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Call for papers/Appels de communications : Cooperatives, Food and Agriculture Special and Joint Sessions

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: CAFS-CASC/ACÉA-ACÉC.
June 4, 2013, University of Victoria, British Columbia. With 2012 being celebrated around the world as the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives, the time is ripe to reflect on the role of cooperatives in agriculture, food systems and community development in Canada.

The Canadian Association for Studies in Cooperation and the Canadian Association for Food Studies are convening a series of special and joint sessions that explore cooperatives and alternative agri-food networks at 2013 Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities.

Session 1: Paper session
Now accepting abstracts

Cooperatives have historically been, and still are, important institutions in the global economic landscape, and have strong roots in food and agriculture. Conventional agriculture cooperatives work to increase the marketing power of farmers by pooling products to achieve economies of scale. Traditional consumer cooperatives focus on increasing buying power to meet member needs. However, there has been a recent surge in cooperative alternative agri-food networks in the form of cooperative food hubs, cooperative local food initiatives, cooperative farmers markets and box schemes, worker-owned food cooperatives, cooperative value-chains, buying clubs and cooperative food buying clubs. These initiatives represent new forms of collective engagement of consumers, producers and other actors as ‘food citizens’ within ‘civic food networks’, the social/solidarity economy and a ‘civic agriculture’. These cooperative AFNs are differentiated from conventional cooperatives in that they: a) reconnect farmers and consumers in more direct and meaningful ways; b) sell through alternative community-based distribution networks such as CSAs, farm-to-school programs and farmers markets and/or; c) promote food production, distribution and consumption processes that are environmentally sound and socially just. They are organized either by farmers (producer co-ops, farmer groups), by consumers (buying clubs, consumer cooperatives) or both (multi-stakeholder co-ops) or by workers and through cooperation pursue social, economic and political ends that are challenging to realize as individuals.

Papers could include topics related to:

• Consumer cooperatives, farmer cooperatives, worker cooperatives, cooperative food hubs, fair-trade cooperatives, multi-stakeholder cooperatives
• Challenges and barriers, best practices, key tools and strategies
• The role of technology (e.g. websites, new media, video, RID tags, etc.)
• Innovative organizational structures and governance
• Policy, advocacy or regulatory issues
• The relationships between farmers, consumers and workers in and across cooperatives
• Economic viability, new institutional economics
• Gender, race, culture, class, justice in cooperative development
• The relationship between cooperatives and food democracy, food justice, food sovereignty
• Social capital, social embeddedness
• Cooperation amongst cooperatives and cooperatives support organizations
• Transformative learning and social innovation in cooperatives.


Email session organizer, Colin Anderson, at c_anderson@umanitoba.ca with questions, comments or suggestions. Please send 150 word abstracts with names and affiliations of authors to c_anderson@umanitoba.ca by January 13, 2013.

Special Journal Issue: The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development will be accepting submissions for a special issue on Cooperative Approaches to Alternative Food and Farm Initiatives. Authors presenting at either the CASC or the CAFS session are encouraged to use this panel as an opportunity to exchange ideas, strengthen individual papers and to generate submissions for the special issue. Details about this call will soon be available at: http://www.agdevjournal.com/


Session 2: World Cafe: “Cooperative Approaches to Alternative Food and Farm Initiatives. This is Democracy?”

In this session, we will critically interrogate the cooperative model in a dialogue around how food and agriculture co-ops converge with the pursuit of an alternative/cooperative economy-society. Do cooperatives promote inclusivity, democracy, sovereignty and transformation? This interactive world café will begin with four short presentations (4 minutes each) by practitioners and researchers who will orientate the session by providing their perspective on the role of the cooperative model in fostering food democracy. Next, we will interact around these ideas in facilitated café-style small-group conversations. These will occur in two 20-minute ‘rounds.’ Participants will be encouraged to change tables in between rounds to stimulate the cross-fertilization of ideas. Finally, the facilitators of each table will report back to the larger group as we weave together the threads of our cooperative conversations. This session will be documented to inform a publication that identifies opportunities for cooperative innovation and coalition building.

Session 3: Brown Bag Lunch and Keynote Speaker

Guest speaker TBA.

