is important to consider the possibility that return migration to rural areas is motivated (perhaps to a large part) by the want to return home to live with family in a friendly community."

"Ray Bollman has been the focal point in Statistics Canada for rural research and analysis since he organized a conference in 1990 and published the proceedings in 1992. He initiated Statistics Canada "Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletins" in 1998 and continued as the editor up to his recent retirement from Statistics Canada. There are now 62 rural bulletins on the Statistics Canada website."

Podcast. Understanding "Rural" Canada: Terms, Trends, and Policy - October 19, 2011. Host: Dr. B. James Deaton, Produced by: Dr. Richard Gorrie, Centre for Open Learning and Educational Development (COLES), University of Guelph.

FARE Talks.

WWW: www.uoguelph.ca

Books/Livres : Rural Families and Work: Context and Problems

2011-10-21T17:23:00.000-07:00

Source: Springer.
"Rural Families and Work analyzes in context the issues and policies that have the greatest influence on rural employment. An overview of relevant theories provides a central starting point for discussion of work and its relationship to family and community well-being."

"Data from the Rural Families Speak project (including interview transcripts from study participants) illustrate the range of problems preventing rural families from finding and maintaining adequate employment. In addition, the book evaluates current proposals, pinpoints future directions for research and policy, and features discussion questions to help bring work-related issues into focus."

About this book

* Download Table of contents
* Download Preface
* Download Chapter 2

WWW: www.springer.com

Studies/Études : Regions Engaging Globalization: A typology of regional responses in rural Europe

2011-10-21T14:10:00.000-07:00

Source: DERREG.
"Globalization is arguably the most prevalent force reshaping rural localities around the world today, and the most significant factor framing the challenge for rural development in regions from the Canadian prairies to the rolling downlands of England"

"This chapter develops an analysis of the differential engagement of rural regions with globalization, drawing on research conducted for a project funded by the European Commission’s Framework Programme 7, ‘Developing Europe’s Rural Regions in the Era of Globalization’ (DERREG)."

Michael Woods, 2011, Regions Engaging Globalization: A typology of regional
responses in rural Europe. Paper presented to the Anglo-American-Canadian Rural Geographers Quadrennial Conference, Manitoba, July 2011.

Read study.

WWW: www.derreg.eu

Reports/Rapports : Rural Crime Prevention: A Literature Review

2011-10-20T14:23:00.000-07:00

Source: Crime Prevention Ottawa.
"Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO) is interested in exploring the issue of crime prevention in the rural areas of the Ottawa region. As a first step to addressing rural crime through crime prevention, CPO chose to embark on a literature review of rural crime prevention."

"Rural crime is any violent, property, or other type of crime that occurs “in the country”. This may be in agricultural areas of land, in small villages or towns, or any other areas that are outside both small and big cities. The rates of violent and property crime recorded by the police are lower in rural areas than they are in both small and big cities."

Jennifer Fraser, 2011. Rural Crime Prevention: A Literature Review. Crime Prevention Ottawa.

Read study.

WWW: crimepreventionottawa.ca

Funding/Financement : Women Living in Rural and Remote Communities / Femmes vivant dans les collectivités rurales et éloignées

2011-10-19T09:32:00.000-07:00

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Status of Women Canada / Condition féminine Canada.
Status of Women Canada is launching a Call for Proposals to solicit funding applications for projects that promote equality and support the advancement of women and girls living in rural and remote communities and small urban centres.

Projects under this Call for Proposals fall under one of two thematic areas:

1. Community planning to reduce violence against women and girls in rural communities and small urban centres in Canada.

2. Community planning for women’s economic security in rural and remote communities in Canada.

If your organization has solid roots in the community, works effectively with partners and wants to achieve concrete results for local women and girls, this opportunity may be right for you.

The deadline for application to this Call for Proposals is November 4th, 2011.

For more information about this Call for Proposals, please visit our website at: http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/fun-fin/cfp-adp/2011-1/index-eng.html or contact the Ontario office toll free at 1-866-599-7259.

Status of Women Canada reminds organizations that applications to the Women's Program are also accepted on an ongoing basis.

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Condition féminine Canada lance un appel de propositions afin de recevoir des demandes de financement pour des projets qui font la promotion de l’égalité et favorisent l’avancement des femmes et des filles dans les collectivités rurales et éloignées et les petits centres urbains.

Les projets acceptés dans le cadre de cet appel de propositions porteront sur l’un ou l’autre des thèmes suivants :

1. Planification communautaire pour réduire la violence faite aux femmes et aux filles dans les collectivités rurales et les petits centres urbains du Canada

2. Planification communautaire pour assurer la sécurité économique des femmes dans les collectivités rurales et éloignées du Canada.

Si votre organisme est solidement implanté dans son milieu, travaille efficacement avec des partenaires et veut produire des résultats concrets pour les femmes et les filles de votre région, cette possibilité pourrait être tout indiquée pour vous.

La date limite pour la réception des demandes dans le Cadre de cet appel de propositions est le 4 novembre 2011.

Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements au sujet du présent appel de propositions, visitez notre site à l’adresse suivante : http://www.cfc-swc.gc.ca/fun-fin/cfp-adp/2011-1/index-fra.html ou communiquez avec le bureau de Condition féminine Canada sans frais au numéro de téléphone 1-866-599-7259.

Condition féminine Canada rappelle aux organismes que le Programme de promotion de la femme accepte de plus les demandes régulières de financement en tout temps.

Funding/Financement : Local innovation in rural Canada / Innovation locale au Canada rural (Tender/appel d'offre)

2011-10-17T19:33:00.000-07:00

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Merx.
The purpose of the research contract is to further the Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat’s understanding of the rural innovation in Canada through case studies.

L’objectif de ce contrat de recherche est d’approfondir la compréhension du Secrétariat aux affaires rurales et aux coopératives (SARC) d’innovation locale au Canada rural par des études des cas.

Tender/appel d'offre.

