2019 Rural Symposium

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The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph, in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, hosted the 4th Annual Rural Symposium to showcase rural research being conducted at the University of Guelph. The symposium was an opportunity for graduate students to share their research with researchers, policy analysts and program staff with the OMAFRA, and rural organizations.

The 2019 Rural Symposium took place on March 13, 2019 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at the Conference Centre at 1 Stone Road West.

Final Report

Click here for a copy of the 2019 Rural Symposium final report.

Agenda

The 2019 Rural Policy Symposium agenda is available by clicking here.

Presentations and Posters

Changing Rural Landscapes
Perceptions of Wind Turbines in Rural Communities: A Case Study of Orono, Ontario (Jenn Adams)
Power in Policy: Measuring Farmland Loss in Ontario and Testing the Strength of the Greenbelt Act (Rachel Singer and Sharon Wan)
Northern Agriculture
Understanding the Barriers to Livestock Production in the Clay Belt Region of Northern Ontario (Sara Epp)
Infrastructure Alone is Not Enough: Identifying Gaps in the Literature Regarding First Nations Water Governance (Brooke Wareing)
Rural Policy
Making a Difference: Provincial Policy Reflections on Knowledge Mobilization (Ashleigh Weeden)
Creating Effective Rural Policies: Rural Lenses and their Effectiveness (Louis Helps)
Rural 2.0: Investigating Place-Based Rural Innovation Systems & their Implications for Public Policy and Community Development Practice (Ashleigh Weeden)
Indigenous Research
Reflecting Bicultural Mechanisms in Waterscape Design and Planning (Emily Bowerman)
Exploring Attitudes towards Water Collaboration for Source Water Protection between First Nations and Ontario Municipalities (Natalya Garrod)
The Opioid Epidemic and Rural First Nations Communities (Shannon Labelle)
Agriculture
The Social Disruptiveness of Digital AgriculturalTechnologies: Asking Questions in the Context(s) that Matter (Abdul-Rahim Abdulai)
Understanding the Impacts of Aggregate Production on Agriculture and Identifying Mitigating Strategies (Jeff Reichheld &Emily Hehl)
Community Health and Well-Being
Exchanging Locally Informed Recreational Trail Development Practices to Build a Better Trans Canada Trail (Timothy Hunting)
Investigating the Decision-Making Process of Physicians in Rural Ontario: The Perspectives and Attitudes on Medical Cannabis (Asiful Islam)
HealthyRuralCommunities:Strategies and Models of Practice (Sharon Wan)
Water Resources
Controlling Pathogens and Chemical Contaminants in Greenhouse Irrigation Water through Electrochemical Processes (Serge Lévesque)
Best Practices for Onsite Wastewater System Inspections, Maintenance and Record Keeping in the Lake Simcoe Watershed (Cameron Curran)
Posters
Perceptions of Wind Turbines in Rural Communities: A Case Study in Orono, Ontario (Jenn Adams)
Sustainable Agriculture: Farmers’ Perspectives on Transition to Sustainable Agricultural Practices (Paige Allen)
Side Apple Amenability to Ontario (Nicolas Querques)
Rural Development in Campobello Island (Anthony Offor)
Agritourism as a Solution to Rural Revitalization: The Case Study of Brock, Ontario (Sarah Parish)
Building the Future: Rural Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development (Ashleigh Weeden)
Making a Difference: Provincial Policy Reflections on Knowledge Mobilization (Ashleigh Weeden)
Rural 2.0: Place-Based Rural Community Innovation Systems (Ashleigh Weeden)