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Announcement: Rural Policy Learning Commons Launched

Source: Rural Development Institute, Brandon U. The 7-year partnership entitled the Rural Policy Learning Commons was officially launched August 27th. by the Honourable Ed Holder at Brandon University. The funds will provide infrastructure for the 30 founding institutions and 60 initial participants to create an international partnership of those supporting rural, remote, and northern research and learning. Details regarding the project can be found via http://rplc-capr.ca

The project will support exchanges, institutes, conferences, workshops, a digital information hub, publications, social media, and international comparative collaboration regarding rural policy and issues. The initial four themes of the partnership are Human Capital and Migration, Natural Resource Development, Governance, and Infrastructure and Services. These themes will change and develop over the 7 years of the project as the analysis proceeds, new partners become involved, and new issues arise.

We welcome inquiries, suggestions, and new partners. Keep an eye on our website and let us know when you sees something interesting.

Events/Événements : 2013 Economic Revitalization Conference - Building Rural Resilience Through Entrepreneruship & Innovation

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

(E-)Books/Livres(-E) : Indigenous peoples, rural to urban migration, United States and Canada.

Source: Wiley.
This essay focuses on rural-to-urban migration by Indigenous peoples (aka American Indian, Native American, Aboriginal, and/or Indian) in the United States and Canada, with an emphasis on the 20th century.

Attention is paid to historical mobility, migration trends, processes of migration, and mobility characteristics of urban Indigenous communities.

Howard, Heather A., and Susan Lobo 2013. Indigenous peoples, rural to urban migration, United States and Canada. The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration.

Reports/Rapports : Immigrants, Agriculture, and Settlement Outside the GTA

Source: Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship, University of Guelph.
"Support systems (official programs and services as well as more informal social networks) for immigrants to Canada tend to be highly concentrated in the Greater Toronto Area, and weak or lacking altogether in Ontario’s more rural municipalities. This creates a barrier for newcomers to the country who might wish to engage in farming, as they are unlikely to settle in the rural communities where farmland might be available."

"This report was prepared by interns at The Research Shop, working in collaboration with FarmStart. It focuses on settlement services for new Canadians in four municipalities in Ontario where there is significant potential for agricultural production."

Janz, K., Dietrich-O’Connor, F. & Stewin, E. (2012). Immigrants, Agriculture, and Settlement Outside the GTA. Retrieved from http://theresearchshop.ca/Resources.

WWW: www.theresearchshop.ca

Thesis/Thèse : Immigration in rural Newfoundland: Individual and community change

Source: The University of New Mexico.
"The purpose of this study is to learn about the cultural adaptation experiences of immigrants to rural Newfoundland and what, if any, changes the communities themselves have made."

"I am particularly interested in what role communication plays in these change processes. To investigate this topic I conducted interviews and focus groups with both immigrants and native-born Newfoundlanders in rural areas and then analyzed the resulting data with a rigorous thematic analysis."

Jackson Anderson, Willow (2012). Immigration in rural Newfoundland: Individual and community change. Doctoral dissertation. University of New Mexico. Department of Communication and Journalism.

WWW: http://repository.unm.edu/

Webinar : Retaining Immigrants in Rural Communities

Source: Rural Development Institute, Brandon University.
April 18, 2012. Appropriate recruitment and retention strategies are contingent upon and shaped by social, economic and political contexts. Experiences of migrants to rural areas may be different from urban areas, given that larger centres have been destinations for international immigrants over a prolonged period of time.

Addressing issues and opportunities related to retention and ‘integration’ in rural areas merit different approaches for whole community solutions involving multiple stakeholders, including business. Join us in this free webinar to hear leading research on retaining immigrants in rural centres.

Drawing on research undertaken in rural Scotland and other parts of the UK, Dr. Philomena de Lima will:

* Address the rationale for attracting migrants, related trends and challenges.

* Identify strategies and actions, focusing on the importance of seeing migrants as active agents in the process of adaptation in their new destinations.

From a review of literature and RDI case studies, Anisa Zehtab-Martin discusses strategies from provincial levels and local communities.