WWW: www.merx.com

Data/Données : New data avilable on the CID / De nouvelles données sont disponibles sur la BDC

2011-10-13T14:19:00.000-07:00

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: CID / BDC.
The Community Information Database (CID) Team is pleased to announce the following new data available at: www.cid-bdc.ca

In December of 2010, Statistics Canada’s Property Value Assessment Unit released data prepared for the administration of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and Regulations. These data, now available on the CID at the community level, include:

o residential property taxable values,
o property tax revenues, and
o population estimates (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

Natural Resources Canada’s 2006 resource-reliant indicator is now available on the CID. Resource reliance is a measure of the relative importance of a resource sector to a particular community. Resource sectors include: Agriculture, Energy, Fisheries, Forestry, and Mining

Counts of business establishments at the provincial and community level are available in a new “By the numbers” feature on the CID.

o Step 1: Select the province
o Step 2: Select your community
o Step 3: Select the year

The Community Information Database is a free Internet-based tool providing consistent and reliable social, economic and demographic data for all communities and regions across Canada.

The CID was developed by the Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat in collaboration with provincial, territorial and community partners. It is part of the Government of Canada’s ongoing support to rural and remote communities.

We would welcome your comments on the CID. We would be particularly interested in hearing how the CID is useful to you. Please send an email to:
cid-bdc@agr.gc.ca

WWW: www.cid-bdc.ca

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L’équipe de la Base de données sur les collectivités (BDC) est fière d’annoncer que les nouvelles données suivantes se trouvent à l’adresse www.cid-bdc.ca

Au mois de décembre 2010, l’Unité d’évaluation de la valeur de la propriété de Statistique Canada a publié des données préparées pour l’administration de la Loi sur les arrangements fiscaux entre le gouvernement fédéral et les provinces. Ces données, maintenant offertes dans la BDC à l’échelle de la collectivité, comprennent :

o les valeurs imposables des propriétés résidentielles
o les recettes d’impôts fonciers, et
o les estimations de la population (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

L’indicateur de dépendance des ressources 2006 de Ressources naturelles Canada se trouve maintenant dans la BDC. La dépendance des ressources est une mesure de l’importance relative d’un secteur de ressources pour une communauté particulière. Les secteurs de ressources sont les suivants : agriculture, énergie, pêche, foresterie, et mines.

Le nombre d’établissements commerciaux à l’échelle de la province et de la collectivité se trouvent dans la nouvelle section « En chiffres » de la BDC.

o Étape 1 : Choisir une province
o Étape 2 : Choisir une collectivité
o Étape 3 : Choisir une année

La Base de données sur les collectivités est un outil Internet gratuit procurant des données continuelles et fiables portant sur la société, l’économie et la démographie pour toutes les collectivités et les régions de l’ensemble du Canada.

La BDC a été créée par le Secrétariat aux affaires rurales et aux coopératives en collaboration avec des partenaires des provinces, des territoires et des collectivités. Elle fait partie du soutien continu du gouvernement du Canada envers les collectivités rurales et éloignées.

Vos commentaires sur la BDC sont les bienvenus. Nous souhaitons plus particulièrement savoir comment la BDC vous est utile. Veuillez envoyer un courriel à l’adresse suivante : cid-bdc@agr.gc.ca

WWW: www.cid-bdc.ca

RuralTube : The Creative Rural Economy Conference - From Theory to Practice

2011-09-26T17:00:00.000-07:00

Source: The Monieson Centre, Queen's School of Business.
The innovation and knowledge-based economy has become a major driver of economic growth in urban areas around the world resulting in the roles of cities and regions in a global economy being redefined and reshaped.

The transformation that has emerged is as significant and as challenging as the transformation that has been made from agriculture to industry; specifically the move away from jobs based on physical activity or repetitive tasks to ones that require analytical skills and judgement. Cities play an important role in the shifting economy. The studies, and their growing evidence, form the basis from which rural and northern Ontario communities would be able to work towards building stronger, more vibrant and dynamic creative economies independently and through collaborative efforts. This conference focused on how the theory of the creative economy can be experienced in practice in rural Ontario communities.

Video playlist.

RuralTube.

WWW: http://business.queensu.ca/centres/monieson/index.php

Webinars : Le retour des jeunes enfants à Kitcisakik : résultats d’une recherche-action participative

2011-09-26T16:47:00.000-07:00

Source: Chaire Desjardins, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
La conférence présentera les principaux résultats de la recherche-action participative « Le retour des jeunes enfants dans la communauté algonquine de Kitcisakik : une recherche-action visant l’engagement de la communauté envers la santé et le bien-être des enfants ».

Le processus a duré de 2006 à 2011 auprès de la communauté algonquine de Kitcisakik et portait sur la mise en place et l’évaluation d’un programme d’intervention visant à répondre aux besoins des familles dont les enfants allaient être scolarisés pour la première fois dans la communauté. Elle fera état des positionnements et constats éthiques, méthodologiques et analytiques d’une telle recherche.

Marguerite Loiselle (professeure retraitée, UQAT, Micheline Potvin (professeure retraitée, UQAT), Anne-Laure Bourdaleix-Manin(coordonnatrice générale de recherche), Christine Joly (étudiante à la maîtrise, UQAT et intervenante au Centre Jeunesse de l’A.- T.). Le 8 septembre 2011.

Visionnez la conférence.

WWW: codian.uqat.ca

WWW: http://web2.uqat.ca/chairedesjardins/

Événements/Events : Conférence intercontinentale en Intelligence territoriale, IT-Gatineau 2011

2011-09-16T15:32:00.000-07:00

Source: Laboratoire de modélisation et d’intelligence territoriale (LabMIT).
La première Conférence intercontinentale en Intelligence territoriale, IT-Gatineau 2011, aura lieu du 12 au 14 octobre 2011 à l'Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) et au CEGEP de l'Outaouais.

Les grandes lignes du programme de la conférence et les modalités d'inscription à l'ensemble des activités sont disponibles sur le site Web de la conférence http://labmit.org/itgatineau2011/.

Programme
Inscriptions

WWW: http://labmit.org

Events/Événements : Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society, Conference 2012

2011-09-15T14:00:00.000-07:00

Source: Wageningen UR.
"In May 2007, a major demographic milestone was passed. For the first time, the earth’s population became more urban than rural. This process of urbanization will accelerate in the decades to come: most of the growth in the world population – to 9 billion people in 2050 – will occur in urban areas. By 2050, the urban population will be approximately twice the size of the rural population."