Congress 2013
: http://www.congress2013.ca/congress2013
CAFS: http://cafs.landfood.ubc.ca/en/
CASC: http://www.coopresearch.coop/

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Coopératives, alimentation et agriculture
Colloques extraordinaires et mixtes


4 juin 2013
Université de Victoria
Victoria, Colombie-Britannique

Dans la foulée de la célébration de l’Année internationale des coopératives 2012 des Nations Unies à travers le monde, le temps est venu de réfléchir sur le rôle des coopératives dans l’agriculture, les systèmes alimentaires et le développement communautaire au Canada. L’Association canadienne pour les études sur la coopération et l’Association canadienne des études sur l’alimentation convoquent à une série de colloques extraordinaires et mixtes pour explorer les réseaux agroalimentaires non traditionnels et coopératifs au Congrès 2013 des sciences humaines.

Session 1 : Deux colloques

Les coopératives ont été, historiquement, et demeurent des institutions importantes du paysage économique mondial et leurs racines dans l’alimentation et l’agriculture sont profondes. Les coopératives d’agriculture traditionnelles visent à accroître la capacité de commercialisation des agriculteurs avec la mise en commun des produits pour réaliser des économies d’échelle. Les coopératives de consommation traditionnelles se concentrent sur l’augmentation du pouvoir d’achat en réponse aux besoins de leurs membres. Toutefois, on assiste à un mouvement récent vers les réseaux agroalimentaires non traditionnels sous la forme de centres coopératifs d’alimentation, projets coopératifs d’aliments locaux, marchés fermiers coopératifs et paniers de produits biologiques, coopératives alimentaires détenues par les travailleurs, filières alimentaires coopératives, groupes d’achats et groupes coopératifs d’achats de denrées alimentaires. Ces projets illustrent bien les nouvelles formes d’engagement collectif des consommateurs, producteurs et autres acteurs sociaux comme les « citoyens pour l’alimentation » à l’intérieur des « réseaux alimentaires citoyens », de l’économie sociale et solidaire, ainsi que de « l’agriculture citoyenne ». Ces réseaux alimentaires de remplacement (AFN, Alternative Food Networks) coopératifs se distinguent des coopératives traditionnelles, car ils : a) rétablissent les liens entre les agriculteurs et les consommateurs de façon plus directe et significative; b) vendent à travers les réseaux de distribution collectifs non traditionnels comme l’agriculture soutenue par la communauté (ASC), les programmes « de la ferme à l’école », les marchés fermiers et c) font la promotion de processus de production, distribution et consommation écologiques et socialement équitables. Ils sont organisés soit par des agriculteurs (coopératives de producteurs, groupes d’agriculteurs), soit par des consommateurs (groupes d’achats, coopératives de consommateurs) ou par les deux (coopératives multipartites) ou encore par les travailleurs et poursuivent, par la coopération, des objectifs sociaux, économiques et politiques difficiles à atteindre individuellement.

Les présentations peuvent porter sur des sujets en lien avec :

• Les coopératives de consommateurs, d’agriculteurs, de travailleurs, de commerce équitable, multipartites et de filières alimentaires;
• Les défis et les obstacles, les meilleures pratiques, les outils clés et les stratégies;
• Le rôle de la technologie (p. ex. sites Web, nouveaux médias, vidéos, étiquettes RFID, etc.);
• Les structures organisationnelles et la gouvernance innovatrices;
• Les politiques, la sensibilisation ou les questions règlementaires;
• Les relations entre les agriculteurs, les consommateurs et les travailleurs à l’intérieur d’une coopérative ou dans les coopératives en général;
• La viabilité économique et les nouvelles économies institutionnelles;
• Le genre, l’appartenance ethnique, la culture, la classe sociale, la justice dans le développement coopératif;
• Les rapports entre les coopératives et la démocratie, la justice et la souveraineté alimentaires;
• Le capital social et l’enracinement social;
• La coopération entre les coopératives et les organisations d’aide aux coopératives;
• L’apprentissage orienté vers le changement et l’innovation sociale dans les coopératives.


Envoyez vos courriels à l’organisateur des colloques, Colin Anderson, à c_anderson@umanitoba.ca pour des questions, commentaires ou suggestions. S'il vous plaît envoyer 150 résumés de mots avec les noms et les affiliations des auteurs à c_anderson@umanitoba.ca d’ici le 13 janvier 2013.