Our third presenter is Ian Shanghvi a student research assistant at RDI who will report on his research regarding employer retention strategies. He finds employers need to pay particular attention to retaining multi-cultural employees.

Together, these three presenters provide valuable perspectives on retaining newcomers for elected officials, government service providers, settlement agencies, economic developers, and business owners in rural centres.

This free webinar will be: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

For more information or to register: rdi2@brandonu.ca or 204-571-8550 (RSVP by April 13, 2012).

WWW: www2.brandonu.ca/rdi

Studies/Études : Agricultural Migrant Workers and Their Integration in Canada

Source: IRPP.
"Every year, 30,000 agricultural migrant workers arrive in Canada as part of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program and the Low Skill Pilot Project. Although the TFWP is intended to address short-term labour demands, most of these workers return to the same communities year after year, sometimes for more than 25 years. As a result, growing numbers of migrant farm workers are permanently temporary."

"The increased presence of temporary workers will most certainly have an impact on Canadian communities and workplaces for years to come. Is there a way to conceptualize integration in the context of these migration patterns? How does the TFWP fit into Canada’s multicultural landscape and its goals of integration and social cohesion? In this study, Jenna Hennebry draws on experience with agricultural workers to address some of these questions."

Read full study. Jenna Hennebry (2012). Permanently Temporary? Agricultural Migrant Workers and Their Integration in Canada. IRPP Study. No. 26, February 2012.

WWW: www.irpp.org

RuralTube : Haitian invasion welcomed in rural America

Source: BBC.
Mount Olive is a small town in rural North Carolina. Less than two years ago the Census listed this place as having zero immigrants from Haiti among the town's 4,600 inhabitants. But over the past 18 months that has changed as thousands of Haitians have flocked to the area.

See video.

WWW: www.bbc.co.uk

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

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

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

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

Read full document.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read about the program and registration.

WWW: www.unimelb.edu.au

Thesis/Thèse: Mexican Temporary Agricultural Workers in Canada

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

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

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

Read the full document.

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

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

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

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

Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada.

WWW: www.statcan.gc.ca

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Rapport sur l'état de la population du Canada

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

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

Rapport sur l'état de la population du Canada.

WWW: www.statcan.gc.ca

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

Reports/Rapports : Housing Strategies for Immigrants in Rural Southern Manitoba

Source: RDI.
The number of immigrant arrivals in the Province has increased from 3,000 in 1998 to 13,500 in 2009. An increasing number of these immigrants are moving to centres outside Winnipeg – 510 in 1998 up to 3,551 in 2009.

Approximately eighty percent of those moving outside Winnipeg settle in ten communities but over 100 centres have been destinations for new arrivals.

Immigrants arriving in small centres fill labour force shortages and provide many other benefits but they also generate a demand for housing. The housing options they need are not always available in small rural centres, although adequate, affordable housing is essential to successful integration and retention.

Download report.

WWW: www2.brandonu.ca/rdi

Reports/Rapports : Rural Employers' Information Pathway for Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers in Manitoba

Source: RDI.
From 2007–2009, the Rural Development Institute (RDI) explored the impact of the arrival of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) on the demographics of Brandon and the community's ability to absorb and support newcomers.

RDI continued to study rural immigration in the Building Welcoming Communities: A multi-sector regional collaborative approach to rural immigration, 2009 – 2010 (Welcoming Communities) project, funded by the Rural Secretariat of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. As the Welcoming Communities project unfolded and through dialogue with economic development officers, rural employers and others it became apparent that the processes for hiring TFWs were complex and unique to each circumstance. It was also apparent that there was no document available to guide small rural employers through the process of hiring TFWs and to the applicable government departments and agencies. The process of hiring TFWs is complex and not linear in nature as each rural employer’s situation and needs are unique. The “Rural Employers’ Information Pathway for Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers in Manitoba” (Pathway) was developed for small rural employers to encompass the steps and departments/agencies involved in hiring TFWs.