Research on multifunctional agriculture and changing urban-rural relations is highly fragmented, both disciplinarily and geographically, which is due to the multiplicity of activities, the multi-scalar character of multifunctionality and the geographical contextuality of expressions of multifunctional agriculture. Hence, this conference aims to advance the scientific state of the art in research on multifunctional agriculture and urban-rural relations by bringing together scholars from a wide range of disciplines (sociology, economics, spatial planning, land-use planning, regional planning, urban planning, crop sciences, animal sciences, soil sciences, architecture, etc.) from many parts of the world.

Read more on the conference web site.

WWW: http://www.agricultureinanurbanizingsociety.com/UK/

Reports/Rapports : OECD Regions at a Glance 2011

2011-09-14T18:28:00.000-07:00

Source: OECD.
The 2011 Edition of OECD Regions at a Glance, offers a statistical snapshot of how life is lived – and can be improved – from region to region in the OECD area and emerging economies.

The publication provides regional and national comparative statistics around 3 main areas:

1. Regions as drivers for competitiveness
2. Inclusion and equal access to quality services in regions
3. Environmental sustainability in regions and metropolitan areas

and examines trends across a wide range of topics, including:

* demography and migration
* economic growth
* employment and productivity
* knowledge-based activities
* education
* health care
* income
* environmental conditions

For the first time, an interactive edition including maps and graphs, shareable data and country links unlocks the wealth of information behind this book to help you better see, understand and explore the range of data and findings that shape our regions.

Coming soon will be the Regional Outlook 2011, First Edition. This publication will integrate, with analysis of institutional and policy determinants, the statistics presented in Regions at a Glance 2011.

2011 Edition of OECD Regions at a Glance.

Interactive edition of OECD Regions at a Glance.

WWW: www.oecd.org

Studies/Études : The Professional Development of Rural ESL Instructors

2011-09-14T17:34:00.000-07:00

Source: AJER.
This article reports "perceived professional development (PD) needs, interests, and challenges of ESL instructors in rural Alberta from the perspectives of instructors and administrators."

The authors "collected questionnaire responses from instructors who taught in programs offered in five rural locations with a large recent influx of newcomers requiring ESL instruction. This was followed by focus-group interviews with the instructors and individual interviews with their program administrators. The findings highlight the importance of PD designed to meet the specific needs of rural instructors and to facilitate effective ESL teaching and learning in their communities."

Marilyn L. Abbott, Marian J. Rossiter. The Professional Development of Rural ESL Instructors: Program Administrators’ and Instructors’ Views. Alberta Journal of Educational Research Vol 57, No 2 (2011).

Read full article.

WWW: http://ajer.synergiesprairies.ca/ajer/index.php/ajer/index

Thesis/Thèse : The Demographic, Economic and Health Fabric of Mining Communities in British Columbia, Canada

2011-09-14T15:08:00.000-07:00

Source: The University of British Columbia.
"A significant number of communities in British Columbia (BC) are founded on mineral development and are subject to variable economic boom-and-bust cycles with implications for sustainability and community health. There were three main objectives of this multi-method PhD dissertation."

"The first was to quantitatively examine community level indicators describing economic, sustainability, and demographic characteristics (gained from Canadian Census data) of 31 BC rural resource based communities (with a focus on mining communities) during a period of time (1991 to 2001) when BC resource sectors experienced an economic downturn. The second was to assess the relationship between exposure to declining economic conditions and acute cardiovascular disease, chronic cardiovascular disease, and mental health outcomes in 29 BC rural resource-based using Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey data and Ministry of Health data over the same time period, again with a focus on mining. The third objective was to qualitatively investigate the experiences of health and social service providers using interviews, with respect to community health issues and the boom-bust mining cycle in a Northern remote coal mining community in British Columbia."

Janis Shandro. 2001. The Demographic, Economic and Health Fabric of Mining Communities in British Columbia, Canada. The Faculty of Graduate Studies, Mining Engineering. The University of British Columbia.

Read the full document.

WWW: https://circle.ubc.ca

Thesis/Thèse : Where does the small rural school stand? Exploring different perspectives

2011-09-12T17:46:00.000-07:00

Source: Queen’s University.
"The closure of small rural schools is the single most implemented educational change reform in rural areas of Canada (Wallin, 2007). Similarly, throughout the 20th century, rural school consolidation was the single, most frequently implemented educational policy in the United States (Herzog & Pittman, 1995). This study explores the why and how of this phenomenon."

"Rural education research has indicated that small rural schools across North America share common challenges unique to the rural situation (Bard, Gardener & Wieland, 2006; Blaine, Pace & Robinson, 2004; Mulcahy, 1993; Wallin, 2007). Many rural education researchers concur that some of these challenges arise from social, economic and political differences between urban and rural settings, but primarily, they stem from the consequence of globalization on trade, labour relations, regulatory control, or governmental rules and guidelines (Howley, 1997; Wallin, 2007)."

Carolyne Marie Anne Thompson. 2001. Where does the small rural school stand? Exploring different perspectives. Faculty of Education. Queen’s University.

Read the full document.

WWW: http://qspace.library.queensu.ca

Studies/Études : Developing and Revitalizing Rural Communities through Arts and Culture

2011-09-12T14:59:00.000-07:00

Source: Small Cities Imprint.
"Rural/small communities are facing a time of transition. They are re-envisioning and repositioning themselves through diversifying their economic base, enhancing quality of life, and reinventing themselves for new functions and roles. Issues of retaining and engaging youth, attracting new residents and businesses, and maintaining community vitality and identity overarch these efforts."

"There is awareness that with many traditional resource-based industries in jeopardy, rural communities must look to develop not only new sources of wealth, but a new sense of self, and this is where arts and culture can play a key role in community sustainability. Arts, culture, and heritage are increasingly viewed not only as amenities to improve the quality of life, but as a foundation upon which the future of these rural/small communities rests. In this context, this paper presents a broad overview of key themes in the literature on cultural development in rural and small communities, based on a review of Canadian and international projects and publications."

Read full study.

