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Project Coordinator Position - RDI

Source: Rural Development Institute
RDI is looking for a Project Coordinator for a 7-year partnership project entitled the Rural Policy Learning Commons. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for the project operations including organizing, facilitating, implementing, monitoring, and tracking project milestones, achievements, and budgets. The Coordinator will interact with regional, national, and international partners to monitor project activities of several committees over multiple years to accomplish the project goals. The position is for a 3-year term with the possibility of renewal. For more details click here.

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/

Call for papers/Appels de communications : Rural Tourism, Challenges in Changing Times

Source: Department of Rural Tourism, Hólar University.
Hólar, North Iceland, June 12 - 14, 2013. In times of global economic turmoil and climate change, this conference will explore the challenges and practices of smart and sustainable rural tourism. The programme will address the development challenges through four interrelated and strategic perspectives - Community, Experience, Economy and the Environment.

This conference will bring together a diverse mix of participants who have researched and embraced innovative tourism strategies and partnerships. These include municipal and national government officials; practitioners responsible for regional development; tourism, culture and heritage operators; community volunteers; and academics and graduate students involved in rural tourism research.

Through the four interrelated themes - Community, Experience, Economy and Environment - and a highly participatory programme the conference will critically explore strategic opportunities for innovative, yet concrete and practical solutions for sustainable rural tourism.

Call for presentations.

For further information about the conference please visit: www.naf2013.holar.is

WWW:
www2.holar.is

Call for papers/Appels de communications : Rural resilience and vulnerability: the rural as locus of solidarity and conflict in times of crisis

Source: European Society for Rural Sociology (ESRS).
Florence, 29 July - 1st August, 2013. "The economic crisis has Europe in its hold. This crisis clearly affects its economic basis but goes far beyond that to touch upon the very substance of the European way of life."

"Yet, the crisis also presents us with the chance to rebuild our society, to create something better, more valuable and more sustainable. Resilience is often used to describe this capacity for successful adaptation, i.e. the ability to learn and change, to make use of emerging opportunities. But there are also risks as the crisis increases inequalities and internal tensions, at different levels (such as regions or nations).

The opportunities and risks associated with the crisis are played out in rural as well as urban places. Rural places and rural issues may assume a specific meaning in times of crisis, reflecting resilience as well as vulnerability. This conference aims at increasing our knowledge of the effects of the crisis in the different regions of Europe and beyond, and to add to our understanding of the processes that contribute to vulnerability and resilience of people and places."

Read the full call for papers.

WWW: www.ruralsociology.eu

Call for papers/Appels de communications : Innovation and Modernising the Rural Economy, OECD 8th Rural Development Policy Conference

Source: OECD.
The OECD 8th Rural Development Policy Conference “Innovation and Modernising the Rural Economy” will be held on 3-5 October, 2012, at the SIBERIA International Business Exhibition Centre in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

This year the conference will focus on two themes: Innovation in the context of rural areas and Mordernising the rural economy. Within these two policy streams several topics will be discussed, including:

* Skill building - moving from lifetime employment to lifetime employability in rural areas
* Diversification - broadening the local economy
* Strong rural markets - improving the competitiveness of rural economies
* Innovation - exploring new rural governance models
* Innovation systems and processes - enhancing the links between producers and end users
* Identifying mechanisms to support innovation in rural areas

The deadline for abstract submission is May 21, 2012.

Read full call for papers.