The Pathway is organized into seven steps, with one optional action which is transitioning temporary foreign workers to permanent residents of Manitoba. Within each step information is provided on why the step is required, how to complete it, the results of completing the step, agencies and individuals involved and where to find more information. By using hyperlinks to original sources, the Pathway navigates to the government departments and agencies involved. To utilize the Pathway effectively employers should have access to a computer with an Internet connection. The steps are:

* Step 1: Confirm Labour Market Shortage: Recruit Canadian Citizens and/or Permanent Residents
* Step 2: Register your Business with the Manitoba Employment Standards Branch
* Step 3: Recruit Temporary Foreign Workers
* Step 4: Apply for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) from Service Canada
* Step 5: Temporary Foreign Worker Applies for a Temporary Work Permit and Visa (if applicable
* Step 6: Temporary Foreign Worker Enters Canada
* Step 7: Welcome and Settle Employees

Download report.

Also, see the Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers: Discussions with Rural Employers Report.

WWW: www2.brandonu.ca/organizations/rdi/

Presentations/Présentations : Attracting Immigrants in the New Rural Economy

Source: Bill Reimer, Concordia University
This presentation identifies some of the challenges of attracting new Canadians to rural places, characteristics of rural places that have been successful in doing so, and strategic options for communities and governments to encourage immigrants.
The presentation was given at the FCM National Conference, Toronto, May 28, 2010. It was in a panel for a Municipal Workshop entitled “Vibrant communities in a changing country: How to attract new Canadians to your region”.
For other presentations see:
http://reimer.concordia.ca/research

Book/Livre : International Migration and Rural Areas, Cross-National Comparative Perspectives, October 2009

Source: Ashgate.
"While immigrants are still predominantly choosing urban areas to locate to, there is now increasing evidence of immigration to rural areas which poses its own challenges for those relocating, from the scarcity of high quality jobs to the provision of public and private services."

"Addressing the shortcomings in current research, this book employs an innovative approach by exploring this relationship from a cross-national, comparative, global perspective. It draws lessons from case studies across a range of geographical and political contexts, including Canada, the USA, Ireland, Scotland, Greece and Russia."

The book is edited by Birgit Jentsch, Ionad Nàiseanta na h-Imrich (National Centre for Migration Studies), Scotland and Myriam Simard, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada

Read more.

Report/Rapport : Attracting immigrants to rural communities, August 2009

Source: The Monieson Centre, Queen's University.
"Immigration is a vital source of rural population sustainability, regional economic development, and cultural vitality. In particular, immigrants can help businesses address labour shortage issues, provide professional services that are in demand (e.g., physicians and other health care professionals), and start new businesses and create jobs as entrepreneurs."

"An influx of immigrants can also help communities deal with declines in population due to out‐migration of youth to urban areas. Historically, however, the distribution of immigrants in Canada has been concentrated in major cities, notably Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, while smaller rural municipalities have not been as successful in attracting new arrivals. As such, it is imperative that rural community leaders adopt strategies that attract immigrants to their communities. This Knowledge Synthesis will describe these steps. Also, this synthesis will highlight a case study of one rural community – Winkler, Manitoba – that has been successful in attracting and integrating immigrants into its community."

Download full report.

This knowledge synthesis is part of The Monieson Centre’s Knowledge Impact in Society (KIS) Project, a three-year endeavour to connect academic knowledge with economic development needs in Eastern Ontario. The synthesis is an accessible presentation of the latest research on issues affecting rural Eastern Ontario. The knowledge synthesis topics were determined through information gathered at 15 community workshops run in partnership with the Eastern Ontario Community Futures Development Corporation network. The KIS Project is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. For more information, visit www.easternontarioknowledge.ca.

Study/Étude : Immigrants in rural Canada, June 2009

Le texte en français suit l’anglais.
Source: Statistics Canada / Statistique Canada
Immigrants accounted for 5.3% of the population living in Canada's rural and small town areas in 2006, or 312,555 people. In contrast, immigrants represented about one-quarter of the total population living in census metropolitan areas.

The majority of immigrants who live in the rural zones arrived in Canada before 1986. These established immigrants made up about 70% of all immigrants in rural and small town areas in 2006.