WWW: http://smallcities.tru.ca

Studies/Études : Divergent Paths in Regional Economic Development: A Tale of Two Festival Towns

2011-09-12T14:56:00.000-07:00

Source: Small Cities Imprint.
"This study compares how two small communities in rural settings tried to promote sustained economic development by capitalizing on local music festivals."

"Merritt, British Columbia, Canada, home to a large country music event, focused on place branding, marketing, and related entertainment initiatives. Hultsfred, Sweden, in contrast, used its iconic rock festival to create a year-round music industry cluster called RockCity."

The study argues that "the alternative strategies reflect fundamental differences in economic development policies and governance structures." It subsequently "question whether RockCity-like cluster initiatives are possible in the Canada without coordinated tools and programs for supporting cultural industries in small communities."

Read full study.

WWW: http://smallcities.tru.ca/

Studies/Études : Rural Support Networks: The Influence of the Patrilineal Culture of Family Farming

2011-09-11T17:37:00.000-07:00

Source: Queen’s University Belfast.
"Rural support organisations have emerged since agricultural restructuring of the 1980s. The paper draws on research from the UK and Canada to suggest that the support in both countries is derived from a patrilineal culture that still dominates family farming."

"The paper begins by outlining a conceptual basis for arguing that such a culture can be understood as comprising of male and female relational gender identities capable of explaining farm relationships, farm survival and adjustment strategies and community engagement. These components, it is argued, are facets of the patrilineal farming culture which must be understood if its impacts on all its members are to be appropriately comprehended and supported."

Reed the full document.

WWW: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/TheInstituteofSpatialandEnvironmentalPlanning/

Reports/Rapports : Transitioning to Renewable Energy: Development Opportunities and Concerns for Rural America

2011-09-11T16:42:00.000-07:00

Source: RUPRI/Community and Regional Development Institute (CaRDI).
"Rural America can provide the energy of tomorrow. Indeed, rural communities not only have the opportunity to reemerge as dominant producers of biomass energy where agricultural land predominates, but also of wind energy atop the hills, hydropower throughout the valleys, and solar across the plains and deserts."

"Abundant natural resources will be a necessary ingredient in the development of more water-, wind-, and biomass-intensive forms of energy. With vision and planning, rural America could even be home to new systems of distributed energy generation, which would lessen the need for costly energy transmission and transportation that is required to move energy to the places it is consumed or efficiently stored for later use."

Read report.

WWW: http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu/cals/devsoc/outreach/cardi/index.cfm

Presentations/Présentations : Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology 2011

2011-09-11T16:22:00.000-07:00

Source: European Society for Rural Sociology.
Presentations and papers of the plenaries, XXIX Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology, are available online.

Presentations and papers for the plenaries

- Gianluca Brunori, download
- Timothy Lang, download
- Mark Shucksmith, download
- Mario Giampietro, download
- Kai Shafft, download
- Ildikó Asztalos Morell, download
- Max Spoor, download
- Dimitris Damianos, download
- George Stathakis, download
- Tassos Haniotis, download
- Dimitris Diakosavvas, download
- Elena Saraceno, download
- Jo Little, download

WWW: http://esrs2011.maich.gr

Thesis/Thèse : Changing paradigms: a community study of socioagricultural transition in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia

2011-09-11T15:14:00.000-07:00

Source: Dalhousie University.
"This research examined changes in culture and agriculture in the rural community of Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, with a specific interest in understanding and contextualizing (re)localization initiatives."

"The study employed key-informant interviews with 23 members of the agricultural community to develop a narrative of socio-agricultural transition, which was used to launch discussion on the role of agriculture during a public forum in Tatamagouche."

Louise Hanavan. 2011. Changing paradigms: a community study of socioagricultural transition in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. Master of Environmental Studies. Dalhousie University.

Read the full document.

WWW: http://dalspace.library.dal.ca

News/Nouvelles : Rural Canada News Scan - August 2011

2011-09-10T21:02:00.000-07:00

Source: Compiled by the Canadian Rural Research Network.
Compiled articles for the month of August, 2011. Click on the heading to access the online article.

Rural doctor recruitment complex: US physician
CBC.ca, August 26, 2011
After spending 10 summers in the province and witnessing the doctor shortage in Souris firsthand, Newhall inquired about filling in at the hospital during summer and potentially immigrating to Canada permanently. He said he gave up after encountering ...

Climate-change study looks at rural, small-city impacts
Merritt News, August 22, 2011
The project has received close to $50000 in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Adaptation and resiliency are among the goals of the research. “Our outreach activities will network affected communities in BC, ...

Voting fairness is not divisive
Toronto Star, August 18, 2011
The bottom line is that the votes of many people in the GTA – and similar fast-growing areas in Alberta and BC – are worth half or even a third of others in the Maritimes and many rural regions. The Supreme Court of Canada condemned this as long ago as ...

Rural insurer expands into Alberta cities
Edmonton Journal, August 17, 2011
The company has more than 100 storefront branches in rural communities across Western Canada, but has no physical presence in major metropolitan areas. The expansion won't immediately change that. “We have built a pretty respectable business, ...

NDP leader slams Tory plans to add seats to House of Commons
Montreal Gazette, August 17, 2011
But she said the NDP supports further study of the issue, in particular so consideration can be given to adequate representation of rural regions, the north and First Nations. "The approach of the Harper government is really divisive right now. ...

Rural physician shortage poses problem
Times and Transcript, August 16, 2011
An exodus of rural doctors to urban centres will continue until the country as a whole solves its struggles with physician shortages, says a director of the national organization that oversees the medical education of specialists in Canada. ...

Greyhound cuts 12 Alberta rural routes after province deregulates service
Toronto Star,Aug 12 2011
Greyhound Canada is cutting several rural Alberta routes after the provincial government announced it wouldn't subsidize the company to maintain the lines. EDMONTON—Greyhound has cut a dozen passenger routes serving rural communities in Alberta and ...

Canada Post examining rural mailbox safety
CBC.ca, Aug 3, 2011
CBC All rural PEI mailboxes are being reviewed for safety concerns, says Canada Post. "We've had more than 130 of our employees involved in traffic accidents delivering mail on the rural routes in Canada," said Denise Corra, Canada Post spokeswoman. ...