Numéro spécial de la revue: La revue Agriculture, systèmes alimentaires et développement communautaire accepte des propositions pour un numéro spécial sur les coopératives en agriculture, alimentation et développement communautaire. On encourage les auteurs qui font des présentations dans les colloques de l’ACÉC ou de l’ACÉA à utiliser ce panel comme une occasion d’échanger des idées, de renforcer des articles individuels et de susciter des propositions pour ce numéro spécial. Détails concernant le présent appel sera bientôt disponible à l'adresse: http://www.agdevjournal.com/



Session 2 – Café du monde : « Des approches coopératives aux projets alimentaires et agricoles non traditionnels. C’est ça la démocratie? »


Dans ce colloque, nous examinerons d’un œil critique le modèle coopératif au moyen du dialogue sur la façon dont les coopératives alimentaires et l’agriculture convergent dans la recherche d’un type de société distinct et d’économie coopérative non traditionnelle. Est-ce que les coopératives font la promotion de l’inclusion, la démocratie, la souveraineté et du changement? Ce café du monde interactif commencera par quatre présentations courtes (4 minutes chaque) données par des praticiens et des chercheurs qui orienteront le colloque en apportant leurs points de vue sur le rôle du modèle coopératif pour favoriser la démocratie alimentaire. Puis, nous échangerons sur ces idées en animant des conversations en petits groupes comme dans un café. Il y aura deux « rondes » de 20 minutes. Les participants seront invités à changer de table entre les rondes pour stimuler l’échange des points de vue. Finalement, les facilitateurs de chaque table feront une synthèse en plénière et nous tisserons ensemble les fils de nos conversations coopératives. Le compte-rendu du colloque servira à alimenter une publication qui proposera des possibilités d’innovation coopérative et de formation de coalitions.

Session 3 : Boîte à lunch et orateur principal


Conférencier invité à communiquer


Congrès 2013: http://www.congress2013.ca/congress2013
ACÉA: http://cafs.landfood.ubc.ca/en/
ACÉC: http://www.coopresearch.coop/

Announcements/Annonces : Rural Opportunities Network Launched

Source: Royal Roads University.
The Rural Opportunities Network website has just been launched to help grow small and medium-scale natural resource-based businesses. The network is an open, bilingual nation-wide network of people and knowledge, focused on raising awareness and creating opportunities for businesses engaged in the sustainable use of natural resources.

You can use the network to share information and ideas, connect with individuals and organizations across Canada and learn from the growing collection of resources and tools. Topics covered range from agroforestry and special forest products to e-marketing and social media.

The network’s National Buyer’s and Seller’s Directory provides the opportunity for you to advertise (for free!) your business or services. Building on the success of “BuyBCwild” and “From Our Atlantic Woods”, this new national Directory lists suppliers of a wide range of natural resource products, from fine furniture to maple syrup. An interactive map shows the location of each listing allowing you to find businesses in your area. This can help you determine what products or services are needed locally that you might want to market.

The Tools and Resources page provides links to written information and other websites as well as giving you the opportunity to share your expertise. Be sure to check out the fact sheets in the Rural Opportunities Collection along with the guidebooks, business plans and case studies in the Guidebooks and Toolkits section.

Gary Backlund a BC woodlot licencee is featured in videos on aspects of woodlot management including small scale sawmilling, native plant nursery management and niche product creation. Betty and Ken Foote demonstrate how to make floral greenery products and Eric Whitehead from Untamed Feast shows us the best way to process wild mushrooms.

Fact sheets in the Rural Opportunities Collection provide easy to read advice on using social media and e-marketing, greening your business and many other topics. Guidebooks to help you assess the tourism potential of your area and publications on community forests, mushroom harvesting, essential oil production are featured in Guidebooks and Toolkits section. You can find advisors to help you grow your business and see what events are coming up that you won’t want to miss by checking out the Network page.

The website was developed by the Center for Livelihoods and Ecology at Royal Roads University in partnership with Biopterre, the Institute for Culture and Ecology, FORREX, INFOR, Untamed Feast and the Canadian Model Forest Network. Funding was provided by the Canadian Rural and Cooperatives Secretariat and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Public Outreach and Dissemination portfolio.

Let us know what you think! You can help build the network by sending links to information and sharing your expertise. Contact us at info@ruralnetwork.ca or at http://ruralnetwork.ca/send-us-your-feedback

Visit the Rural Opportunities Network website: www.ruralnetwork.ca

RuralTube : History of the CBDCs, supporting rural communities for over 35 years

Source: Atlantic Association of CBDCs.
Basil Ryan, Chief Operating Officer of the Atlantic Association of CBDCs provides an overview of the history of the Community Business Development Corporations (CBDCs) throughout Atlantic Canada. CBDCs have been supporting rural communities for over 35 years.