Recent immigrants, those who arrived between 2001 and 2006, tended to settle in the nation's metropolitan areas. Since 2001, 31,075 immigrants who came to Canada chose to live in rural and small town areas. They accounted for only 0.5% of the population in rural areas.

Traditional sources of immigrants (mainly Western and Northern Europe followed by the United States) constituted a higher share of the population across the rural zones of Canada. Large metropolitan areas had a higher share of immigrants from South-East and East Asian countries.

Provincially, the largest share of the immigrant population in rural and small town areas was in British Columbia (12.2%), Ontario (8.1%), Manitoba (6.9%) and Alberta (6.0%), while the lowest share was in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and Saskatchewan.

Western provinces had the highest share of recent immigrants in their rural areas. Recent immigrants accounted for 1.7% of the rural population of Manitoba, the largest proportion, followed by British Columbia (0.9%) and Alberta (0.8%).

Within these provinces, the Winkler and Steinbach regions in Manitoba and the Fort McMurray region in Alberta had a relatively high share of recent immigrants in 2006. In the Winkler region, recent immigrants accounted for about 5% of the region's population.

Note: This bulletin profiles rural immigrants by five themes: immigrants as a percent of the total population; immigrant period of arrival; region of birth; migration of recent immigrants; and a ranking of rural regions in terms of the number of immigrants as a percent of the total population in each rural region. The geographical concept of rural and small town Canada is defined as labour market areas, which are outside of the commuting zones of larger urban centers with core populations of 10,000 or more.

The article "Immigrants in rural Canada: 2006" is now available in the online edition of Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin, Vol. 8, no. 2 (21-006-X, free) from the Publications module of our website.

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Les immigrants au Canada rural

En 2006, les immigrants représentaient 5,3 % de la population des régions rurales et des petites villes canadiennes, soit 312 555 habitants. Par comparaison, ils formaient environ le quart de la population totale vivant dans les régions métropolitaines de recensement.

La majorité des immigrants vivant dans les zones rurales étaient arrivés au Canada avant 1986. En 2006, ils représentaient environ 70 % de l'ensemble des immigrants des régions rurales et des petites villes.

Les immigrants récents, soit ceux arrivés entre 2001 et 2006, ont eu tendance à s'établir dans les régions métropolitaines du pays. Depuis 2001, 31 075 immigrants arrivés au Canada ont choisi de s'installer dans les régions rurales et les petites villes. Ils représentaient seulement 0,5 % de la population des régions rurales.

Les immigrants provenant de sources traditionnelles (principalement l'Europe de l'Ouest et l'Europe du Nord, suivies des États-Unis) constituaient une plus forte proportion de la population dans toutes les zones rurales du Canada, alors que les immigrants de l'Asie du Sud-Est et de l'Est dominaient dans les grandes régions métropolitaines.

À l'échelon provincial, les plus fortes proportions d'immigrants dans la population des régions rurales et des petites villes ont été observées en Colombie-Britannique (12,2 %), en Ontario (8,1 %), au Manitoba (6,9 %) et en Alberta (6,0 %), tandis que les plus faibles proportions ont été enregistrées à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, au Québec et en Saskatchewan.

La plus forte proportion d'immigrants récents se trouvait dans les régions rurales des provinces de l'Ouest. Ceux-ci représentaient 1,7 % de la population rurale du Manitoba, soit le plus fort pourcentage, suivi de la Colombie-Britannique (0,9 %) et de l'Alberta (0.8%).

Dans ces provinces, les immigrants récents constituaient en 2006 une proportion relativement importante de la population dans les régions de Winkler et de Steinbach au Manitoba et de Fort McMurray en Alberta. Dans la région de Winkler, ils formaient environ 5 % de la population.

L'article «Les immigrants au Canada rural : 2006» est maintenant offert dans l'édition en ligne de Bulletin d'analyse : régions rurales et petites villes du Canada, vol. 8, no 2 (21-006-X, gratuite), accessible à partir du module Publications de notre site Web.

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