Southern Albertans might have local dialect, prof says
CBC.ca, Aug 2, 2011
lethbridgeNicole Rosen, who teaches in the modern languages department at the University of Lethbridge, says she has noticed people in rural Alberta occasionally speak differently than urban dwellers. "Instead of 'I have done or I have seen' — just ...

Thesis/Thèse : Rural routes: place–based music education in two rural Canadian communities

2011-09-10T14:13:00.000-07:00

Source: Queen‘s University.
"The purpose of this research study was to profile exemplary rural music programs, examining how their components and contexts contributed to a deep sense of place for students, teachers, and the community."

"By examining these programs through interview, observational, and questionnaire data, the conditions that support these programs and the perceptions of stakeholders were garnered in order to create a rich view of music education programs that could inform the development of high-quality music programs in other rural communities."

Julia Elaine Brook. 2001. Rural routes: place–based music education in two rural Canadian communities. Faculty of Education. Queen‘s University.

Read the full document.

WWW: http://qspace.library.queensu.ca/

Thesis/Thèse : An Application of the Resilience Assessment Workbook on the Town of Caledon

2011-09-10T13:57:00.000-07:00

Source: University of Waterloo.
"This research involves conducting a resilience assessment on the Town of Caledon in southern Ontario, Canada, through the use of the Resilience Assessment Workbook authored by the Resilience Alliance."

"The purpose of the research is to develop a comprehensive understanding of Caledon, and identify ways to enhance its resilience as a linked social-ecological system in the context of urban growth."

Wai. T. Liu. 2001. An Application of the Resilience Assessment Workbook
on the Town of Caledon, Ontario, Canada: Resilience of What? Resilience to What? Resilience with What?. Master of Environmental Studies.

Read the full document.

WWW: www.uwspace.uwaterloo.ca

Thesis/Thèse: Mexican Temporary Agricultural Workers in Canada

2011-09-10T13:46:00.000-07:00

Source: The University of Western Ontario.
"The purpose of this study is to fill a gap in the sociolinguistic research on language issues faced by temporary migrants."

The research "involves a compilation and analysis of the sociolinguistic
facts relating to the situation of transnational Mexican Temporary Agricultural Workers (MTAW) who come to Ontario and Quebec through the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program(SAWP)."

Maria Eugenia de Luna Villalón. 2001. Mexican Temporary Agricultural Workers in Canada: a Language and Migration Approach. Graduate Program in Hispanic Studies.

Read the full document.

WWW: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/

Data/Données : New community information database website / Nouveau site web de la base de données sur les collectivités

2011-09-08T14:52:00.000-07:00

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Source: CID/BDC.
The Community Information Database (CID) Team is pleased to announce the following new features available at: www.cid-bdc.ca

The CID has a new website with a new look and new client focused features:

* “Start Mapping” link for users that want to go directly into creating a map.

* “Generate Community Profile” searchable link to community profiles for every community in Canada.

* “Mapping Wizard” Step by step wizard that introduces users to all of the mappable data on the CID.

* Completely revamped mapping Help files available under the “Help/Support” link on the website.

The Community Information Database is a free Internet-based tool providing consistent and reliable social, economic and demographic data for all communities and regions across Canada.

The CID was developed by the Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat in collaboration with provincial, territorial and community partners. It is part of the Government of Canada’s ongoing support to rural and remote communities.

We would welcome your comments on the CID. We would be particularly interested in hearing how the CID is useful to you. Please send an email to: cid-bdc@agr.gc.ca

www: www.cid-bdc.ca

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L’équipe de la Base de données sur les collectivités (BDC) est ravie de vous annoncer que des nouvelles caractéristiques sont maintenant offertes sur le site : www.cid-bdc.ca

Le BDC possède un nouveau site Web revampé et doté de nouvelles fonctions axées sur le client :

* lien « Commencer la cartographie » pour les utilisateurs qui veulent aller créer une carte directement;

* lien cliquable « Générer un profil communautaire » pour toutes les collectivités du Canada;

* un « Guide de cartographie » qui présente pas à pas toutes les données mappables aux utilisateurs;

* des fichiers d’aide à la cartographie complètement revampés sur le lien « Aide et soutien » du site Web.

La Base de données sur les collectivités est un outil en ligne gratuit qui fournit des indicateurs sociaux, économiques et démographiques fiables et cohérents sur toutes les collectivités et régions du Canada.

La BDC a été élaborée par le Secrétariat aux affaires rurales et aux coopératives en collaboration avec les provinces et les territoires et des partenaires communautaires. Elle a été mise en œuvre dans le cadre du soutien continu du gouvernement du Canada envers les collectivités rurales ou éloignées.

Vos commentaires sur la BDC sont les bienvenus. Nous aimerions particulièrement savoir en quoi la BDC vous est utile. Veuillez envoyer un courriel à : cid-bdc@agr.gc.ca

www: www.cid-bdc.ca

Positions/Postes : Canadian Expert in Rural Policy Development & Implementation

2011-08-22T14:40:00.000-07:00

Source: PRISM.
PRISM (Policy Reform Implementation Support Mechanism) is in the process of looking for a Canadian expert in regional rural development to provide advice and technical assistance to the initiative’s end beneficiary – the Zakarpattia Regional State Administration under an upcoming initiative on rural development in the Zakarpattia Region of Ukraine.

PRISM is a 5 year CIDA funded technical assistance project, managed by the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE). The project provides targeted support to strengthen the policy formulation, implementation and coordination capacities of Ukrainian government institutions in selected sectors. For more information visit PRISM website: www.prism.org.ua

Sub-Project Title: 016 ZK- Capacity Building of the Zakarpattia Regional State Administration to Develop and Implement a Regional Program of Rural Development in the Zakarpattia Region
Position: Canadian Expert in Rural Policy Development & Implementation
Period: 50 days – September 2011 to December 2012, including 3 missions to Ukraine
Location: Zakarpattia, Ukraine & long-distance support work from Canada
Application Deadline: August 31, 2011

Consultants interested in this assignment are invited to submit their curriculum vitae along with a cover letter including their proposed daily fee via email to Anne Christensen at achristensen@cbie.ca

Any questions regarding the assignment can be addressed to Anne Christensen at achristensen@cbie.ca

Please refer to the position name and sub-project number in the subject line of your letter of application.