WWW: www.youtube.com/user/AtlanticCBDCs

Reports/Rapports : Food Clusters: Towards a Creative Rural Economy

Source: Martin Prosperity Institute.
A new report by Anne Lee (a doctoral student at the University of Waterloo), Food Clusters: Towards a Creative Rural Economy, provides a key look into one of the ways in which rural communities can succeed in the Creative Economy.

"Rural food clusters have emerged as part of a place-based creative economic development that can transform a region’s ‘comparative advantage’ into a ‘competitive advantage’. By enhancing the connection between local food production and consumption, new opportunities have emerged for small and rural communities."

Download report.

WWW: martinprosperity.org

Events/Événements: Connecting the Future: Rural Broadband Technology, Policy and Impact

Source: The Monieson Centre.
December 3-4, 2012. Kingston, Ontario. Hosted by The Monieson Centre at Queen's School of Business, Connecting the Future: Rural Broadband Technology, Policy and Impact is an international conference addressing leading-edge advancements in broadband development, with relevance to rural communities around the globe.

It will advance the broadband research agenda by exploring:

* Policy, including financing models for broadband as an infrastructure investment;
* Technology, including next generation broadband technology and innovative applications of ICT for rural regions; and
* Economics and community, including the economic and social impacts of broadband expansion on rural communities.

Details, agenda and registration are online at: http://business.queensu.ca/centres/monieson/events/broadband_technology/index.php

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

RuralTube : The Potential of Community-Academic Partnerships, 2011 KIS Showcase

Source: The Monieson Centre.
From the third annual Knowledge Impact in Society Showcase: New Horizons in Rural Economic Development. Queen's School of Business, Queen's University, April 12, 2011.

This day of learning and discussion celebrated the many successes of this research partnership between The Monieson Centre and the communities of rural Eastern Ontario. Included in the program were examples of rural business best practices, discussion of the future of rural entrepreneurialism, and lessons learned in building university-community partnerships. Presentations and videos from the day's proceedings will be made available over the course of the summer.



See all videos.

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

Studies/Études : A profile of self-employment in rural and small town Canada / Profil des travailleurs autonomes dans les régions rurales et les petites villes du Canada


Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Statistics Canada / Statistique Canada.
In 2010, there were roughly 0.6 million self-employed people in rural and small town Canada, representing 21% of total employment. Farming is a significant component of self-employment, both in rural and small town areas and in the countryside within the commuting zone of larger urban centres. Rural and small town Canada is relatively more intensive in self-employment activities.

Among non-farm jobs, self-employment represents 17% of non-farm employment in rural and small town areas, while it represents 14% of non-farm employment in larger urban centres.

Self-employment in construction and in professional, scientific and technical services has been increasing over time in rural and small town areas.Self-employment in farming and wholesale and retail trade businesses has been decreasing.

In rural and small town areas, the share of the self-employed, who are currently aged 55 to 64 and who will likely retire within 10 years, was 24% in 2010. This compares with 17% for salaried employees in rural and small town areas. Both of these shares have increased since 2006 as the overall labour force is aging.

The rural self-employed with the highest share expected to retire in the next 10 years are operators of funeral homes (43%), operators of storage facilities (43%), clay and brick manufacturers (40%), educational and vocational counsellors and testers (39%) and operators of private or boarding schools (36%). In each case, the absolute number of self-employed was not large, fewer than 250 individuals.

The industry sectors with the largest absolute number of impending retirees of rural self-employed operators were farmers (33,300 or 23%), house contractors (4,105 or 19%), operators providing landscaping, cleaning of buildings and pest control services (3,145 or 20%), operators of garages or service stations (2,640 or 22%) and self-employed truckers (2,145 or 20%). In each case, the expected rate of turnover resulting from retirement is less than for all self-employed in rural and small town areas.

Bollman, Ray D. and Alessandro Alasia (2012) “A profile of self-employment in rural and small town Canada: Is there an impending retirement of self-employed business operators?” Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin Vol. 9, No. 1(Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 21-006-XIE).

Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin


WWW: www.statcan.gc.ca
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En 2010, il y avait environ 0,6 million de travailleurs autonomes dans les régions rurales et les petites villes du Canada, ce qui représentait 21 % de l’ensemble des travailleurs.

Les exploitants agricoles représentent un pourcentage important des travailleurs autonomes, tant dans les régions rurales et les petites villes que dans les régions situées dans la zone de navettage des grands centres urbains.

