Timothy Hunting's recent thesis entitled "Local Trail Development Along Rural Canada's Share of the Great Trail" is now available online through the Atrium at the University of Guelph. You can read the document by clicking here. An abstract of Timothy's thesis is listed below:
The development circumstances of small population municipalities along The Great Trail vary widely and numerous expressions of precarious trail development were uncovered through a
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Community development practitioners, policy makers, and community leaders gathered in London, Ontario for the 2019 Econous Conference. The conference highlighted how the new ideas that will be most transformational will be those that are created by and carried by communities. EconoUs2019 featured dynamic speakers, interactive storytelling and skill-building sessions, local and regional tours,...
Ashleigh Weeden (PhD Candidate, SEDRD - University of Guelph) shared insights from summer field research in northern Finland at the 2019 Canadian Community Economic Development Network's annual conference, EconoUs2019, in London Ontario today.
In a PechaKucha style presentation, Ashleigh explored opportunities for applying rural community economic development strategies from Rovaniemi at home in Canada, and encouraged participants to take their thoughts o...
Rural places are often presented as “left behind”, especially when it comes to technology. But is that really the case?
The Intersection of Things podcast interviewed Ashleigh Weeden (PhD Candidate, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph) in a feature episode about the intersections of the rural and the digital. The interview covers questions about rural data, and what it might mean for national security, different inno...
Ashleigh Weeden (PhD Candidate, School of Environmental Design & Rural Development) has been featured in a collection of researchers, journalists, academics and public figures in sharing insights on knowledge mobilization in advance of the 2019 Canadian federal election.
You can read her advice to researchers looking to share their work with policy makers on the iVote/jeVote website by clicking here.
To learn more about research on knowledge mobiliza
Congratulations to Timothy Hunting, Shannon Labelle, Mallory Smith, Matt Rapke, and Menakah Yoharaja for successfully completing their Master of Science in Rural Planning and Development programs over the summer 2019 semester!
Congratulations to Timothy Hunting for successfully defending his Master of Science in Rural Planning and Development thesis today. Timothy's thesis, titled "Local Trail Development along Rural Canada’s Share of The Great Trail", examined small and rural municipalities involvement with The Great Trail (formerly the Trans-Canada Trail). A copy of the thesis will become available shortly - do not forget to check back.
In September, Timothy will start his do
Congratulations to Ashleigh Weeden for successfully defending her qualifying examination on place-based development and innovation in rural regions! You can check out more details of Ashleigh's doctoral research by visiting www.ruraldev.ca/place-based-rural-innovation-systems/.
As soon as word came that the 2019 International Comparative Rural Policy Studies (ICRPS) Summer Institute was going to be taking place in Rovaniemi, Finland, I knew I had to be there. Finland, and the Lapland region, have quickly become intriguing examples of the possibilities for building rural innovation ecosystems. As a doctoral student focused on investigating the link between place and innovation in rural communities, ICRPS2019 presented an amazing ...
Congratulations to Tayo Apampa and all Rural Planning and Development students on graduation during the Spring 2019 convocation ceremonies! A recording of the convocation ceremonies can be viewed below.
https://youtu.be/95yOUbq9H1c