Read the full post below.

Prism 016- canadian expert in regional rural development

View more documents from Canadian Rural Research Network / Réseau canadien de recherche rurale.

WWW: www.prism.org.ua

News/Nouvelles : Rural Canada News Scan - July 2011

2011-08-19T20:19:00.000-07:00

Source: Compiled by the Canadian Rural Research Network.
Compiled articles for the month of July, 2011. Click on the heading to access the online article.

Deregulating Intercity Bus Services Will Deal a Lethal Blow to Rural Communities
Marketwire (press release), July 26, 2011
"They abandoned rural routes, along with the passengers who depend on the services. We will see the same thing in Canada - plans have already been made to end rural bus services in Alberta, as soon as possible." Other negative impacts from deregulation ...

Farmers just want a voice
Edmonton Journal, July 21, 2011
Rural ridings in Western Canada have been overwhelmingly Conservative in recent federal elections. Both major opposition parties, the NDP and the Liberals have been in favour of maintaining the single-desk system; it is only the Harper Conservatives ...

Selling the rural way of life
Nova News Now, July 5, 2011
“I'ma great lover of the rural way of life,” said McDow, who started taking on development projects at 21. “I felt it was important to show people living in urban areas the quality of life we have in rural Canada.” For more than 20 years, ...

Studies/Études : Resort-induced Changes in Small Mountain Communities in British Columbia

2011-08-18T14:32:00.000-07:00

Source: Mountain Research and Development.
"The provincial government of British Columbia (BC) has proactively pursued resort development opportunities in its interior towns. Traditionally dependent on extractive industries such as forestry and mining, many interior mountain communities in BC are increasingly looking toward tourism and resort-induced economic opportunities."

Fueled by the movement of amenity seekers, primarily from urban areas, resort development in mountain communities has triggered several internal and external pressures. This exploratory study examines growth trends in the mountain resort industry in 5 communities in BC: Fernie, Golden, Kimberley, Rossland, and Revelstoke. The analysis is based on secondary data, followed by field visits during the months of June and July 2006, which included 30 qualitative interviews with the mayors, planners, residents, and other stakeholders in the tourism and resort sectors. Research results indicate a significant growth in resort-induced development, primarily to attract second home owners and seasonal tourists.

Read full article. Sanjay K. Nepal and Tazim B. Jamal. Resort-induced Changes in Small Mountain Communities in British Columbia, Canada. Mountain Research and Development 2011 31 (2), 89-101.

WWW: www.bioone.org/toc/mred/31/2

Studies/Études : access to maternity services for rural women

2011-08-18T14:24:00.000-07:00

Source: BMC Health Services Research.
"Distance matters: rural parturient women who have to travel to access maternity services have increased rates of adverse perinatal outcomes."

Background: In the past fifteen years there has been a wave of closures of small maternity services in Canada and other developed nations which results in the need for rural parturient women to travel to access care. The purpose of our study is to systematically document newborn and maternal outcomes as they relate to distance to travel to access the nearest maternity services with Cesarean section capabililty.

Methods: Study population is all women carrying a singleton pregnancy beyond 20 weeks and delivering between April 1, 2000 and March 31, 2004 and residing outside of the core urban areas of British Columbia. Maternal and newborn data was linked to specific geographic catchments by the B.C. Perinatal Health Program. Catchments were stratified by distance to nearest maternity service with Cesarean section capabililty if greater than 1 hour travel time or level of local service. Hierarchical logistic regression was used to test predictors of adverse newborn and maternal outcomes.

Results: 49,402 cases of women and newborns resident in rural catchments were included. Adjusted odds ratiosfor perinatal mortality for newborns from catchments greater than 4 hours from services was 3.17 (95% CI 1.45-6.95). Newborns from catchments 2 to 4 hours, and 1 to 2 hours from services generated rates of 179 and 100 NICU 3 days per thousand births respectively compared to 42 days for newborns from catchments served by specialists.

Read full article. Stefan Grzybowski, Kathrin Stoll and Jude Kornelsen. Distance matters: a population based study examining access to maternity services for rural women. BMC Health Services Research 2011, 11:147

WWW: www.biomedcentral.com

Reports/Rapports : A performance-based approach to agri-environmental policy in Canada

2011-08-18T14:07:00.000-07:00

Source: LEARN, University of Alberta.
"This study evaluated: 1) the social context of performance-based policy instruments for water quality implemented elsewhere; 2) the perceptions of agricultural property rights and responsibilities related to water quality from the perspectives of agricultural producers, rural residents and urban residents in southern Alberta, Canada; and 3) the feasibility of implementing a performance-based approach to agri-environmental policy within the study area."

"The environmental effects of agriculture are becoming more apparent to the public. As societal values change over time, there will likely be a corresponding shift in agri-environmental policy. Performance-based agri-environmental policy has been identified as a mechanism to provide payments to agricultural producers for the production of ecosystem goods and services (EG&S). This mechanism bases payments on environmental outcomes (i.e., EG&S), rather than inputs or adoption of specific practices. The payment structure assumes that agricultural producers can ‘rent’ EG&S to the public and that the public are willing to pay for these benefits and is based on a perception that agricultural landowners hold strong property rights to the land."

Read full report. A performance-based approach to agri-environmental policy in Canada: Development and comparative assessment. Julia Baird, Kenneth Belcher and Michael S. Quinn. School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan.

WWW: www.ales.ualberta.ca/rees/learnnetwork/

Reports/Rapports : Remote and Rural Communities “Transport Needs”

2011-08-18T13:43:00.000-07:00

Source: International Transport Forum.
"Transport in rural and remote regions receives considerable attention in research, but this is often focussed on specific means of resolving problems in those regions – for example, the role of demand-responsive bus services, or scope for attracting users to rail services."

"The aim of this paper is to take a broader view, firstly in defining what constitute “rural and remote regions”, and secondly in considering a wide range of public transport options available. Experience in Britain will be taken as a starting point, since extensive research has been conducted here, and rural issues are also a focus of much public debate at present. Findings from other European countries will also be examined."

Read full report.

WWW: www.internationaltransportforum.org

Studies/Études : Forest dependence and community well-being in rural Canada

2011-08-18T13:31:00.000-07:00

Source: Forestry.
"The well-being of people living in forest-dependent communities has been studied extensively, but little research has explored how this relationship has changed over time."