L’activité liée au travail autonome est relativement plus intense dans les régions rurales et les petites villes. Parmi les emplois non agricoles, le travail autonome représente 17 % de l’emploi dans les régions rurales et les petites villes, et 14 % dans les grands centres urbains.

Le travail autonome dans le secteur de la construction et le secteur des services professionnels, scientifiques et techniques a augmenté au fil du temps dans les régions rurales et les petites villes.

Le travail autonome a diminué dans le secteur de l’agriculture et le secteur du commerce de gros et de détail.

Dans les régions rurales et les petites villes, la proportion de travailleurs autonomes qui sont actuellement âgés de 55 à 64 ans et qui prendront vraisemblablement leur retraite d’ici 10 ans était de 24 % en 2010, comparativement à 17 % pour les travailleurs salariés. Ces deux pourcentages ont augmenté depuis 2006 en raison du vieillissement de la population active.

Les travailleurs autonomes des régions rurales qui affichent les taux les plus élevés de départs à la retraite prévus d’ici 10 ans sont les suivants : exploitants de salon funéraire (43 %); exploitants d’entrepôt (43 %); fabricants de produits en argile et de briques (40 %); fournisseurs de services de conseils pédagogiques, d’orientation professionnelle et d’évaluation pédagogique (39 %); exploitants d’écoles privées ou de pensionnats (36 %). Dans chaque cas, le nombre absolu de travailleurs est peu élevé, soit moins de 250.

Dans les régions rurales, les secteurs affichant le plus grand nombre absolu de travailleurs autonomes devant prendre bientôt leur retraite se composent d’exploitants agricoles (33 300 ou 23 %), d’entrepreneurs en construction résidentielle (4 105 ou 19 %), d’exploitants offrant des services d’aménagement paysager, de nettoyage d’immeubles et de lutte antiparasitaire (3 145 ou 20 %), d’exploitants de garage ou de station-service (2 640 ou 22 %) et de camionneurs (2 145 ou 20 %). Dans chaque cas, le taux de roulement prévu en raison de départs à la retraite est inférieur à celui observé pour l’ensemble des travailleurs autonomes dans les régions rurales et les petites villes.

Bollman, Ray D. and Alessandro Alasia (2012) « Profil des travailleurs autonomes dans les régions rurales et les petites villes du Canada : un départ à la retraite important des travailleurs autonomes est-il imminent?» Bulletin d’analyse: Régions rurales et petites villes du Canada vol. 9, no 1(Ottawa: Statistique Canada, No 21-006-XIF au catalogue).


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


WWW: www.statcan.gc.ca

Studies/Études : Understanding the Rural Tilt among Financial Co-operatives in Canada

Source: Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research.
"This mixed methods study examines whether the rural/urban distribution of credit union/caisse populaire branches differs significantly from the general urban/rural demographic pattern in Canada. It also explores whether their distribution is different from that of banks, looking at the cases of Québec and Atlantic Canada."
"The study finds a rural tilt among financial cooperatives in Canada, and seven key informants present their views on the results. Their responses are categorized in two main themes: why financial cooperatives are overrepresented in rural and small town areas, and why they are under-represented in urban ones. A discussion follows, and directions for further study are provided."

Laurie Mook, Jennifer Hann, Jack Quarter (2012). Understanding the Rural Tilt among Financial Co-operatives in Canada. Vol 3, No 1.

www: http://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser

Data/Données : New data available on the Community Information Database / De nouvelles données sont disponibles sur la base de données sur les collectivités

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: CID/BDC.
The Community Information Database (CID) Team is pleased to announce that new data on unemployment rates for both rural and urban areas and counts of business establishments at the provincial and community level are available at: www.cid-bdc.ca

New to the CID are monthly unemployment rates for both rural and urban areas across Canada from Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey.

* Drag the slider bar and cycle through the monthly data displayed in the chart, data table and colour shaded map.
* Hover the mouse over your province of interest and click on the map outline of a province to have provincial data displayed.

Counts of business establishments at the provincial and community level are available on the CID’s “By the numbers” page.

* Step 1: Select the province
* Step 2: Select your community
* 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. 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

Le taux de chômage mensuel dans les régions rurales et urbaines du Canada, qui proviennent de l’Enquête sur la population active de Statistique Canada font maintenant partie de la BDC.

