Source CRRF : Canada's Disappearing Small Towns - 5-part series on Yahoo News This is a series of reports prepared by Yahoo News. The topics are: 1/ Small-town troubles 2/ Big-city dreams 3/ The human factor 4/ Small-town survival 5/ The future of small towns. Several New Rural Economy Sites are featured in this series - along with insights from the project (in part 5).
Source: The Monieson Centre.
April 8, 2013. Kingston, Ontario. Hosted by The Monieson Centre at Queen's School of Business, the 2013 Economic Revitalization Conference - Building Rural Resilience through Entrepreneurship & Innovation, showcases emerging research from communities in Ontario on forward-thinking approaches to rural economic transformation.
Presentations and interactive forums will provide strategies and best practices for how communities can use creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship to build economic resilience.
This one-day conference is a high-impact event connecting academics, policymakers, community leaders, and business people around this pressing rural economic development issue. Outcomes from real-world research collaborations between The Monieson Centre at Queen’s School of Business and over 40 rural Ontario partners will advance the agenda of rural Canada’s future.
This must-attend conference offers:
* Practical applications of new, leading-edge research from rural Ontario on how communities can encourage entrepreneurship, immigration, and business investment.
* A dynamic keynote address on “Building a 21st Century Economy in Small Town Canada” from Dr. Ken Coates, Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.
* Reflections from practitioners on developing rural resilience through policy and action.
* Opportunities to network with academic researchers and economic development practitioners.
* Ability to engage in ongoing economic revitalization research projects being done by The Monieson Centre at Queen's School of Business.
* 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; Queen's University Office of the Vice-Principal (Research).
Details, agenda and registration are online at: http://business.queensu.ca/centres/monieson/events/2013%20Economic%20Revitalization%20Conference%20.php
WWW: http://www.economicrevitalization.ca
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
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
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
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
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
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
Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Merx.
The purpose of the research contract is to further the Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat’s understanding of the rural innovation in Canada through case studies.
L’objectif de ce contrat de recherche est d’approfondir la compréhension du Secrétariat aux affaires rurales et aux coopératives (SARC) d’innovation locale au Canada rural par des études des cas.
Tender/appel d'offre.
WWW: www.merx.com
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. WWW: http://www.easternontarioknowledge.ca/
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.
Source: The Monieson Centre, Queen's School of Business.
Il y a deux dimensions essentielles à la connaissance de la marque: WWW: http://www.easternontarioknowledge.ca/
-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.
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. WWW: http://www.easternontarioknowledge.ca/
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.
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
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
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:
Read full Policy Brief..
Read Key Findings and Policy Recommendations.
WWW: www.derreg.eu
Source: National Association of Development Organizations (NADO).
Thu, Jan 27, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST - This Know Your Region webcast will explore current practices by rural regions that have adopted strategies to encourage economic growth in a more cohesive manner.
"By nature, cluster development typically occurs in more densely populated areas where the geographic concentration of knowledge, workforce and suppliers is generally higher. Yet, in an age of technology where commerce is increasingly driven by the ability of a region to market itself beyond its geographic borders, rural regions are seeing the benefit of cross-industry collaboration, idea sharing and the fortification of existing assets, all with economic development as a common purpose."
When: Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Register.
WWW: http://www.nado.org/
Source: The Monieson Centre, Queen's School of Business.
The creative economy is generating interest amongst rural communities as a strategy for economic diversification. WWW: http://www.easternontarioknowledge.ca/
Over the last decade, the work of Richard Florida on the creative economy has captured the attention of policy-makers and stimulated vibrant debate in academic research. At the heart of Florida’s creative economy is the argument that economic growth is now dependent on the talent of a ‘creative class’ who innovate and create new ideas, new technologies, and/or creative output. This paper explores the developing theory behind the creative economy as an economic driver, and its implications for rural communities.
Source: The Monieson Centre
This innovative and interactive forum will provide academics, business community representatives and economic developers with opportunities to debate ideas, examine theory, present research findings and exchange experiences in order to emerge with a refined understanding of the rural creative economy.The Monieson Centre at Queen's University is researching the rural creative economy and its links to regional revitalization. Creative economic activities comprising professional contributions such as art, advertising, design, film, publishing, education, R&D, software and media have the potential to contribute to the vitality of 21st century rural Canadian communities. This conference is sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada , Ontario East Economic Development and the Prince Edward/Lennox & Addington CFDC.
Conference / Venue Information:
Queen's School of Business, Queen's University
November 19, 2010
Room 202 Robert Sutherland Hall at Queen's University.
Kingston is accessible by road, rail and air (served by Air Canada).
Accommodation is available at the Donald Gordon Conference Centre which is within walking distance of the conference. Please contact the Donald Gordon Conference Centre directly to make a reservation or make alternative Kingston accommodation arrangements.
For more information, contact monieson@business.queensu.ca or visit http://business.queensu.ca/centres/monieson/events/upcoming_conferences.php
Source: OECD/OCDE.
This workshop discussed the key factors that have been successful in helping lagging regions reach national standards and in particular the role regional policies have played in areas such as human capital, infrastructure, connectivity and innovation.
The workshop was part of an overall project on Growing Lagging Regions, which is an activity of the OECD International Forum on Regional Policy, as part of the Programme of Work of the Territorial Development Policy Committee (TDPC).
Download the presentations.
Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development.
Source: The Monieson Centre.
"Tri Hawk’s mission has long been to become the world’s number one producer of dental burs. In 1986, Tri Hawk expanded operations from a modest manufacturing facility in Cornwall to Morrisburg, Ontario to accommodate expansion plans."
"With increased capacity, it has successfully accessed several international markets through developing an industry-leading product. This study will explore Tri Hawk’s keys to success, detailing lessons learned for other rural businesses, and explore opportunities for Tri Hawk to expand on its position as a world-class manufacturer."
WWW: http://www.easternontarioknowledge.ca/index.php/case-studies.html
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