"Some theories suggest that regional differences in well-being should decrease, through the flow of capital and labour, while other work suggests that these inequalities will grow. Our research uses Census of Canada data at the census subdivision level at 5-year intervals between 1986 and 2001 to describe regional differentiation in the relationship between employment in forest sectors (logging, services, pulp and lumber) and unemployment and median family income as indicators of well-being. We found general declines, which varied somewhat by region, over time in forest dependence across the regions and changing composition of the forest industry across these sectors. The relationship between forest dependence and well-being over time varied by region, largely tied to intra-industry sector shifts."

Full article. Richard C. Stedman, Mike N. Patriquin, and John R. Parkins. Forest dependence and community well-being in rural Canada: a longitudinal analysis Forestry (2011) first published online July 5, 2011 doi:10.1093/forestry/cpr024.

WWW: http://forestry.oxfordjournals.org/

Reports/Rapports : Demographic Situation in Canada, Subprovincial, 2010

2011-08-16T15:02:00.000-07:00

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Statistics Canada / Statistique Canada.
The Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada analyses recent demographic patterns at the national, provincial and subprovincial levels. Trends in population growth and the evolution of the various components of Canada’s population growth—fertility, mortality and migration (interprovincial and international)—as well as marriage and divorce, are examined.

The Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada has been published annually or biennially since 1985. Beginning in 2011, the Report is available as a dynamic, internet-only publication in order to provide the most recent data and analyses on Canadian demographics as soon as they are available.

Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada.

WWW: www.statcan.gc.ca

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Rapport sur l'état de la population du Canada

Le Rapport sur l'état de la population du Canada présente une analyse de la situation démographique récente, tant au plan national que provincial et infraprovincial. Les tendances en matière d’accroissement démographique, l'évolution des diverses composantes de l’accroissement—fécondité, mortalité et migration (migrations internes et internationales)—ainsi que la nuptialité et le divorce y sont examinés.

Le Rapport sur l'état de la population du Canada est publié sur une base annuelle or bisannuelle depuis 1985. À partir de 2011, le Rapport est disponible sous forme d’une publication dynamique sur internet seulement, de manière à rendre disponibles plus rapidement les données et les analyses les plus récentes portant sur la démographie canadienne.

Rapport sur l'état de la population du Canada.

WWW: www.statcan.gc.ca

Podcasts : ‘Grey Nomads’ emerging as rural workforce, Australia

2011-08-16T14:42:00.000-07:00

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has run rural stories featuring news about the labour shortages in rural Australia, the potential for "grey nomads", and the experiences of "grey nomads" on the harvest trail.

Podcast: labour shortages in rural Australia.

Podcast: the potential for "grey nomads".

Podcast: the experiences of "grey nomads" on the harvest trail.

WWW: www.abc.net.au

Studies/Études : The Economic Performance of Remote Rural Regions, OECD

2011-08-16T14:12:00.000-07:00

Source: OECD.
To account for differences among rural and urban regions, the OECD established a regional typology, classifying TL3 regions as predominantly urban (PU), intermediate (IN) or predominantly rural (PR) (OECD, 2009). In this study, the OECD regional typology is extended to include an accessibility criterion.

The OECD regional typology, based essentially on the percentage of regional population living in urban or rural communities, has proved to be meaningful to better explain regional differences in economic and labour market performance. However this typology does not take into account the presence of economic agglomerations if they happen to be in neighbouring regions. For example, a region is classified as rural or intermediate regardless its distance from a large urban centre where labour market, access to services, education opportunities and logistics for firms can be wider.

Previous work reveals great heterogeneity in economic growth among rural regions and the distance from a populated centre could be a significant factor explaining these differences. For the latter, the OECD regional typology is extended to include an accessibility criterion. This criterion is based on the driving time needed for at least half of the population in a region to reach a populated centre of with 50,000 or more inhabitants.

The resulting classification consists of four types of regions: Predominantly Urban (PU), Intermediate (IN), Predominantly Rural Close to a city (PRC) and Predominantly Rural Remote (PRR). For the time being, the extended typology has only been computed for regions in North America (Canada, Mexico and the United States) and Europe. The extended typology is used to compare the dynamics of population and labour markets. Remote rural regions show a stronger decline in population and a faster ageing process than rural regions close to a city.

The remoteness of rural regions is in fact a significant factor explaining regional outflows of working age population, confirming that this extended typology captures the economic distance from market and services. Remote rural regions appear economically more fragile: lower employment rates (Canada and Mexico) and economic output (Europe).

Read full study (PDF). OECD Extended Regional Typology: The Economic Performance of Remote Rural Regions You or your institution have access to this content. Authors: Monica Brezzi, Lewis Dijkstra, Vicente Ruiz. Publication Date: 2 Aug 2011.

WWW: www.oecd-ilibrary.org

Studies/Études : Rural youth and violence: a gender perspective

2011-08-16T13:57:00.000-07:00

Source: Rural and Remote Health.
"Research on violence has primarily focused on urban environments. Research examining youth violence within rural communities is limited. This is particularly the case for the links between gender and violence in small rural settings. The purpose of this study was to examine rural violence from a gender perspective by examining four variables: meaning, causes, consequences and solutions."

Methods:A survey was completed in Central Alberta, Canada with 178 students from grades 6 to 12. The schools geographic locations represented two distinct economic settings: one natural resources and the other agriculture. The mean age of the participants was 16 years with 60% of the youth female and 40% male. The survey instrument was composed of demographic questions and 70 questions that focused on violence.

Results: Violence was a concern for all youth, but there were gender differences. Females viewed the meaning of violence as having the intent to harm others and causes contributing to violence included television, movies, video games and the internet. Females were more concerned than males about the emotional consequences of violence. For solutions, females were more accepting of intrusive means to control violence such as increased security and stricter school rules, and involving non-peer helpers such as teachers and community based agencies as a means to help combat violence.

Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that violence exists among rural youth and causes a great deal of concern. In particular, the study underscores the fact that there are potential gender differences in relation to causes, meaning, impact and solutions to violence. All the youth believed that violence in their lives needs to be addressed and want to develop anti-violence strategies. Females in particular see the development of such programs including youth themselves and community partners.