* Faites glisser le curseur pour parcourir les données mensuelles figurant dans le graphique, le tableau de données et la carte par dégradation de couleurs.
* Placez le curseur sur la province de votre choix et cliquez sur le contour de la carte de la province pour consulter les données s’y rapportant.

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

* Étape 1 : Choisir une province
* Étape 2 : Choisir une collectivité
* 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. Veuillez envoyer un courriel à l’adresse suivante : cid-bdc@agr.gc.ca

WWW: www.cid-bdc.ca

Events/Événements: 2012 Economic Revitalization Conference - Sustainable Economies, Sustainable Communities

Source: The Monieson Centre at Queen's School of Business.
April 11, 2012, Radisson Hotel Kingston Harbourfront. Building on the success of the Monieson Centre's 2008-2011 KIS Showcase annual conferences, the 2012 Economic Revitalization Conference is a high-impact event connecting academics, policymakers, community leaders, and business people around pressing rural economic development issues. This year's theme - Sustainable Economies, Sustainable Communities - will foster discussion of community resilience, showcasing innovative approaches to rural economic transformation.

Researchers, policymakers, business leaders and Queen's School of Business students will advance the agenda of the future of rural Canada. Presentations and interactive forums will provide strategies and best practices for how communities can build long-term sustainability through business and economic growth.

This free conference offers:

-Valuable networking opportunities with academics and community leaders engaged in rural development
-Leading-edge research and case studies in business sustainability, with key real-world applications for rural communities
-Opportunities to engage in ongoing economic revitalization research projects with The Monieson Centre at Queen's School of Business
-Access to researchers from Queen's University and partnering academic institutions
-Examples of and best-practices in community-based research

Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada through the Monieson Centre's Research Partnerships to Revitalize Rural Economies project.

With support from:
- Leadership Team Partners: Northumberland County Economic Development; Prince Edward/Lennox & Addington Community Futures Development Corporation; Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus; RDÉE Ontario; Rural Ontario Institute; The Monieson Centre
- Steering Committee Partners: The Ontario Association of CFDCs; Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network; Queen's Sustainable Bioeconomy Centre; City of Kawartha Lakes

For free registration and a full agenda, visit: http://business.queensu.ca/centres/monieson/economic_revitalization/economic_events/economic_revitalization.php

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

Call for papers/Appels de communications: Connecting the Future: Rural Broadband Technology, Policy and Impact

Source: The Monieson Centre at Queen's School of Business.
September 19-20, 2012 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Connecting the Future: Rural Broadband Technology, Policy and Impact is an international conference addressing leading-edge advancements in broadband development, with relevance to rural communities around the globe.

It will advance the broadband research agenda by exploring:

* Policy, including financing models for broadband as an infrastructure investment,
* Technology, including next generation broadband technology and innovative applications of ICT for rural regions, and
* Economics and community, including the economic and social impacts of broadband expansion on rural communities.

It will create dialogue between international researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders through research presentations, discussion panels, and networking events. As a joint, academic-practitioner event, it will both promote new research and provide opportunities for knowledge mobilization.

The event will further explore the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), a $200-million initiative to provide broadband service to 95% of rural Eastern Ontario, as a globally relevant case study of forward thinking approaches to broadband investment. The regional approach employed in this milestone infrastructure investment, which draws on funding from multiple government tiers and private-sector partners, creates a model for communities around the world.

Accordingly, the conference objectives are to:

* Generate international discussion around the future of rural broadband
* Highlight innovative and effective policymaking strategies for ICT infrastructure development
* Advance research on the social and economic impacts of broadband investment
* Showcase emerging technologies and innovations for rural broadband delivery
* Share findings of models and strategies for public-private partnerships (PPPs) and multi-tier, regional collaborations for infrastructure investment
* Create opportunities for long-term research partnerships between researchers, government, and business for the ongoing assessment of broadband impacts in Eastern Ontario
* Discover opportunities for global research collaborations and sharing of lessons learned
* Engage students in broadband impact assessment research

Call for Papers
The Monieson Centre at Queen's School of Business invites abstract submissions on any of the following, or related, themes:

1. Policy

* Funding models for broadband infrastructure
* Public-private partnerships (PPPs)
* Rural broadband pricing
* Land-use issues
* Engagement of aboriginal and minority populations

2. Technology

*Technological innovations and solutions, including: Fibre-optic technologies, Satellite technology, Mobile broadband
* Broadband adoption issues such as public Internet access; barriers to broadband adoption; digital literacy
* Broadband access issues

3. Economics & Community

Economic impacts of broadband, including:

* Entrepreneurial growth
* Job creation
* Access to markets
* Econometric modeling of economic impacts (e.g., input-output modeling, regression analysis)

Social impacts of broadband, including:

* Educational impacts
* Government service delivery
* E-health
* Social networks
* Political activism and participation
* Population retention

Abstract Submissions

Abstracts must be submitted to monieson@business.queensu.ca by 5pm, EST, Apr. 15, 2012. Abstracts should be limited to 750 words. Applicants will be advised of adjudication results by May 15, 2012.