WWW: www.oecd.org

Call for papers/Appels de communications : Rural Medicine Australia 2012 – Demonstrating the Diversity

Source: Rural Medicine Australia 2012. The Academic Committee for Rural Medicine Australia 2012 invites you to submit an abstract for an oral presentation or poster to be considered for inclusion in this year's scientific forum. The theme for the conference is: "Rural Medicine Australia 2012 – Demonstrating the Diversity." To have your research considered for inclusion in this, the 7th Scientific Forum, it should have a focus relevant to one of the following sub-themes: * Rural and remote clinical medicine and health priorities * Rural and remote workforce and training pathways * Indigenous health * eHealth / teleHealth Closes: Friday June 29, 2012 Read the full call for abstracts WWW: www.acrrm.com.au

Call for papers/Appels de communications: Developing Connections for Sustainable Futures – Networking the Bush

Source: Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia.
SPERA, Australia’s leading professional development or learning organisation and advocate for rural education invites you to their 28th national conference to be hosted at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

This National Conference will bring together a range of teachers, school administrators, teacher educators, academics, pre-service teachers, community groups and organisations and parents who are passionate about rural education.

The 28th SPERA National conference will be a key means of building and strengthening Australia’s rural network and in doing so draw together an increasing body of work focused on improving education outcomes in the bush.

Sub Themes
· Building and sustaining professional networks
· Bridging the gap – pre-service education; building partnerships with rural and remote communities;
· Networking universities to the bush
· Showcasing good regional, rural and remote education and training practice
· Expanding the network – local, national, international (global)
· Strengthening and networking rural education research

Deadline for submission of abstracts and proposals – April 23, 2012

More details on the call for papers.

WWW: www.spera.asn.au

Call for papers/Appels de communications : Creating Rural Connections 2012 Conference and Tradeshow

Source: Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN).
Regions. What are they? Do they matter? How do they affect rural communities in Alberta and across Canada? With the theme “Regional Realities and Approaches” guiding the Creating Rural Connections 2012 Conference and Tradeshow, these and other questions will be explored through keynote speakers, presentations and posters, workshops and discussions, and panel sessions.

Held from October 11 to 13, 2012 at Olds College in Olds, Alberta, the Alberta Rural Development Network is hosting this national conference in partnership with the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation and Olds College.

Throughout three days, the conference will examine how regions impact rural development. Specifically, how are regions defined geographically, culturally, and socially? What opportunities exist if we were to take a regional approach to rural development? What are the challenges? How can we make the most of our regions?

Presentations should focus on rural projects, programs, research, and lessons learned to provide participants with new ideas to adapt and apply to their own work or community. The goal is to present important and relevant information on rural regions that can be used to engage participants in meaningful and action oriented discussion. Presentations must fall into one or more of the following sub-themes:

· Go Big or Go Home – Balancing Regional Costs and Benefits
· Do We Really Suck at Collaboration? – Trust and Reciprocity
· Finding the Silver Lining – Regions as a Resource
· Construction Time! – Collaborative Creation of a Region

The application deadline is April 27, 2012.

Click here for more details and the application form.
(La version française sera disponible bientôt)

WWW: www.ardn.ca

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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/

Events/Événements : International Rural Network 2012 World Forum

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

Funding/Financement : Integrative Capacity of Communities, Research Competition 2011-2012

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Metropolis.
The Metropolis Project, in collaboration with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), is pleased to announce the fifth cycle of the annual Metropolis National Research Competition.

The purpose of the competition is to select and finance a major national-level policy research project in the field of immigration and diversity. It is intended that the findings of the research will be of direct relevance to policy-makers within the Government of Canada, and more specifically, to the primary funding partners of the Metropolis Project. The value of the award for a single project under this competition is $125,000.

This year’s research question is described here.

WWW: http://canada.metropolis.net

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Concours national de recherche Metropolis 2011-2012

Le projet Metropolis, en collaboration avec le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH) a le plaisir d’annoncer le cinquième cycle du Concours national annuel de recherche Metropolis.

Ce concours vise à sélectionner et à financer un important projet de recherche en politiques à l’échelle nationale dans le domaine de l’immigration et de la diversité. Il est prévu que les conclusions de la recherche auront un rapport direct avec les décideurs au sein du gouvernement du Canada, et plus précisément, avec les principaux partenaires financiers du projet Metropolis. La valeur du prix pour un seul projet dans le cadre de ce concours est de 125 000 $.