Full article.

WWW: www.rrh.org.au

Events/Événements : International Rural Network 2012 World Forum

2011-08-15T09:22:00.000-07:00

Source: International Rural Network.
Hosted by the University of South Australia’s Centre for Rural Health and Community Development. The forum will be held from Monday 24th – Friday 28 September 2012 at the University of South Australia’s Centre for Regional Engagement, Whyalla Campus.

Building on an initial gathering in Townsville, Australia, and on four previous conferences held in Vancouver Island, Canada; Inverness, Scotland; Abingdon, USA and Udaipur, India, the 2012 IRN World Forum in the Upper Spencer Gulf, South Australia, will bring together practitioners, policy makers and scholars with an interest in regional, rural and remote communities across the world.

IRN gatherings emphasise the sharing of practical experience and the value of local knowledge in addressing local challenges. This is especially important in the areas of community and economic development, health, education, culture and environment. The theme of IRN 2012 is Rural and Remote Resilience: Making the Priorities Possible. A key aim of IRN 2012 is to attract presentations which join together community groups and practitioners with researchers / academics and or policymakers / industry.

IRN 2012 will focus on participation. There are options for academic scholarship, storytelling and themed workshops. IRN 2012 will also include a forum for PhD students with a half day colloquium and panel session planned.

Attached is a save the date flyer containing all of the information you need about this exciting international gathering, lock the date in your diary now! and feel free to forward this flyer on throughout your networks.

Registration is not yet open, however you can add yourself to our database by emailing your details to irn2012.registrations@unisa.edu.au to ensure you receive future updates as they become available. All general enquiries can be forwarded to irn2012.enquiries@unisa.edu.au for a faster response.

Download save the date flyer: 2012 IRN Forum Save the Date Flyer.pdf

WWW: www.international-rural-network.org

Events/Événements : Are Canada's rural areas being ruined or renewed by urbanites?

2011-08-05T12:24:00.000-07:00

Source: CBC.
Sunday August 7, 2011, on Cross Country Checkup: No one likes urban sprawl. But the reality is more Canadians are living in suburbs and small towns than ever before. What is this doing to Canada's countryside? Are rural areas being ruined - or revitalized?

http://www.cbc.ca/checkup/main-blog/2011/08/07/are-canadas-rural-areas-being-ruined-or-renewed-by-urbanites/

Past Episodes.

WWW: www.cbc.ca

Funding/Financement : rural and remote homelessness / itinérance dans les régions rurales

2011-07-18T13:05:00.000-07:00

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Source: Homelessness Partnering Secretariat/ Secrétariat de lutte contre l'itinérance.
The Homelessness Knowledge Development team is pleased to announce a Call For Proposals (CFP) on rural and remote homelessness under the Homelessness Knowledge Development (HKD) funding stream of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS). The total amount of available funding is $500,000 with a maximum of $75,000 for each funded project. The deadline for applications is September 30, 2011.

Background

Gaps exist in understanding the varying needs of homeless people or people at risk of homelessness in rural and remote areas of Canada. Rural homelessness is less visible than urban homelessness. A number of challenges contribute to individuals and families being homeless or at risk of homelessness: poverty; insufficient affordable housing; inadequate income and employment opportunities; job loss; family breakdown; domestic violence; lack of services; and lack of public transportation.

This CFP focuses on knowledge development research projects related to homelessness in rural and remote areas. The HPS is looking to fund research projects on the following issues associated with rural and remote homelessness:

* the migration of homeless people and those at risk of homelessness, especially youth and Aboriginals, from rural and remote areas to urban centres; and

* the role that networks of family and friends play as a means to address homelessness.

Applicants are required to demonstrate that their research project is relevant to the community. In addition, applicants will have to define how communities are active partners with the projects.

For more information, please check the HKD website:
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/homelessness/funding/knowledge_development.shtml

The Homelessness Knowledge Development team, Homelessness Partnering Secretariat

WWW: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/home.shtml

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Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer le lancement d'un appel de propositions (AP) sur l'itinérance dans les collectivités rurales et éloignées, sous le volet de financement Développement des connaissances sur l'itinérance (DCI) de la Stratégie des partenariats de lutte contre l'itinérance (SPLI). Le montant total du financement disponible est de 500 000 $ avec un maximum de 75 000 $ pour chaque projet financé. La date limite des demandes est le 30 septembre 2011.

Contexte

Des lacunes limitent notre compréhension des différents besoins des sans-abri et des personnes à risque dans les collectivités rurales et éloignées du Canada. L'itinérance en milieu rural est un problème caché et est moins visible qu'en milieu urbain. Différents facteurs peuvent amener des personnes et des familles à devenir sans abri ou à risque d'itinérance, comme la pauvreté, un nombre insuffisant de logements abordables, un revenu inadéquat et un manque de possibilités d'emploi, une perte d'emploi, une séparation, la violence familiale, un manque de services ou encore le manque de transport en commun.

Le présent appel de propositions porte sur les projets de développement des connaissances liés à l'itinérance dans les collectivités rurales et éloignées. La SPLI cherche à financer des projets de recherche qui porteront sur les problèmes liés à l'itinérance dans les collectivités rurales et éloignées :

* la migration des personnes sans abri et de celles à risque (en particulier les jeunes et les Autochtones) des régions rurales et éloignées aux centres urbains; et

* le rôle que jouent les réseaux de parents et d'amis dans la lutte contre l'itinérance.

Les soumissionnaires doivent démontrer que leur projet sera utile à la collectivité. De plus, les soumissionnaires devront définir de quelle façon les collectivités participeront activement à leur projet.

Pour plus d'informations, svp veuillez consulter le site Web DCI:
http://www.rhdcc.gc.ca/fra/sans_abri/financement/developpement_connaissances.shtml

L'équipe de Développement des connaissances sur l'itinérance, Secrétariat de lutte contre l'itinérance

WWW: http://www.rhdcc.gc.ca/fra/accueil.shtml

Reports/Rapports: Tourisme, Partie I: les débouchés touristiques et les motivations touristiques

2011-07-06T09:01:00.000-07:00