The review panel welcomes research from all countries. Research proposals should address issues related to rural broadband, but may also address broadband issues related to small urban and remote contexts, as well as urban-rural interactions.

Papers presented at the conference will subsequently be published in a conference compendium. Final, completed papers are due Aug. 31, 2012.

Conference Partners

* Ontario Ministries of Government Services; Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; and Economic Development and Innovation
* Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus

Reports/Rapports : Rural social enterprise in England

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

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

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

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

Source: The Monieson Centre, Queen's School of Business.


Le tourisme est un secteur important de l'économie de l'Ontario, et a généré approximativement 22 milliards de dollars de revenus en 2007 seulement.

Comprenant principalement de petites et moyennes entreprises, l'industrie du tourisme est le plus grand employeur des jeunes de la province. Les investissements dans les attractions touristiques sont bénéfiques non seulement en termes d'emplois et de revenus directs, mais aussi indirectement en termes de soutien à la croissance des industries connexes, telles que le transport et la construction d'infrastructures vitales.

La partie I examine comment vous pouvez identifier les débouchés touristiques, en particulier les débouchés annuels qui existent dans votre région, ainsi que ce que
recherchent les touristes en termes de vacances.

Report



WWW: http://www.easternontarioknowledge.ca/


Reports/Rapports: La Stratégie de Marque Communautaire

Source: The Monieson Centre, Queen's School of Business.


Il y a deux dimensions essentielles à la connaissance de la marque:
-La notoriété de la marque: la facilité avec laquelle une marque vient à l'esprit quand c’est déclenché par un besoin spécifique et la capacité de reconnaître une marque en particulier.
- L’image de marque: la/les signification(s) associée(s) à la marque.

Bien que les logos et les slogans soient des symboles d'une image de marque, l’ensemble de l’image de marque représente beaucoup plus. Une marque est une histoire, un moyen de se faire remarquer et de démontrer quelque chose d'unique au sujet de votre communauté qui la démarque des autres. Les personnes dans votre communauté ont tous un rôle dans l'histoire, chacun ayant quelque chose d'unique à contribuer à l'ensemble de l'image de marque. En outre, l'élaboration d'une marque peut avoir des avantages imprévus. Elle peut rapprocher votre communauté en y fournissant une expérience commune et partagée.

Rapport



WWW: http://www.easternontarioknowledge.ca/


Reports/Rapports: Affordable Rural Broadband

Source: The Monieson Centre, Queen's School of Business.


Economic vitality in rural areas demands broadband Internet access, particularly in developing hig-hvalue sectors like the creative economy.

In seeking to overcome the recent economic downturn,governments around the world have made providing broadband access a priority, in some instances recognizing it as a basic human right. Various stimulus packages have thus invested in creating farreaching networks to satisfy this objective. This Knowledge Synthesis discusses the challenges of deploying broadband Internet access in rural areas, as well as its benefits. The report includes discussion of the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN), an initiative by the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus (EOWC) to extend broadband to 95% of rural Eastern Ontario.

Report



WWW: http://www.easternontarioknowledge.ca/


Studies/Études : Manufacturing Firms in Rural and Small Town Canada

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Statistics Canada / Statistique Canada.
Within rural and small town areas, 5% of the firms are manufacturing firms, slightly lower than the 6% share of firms that are manufacturing firms in larger urban centres.

Two-thirds of the rural and small town manufacturing firms are part of the value chain of a resource sector. This is compared to larger urban centres where one-half of the manufacturing firms are part of the value chain of a resource sector.

Between 2003 and 2007, the number of manufacturing firms in Canada declined by 6%. The decline in rural and small town areas (-7%) was slightly more than the decline in larger urban centres (-6%).

The further the community was from a larger urban centre, the larger was the rate of decline of the number of manufacturing firms.