La question de recherche de cette année est décrite ici.

WWW: http://canada.metropolis.net

Call for papers/Appels de communications : Rural development and population sessions, RSAI

Source: Stephan Weiler and Peter Schaeffer.
NORTH AMERICAN MEETINGS OF THE RSAI, MIAMI, FLORIDA NOVEMBER 9-12, 2011. As has become tradition, we are soliciting submissions of conference papers for sessions focusing on rural development. This conference attracts some of the most distinguished rural scholars in regional science, with attendance at the sessions devoted to rural/regional development usually very high.

Past papers and session topics have included the following themes among others, but we always welcome new niches!

o Rural labor and financial markets
o Demographic evolutions in rural regions and implications for development
o Rural entrepreneurship, including links to metro markets
o Methodological and theoretical innovations
o Emerging issues in rural development, such as health care and economic development
o Contributions, positive or negative, of institutional structures to regional development
o Regional/rural competitiveness, including measures of such competitiveness
o Cross-national/international experiences in regional/rural development and policy
o Comparative development analyses in/among/across OECD countries
o Influence of international organizations, such as OECD, EU, NAFTA, etc. on rural and/or regional development issues

In addition to this first Call for Papers, we are also are interested in hearing from colleagues who will not have a “rural paper” to present but would like to participate as a session chair and/or discussant. If you would like to participate in the 2011 sessions, please contact either

Stephan Weiler (Stephan.Weiler@colostate.edu)
or
Peter Schaeffer (Peter.Schaeffer@mail.wvu.edu)

Paper submitters should email us a tentative title, abstract (~150 words), and contact information at their earliest convenience. If you are sending us a paper title/abstract for inclusion in the rural sessions, please do not submit this same paper online. We will handle this submission process for all session papers with the organizers, provided we receive firm commitments on participation from the paper presenters by the online submission deadline.

We also welcome the submission of partial or complete thematic sessions. In these cases, forward us the session title, presenters’ names/emails/affiliations, and paper titles and abstracts. Again, e-mail replies are preferred.
We look forward to hearing from you!

With best wishes for a productive and/or relaxing summer…

Peter and Stephan

NORTH AMERICAN MEETINGS OF THE RSAI
MIAMI, FLORIDA NOVEMBER 9-12, 2011

http://www.narsc.org/newsite/?page_id=10

Stephan Weiler (Stephan.Weiler@colostate.edu)
Department of Economics
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1771

Peter Schaeffer (Peter.Schaeffer@mail.wvu.edu )
Division of Resource Management
P.O. Box 6108, West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108

Appels de communications/Call for papers : I.C.I. les territoires. L’intelligence, la Communication et l’Ingénierie territoriales

Source: Laboratoire de modélisation et d’intelligence territoriale.
Le professeur Serge GAGNON, géographe et son équipe du Laboratoire de modélisation et d’intelligence territoriale sollicitent des projets de communication pour la première conférence intercontinentale en Intelligence territoriale.

Sous le thème « I.C.I. les territoires, l’Intelligence, la Communication et l’Ingénierie territoriales pour penser ensemble le développement des territoires », l’événement réunira des chercheurs, des intervenants et des acteurs territoriaux à l’Université du Québec en Outaouais, à Gatineau, Québec (CANADA) du 12 au 14 octobre prochains.

L’appel à communication sera clos le 30 avril 2011. Les communications acceptées devront être acheminées avant le 31 août 2011. Certaines de ces communications seront choisies pour constituer un ouvrage à publier en 2012-2013.

Site de la conférence: http://www.labmit.org/itgatineau/

Pour plus d’informations, vous pouvez contacter :


Serge Gagnon (serge.gagnon@uqo.ca) ou
Jean Stöckli (jean.stockli@cegepoutaouais.qc.ca).

WWW: www.labmit.org

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