The Libro Professorship in Regional Economic Development in Southwestern Ontario was recently highlighted in a national rural development newsletter. The Canada Rural Revitalization Foundation, a national charitable nonprofit committed to bettering the lives of rural Canadians, shared the recent announcement of the Libro Professorship through their e-newsletter. Their newsletter is distributed to over 2,000 community leaders, economic development
What does it mean to live rurally in the 21st century? This is the foundational question asked during each episode of Rural Routes Podcasts. The online podcast program was created in 2015 through a partnership between the Leslie Harris Centre for Regional Policy and Development and the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation. In Episode 12, Dr. Gibson shares his experience meeting with researchers at the Cold Climate Housing Research Centre in F
How can a region experiencing population decline and decreasing economic opportunities change their future? Community leaders, nonprofit organizations, and businesses gathered in St Anthony to discuss the future of the Northern Peninsula region of Newfoundland. The Our Way Forward: Sharing Knowledge and Building Capacity for Regional Development conference facilitated knowledge sharing from the multi-year research initiative called Canadian Regio
The concept of “welcoming communities” has recently become a useful policy and research framework in which to explore immigrant settlement, integration, and retention. Small, rural, and regional communities often struggle to meet the needs of immigrants and have limited partnerships and capacities in the area of immigrant settlement and integration. Over the past five years, Brandon has received significant increases in immigrant arrivals through the influ...
Dr. Gibson had the opportunity to connect with owner representatives and branch managers of Libro Credit Union at the 2016 Fall Forum on October 29. The event was an opportunity for Libro Credit Union to conduct strategic discussions on the future and to celebrate their achievements over the past year. The event also provided an opportunity for the newly announced Libro Professor of Regional Economic Development in Southwestern Ontario to formall...
The Libro Professor of Regional Economic Development in Southwestern Ontario was officially launched during the recent Building Vibrant Rural Futures conference on October 14, 2016. The London Free Press recently produced an article about the position, running in the October 20 edition of the paper. You can read the full article at http://www.lfpress.com/2016/10/20/libro-credit-union-university-of-guelph-partner-to-create-economic-professorship.
Dr. Gibson testified before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance to discuss alternative local economic development strategies that could be pursued by the federal government on October 20, 2016 in Québec City. The presentation was an opportunity to identify and encourage new strategies the federal government could implement to build stronger and more vibrant communities. The presentation was formed by the work of the Canadian Commun
On October 19, Dr. Gibson contributed to a panel discussion on enhancing investment in rural and northern communities at the Invest in our Communities, Our Future meeting in Plum Point, Newfoundland. Dr. Gibson shared research on community-based collective endowments that communities can utilize to support their local priorities. The presentation pulled on research related to philanthropy, inter-generational wealth transfers, and the recent State
We are pleased to announce with Libro Credit Union (Libro) the appointment of Prof. Ryan Gibson to the Libro Professorship of Regional Economic Development for southwestern Ontario. The professorship is focused on building economic development and innovation across the region, through world-class research, teaching, outreach and collaboration.
“We are absolutely thrilled to partner with the University of Guelph and are very excited to have Rya...
During the Building Vibrant Rural Futures conference, Dr. Gibson and Logan Horrocks presented a poster titled Facilitating Rural Policy Connections. The poster presentation highlights the work of the Policy Fora team of the Rural Policy Learning Commons. The Rural Policy Learning Commons (RPLC) is a multi-year partnership striving to enhance rural prosperity by identifying and analyzing policy options relevant to rural areas. The initiative is ev