In rural and small town areas, the number of manufacturing firms declined more rapidly in resource-reliant communities than in non-resource-reliant communities.

Study: Manufacturing Firms in Rural and Small Town Canada. (PDF version).

Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin.

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Points saillants

Dans les régions rurales et les petites villes, 5 % des entreprises sont des entreprises manufacturières, une proportion légèrement plus faible que la proportion de 6 % dans les grands centres urbains.

Les deux tiers des entreprises manufacturières des régions rurales et des petites villes font partie de la chaîne de valeur d'un secteur primaire. En comparaison, dans les grands centres urbains, seulement la moitié des entreprises manufacturières font partie de la chaîne de valeur d'un secteur primaire.

Entre 2003 et 2007, le nombre d'entreprises manufacturières au Canada a diminué de 6 %. Le repli dans les régions rurales et les petites villes (-7 %) était légèrement supérieur au recul observé dans les grands centres urbains (-6 %).

Plus la collectivité était éloignée d'un grand centre urbain, plus la diminution du nombre d'entreprises manufacturières était forte.

Dans les régions rurales et les petites villes, le nombre d'entreprises manufacturières a diminué plus rapidement dans les collectivités qui dépendent des ressources que dans celles qui n'en dépendent pas.

Les entreprises manufacturières dans les régions rurales et les petites villes du Canada. (Version PDF)

Bulletin d'analyse : régions rurales et petites villes du Canada.

Events/Événements:KIS Showcase - New Horizons in Rural Economic Development - Apr 12, 2011

Source: The Monieson Centre
On April 12, 2011, The Monieson Centre will host the third annual KIS Showcase. This day of learning and discussion will celebrate the many successes of this research partnership between The Monieson Centre and the communities of rural Eastern Ontario.
Included in the program will be examples of rural business best practices, discussion of the future of rural entrepreneurialism, and lessons learned in building university-community partnerships. Following the event, presentations and videos from the day's proceedings will be made available over the course of the summer.

This is a must-attend event for business people, community leaders, economic developers, and researchers with an interest in rural economic development.

Click here for free on-line registration.

View the Agenda

Conference / Venue Information:
April 12, 2011
9:00am-4:30pm
BMO Financial Group Atrium, Goodes Hall, Queen's University

Events/Événements : Creative Rural Economy: From Theory to Practice

Source: The Monieson Centre
The innovation and knowledge-based economy has become a major driver of economic growth in urban areas around the world. As a result, the roles of cities and regions in a global economy are being redefined and reshaped. The transformation that is emerging is as significant and as challenging as the transformation made from agriculture to industry. Most significant, is the move away from jobs based on physical activity or repetitive tasks to ones that require analytical skills and judgement.

While cities play an important role in this shifting economy, there is growing evidence of the impact that a creative economy can occur in suburban, small town and rural communities. These studies form the basis from which rural and northern Ontario communities can work towards building stronger, more vibrant and dynamic creative economies independently and through collaborative efforts. This conference will focus on how the theory of the creative economy can be experienced in practice in rural Ontario communities.


Conference / Venue Information:
June 14, 2011, Queen's University
June 15-16, 2011, Prince Edward County

For more information, contact monieson@business.queensu.ca or visit http://business.queensu.ca/centres/monieson/events/creative_rural_economy-from_theory_to_practice.php

Reports/Rapports : Rural Development and Globalization in Europe

Source: DERREG.
This policy brief reports on emerging findings and policy recommendations from the Framework Programme 7 project DERREG, coordinated by Aberystwyth University with partners from 8 countries.

"Policy Recommendations:

  • Rural regions should aim to promote eco-economy activities that can tap into international markets using environmental resources and sustainably sourced materials to develop industries such as viticulture, craft production, sustainable forestry and eco-tourism.
  • Regional development should emphasize helping rural businesses to develop international networks rather than attracting inward investment. Support actions should include ‘network brokering’ to help SMEs develop networks, and working to increase the availability of financial capital for international expansion.
  • Public authorities should promote the positive benefits of international migration to rural regions, and develop initiatives to support integration. Regions should seek to use the skills, expertise and connections of international migrants in economic development.
  • Regional government, civil society groups and universities should work together to promote regional learning to identify opportunities and develop responses. Public policy can support regional learning by funding collaborative initiatives and providing physical infrastructure such as spaces for discussion and advice."


Read full Policy Brief..
Read Key Findings and Policy Recommendations.

WWW: www.derreg.eu

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