The Rural Symposium is an opportunity for University of Guelph graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to showcase their rural research to Government of Ontario staff, rural community leaders, and rural businesses. The event facilitates knowledge translation/transfer and network building between graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, researchers, Government of Ontario staff, and rural stakeholders.
This initiative will facilitate three key activities: (i) a one-day knowledge sharing forum for graduate students at the University of Guelph to share their research with staff from the provincial government and rural organizations; (ii) an online repository to enable knowledge sharing after the event, and (iii) share knowledge emerging from the event and online repository to amplify the messages to a broader audience throughout rural Ontario.
Knowledge shared at the Rural Symposium will directly contribute to the challenges and opportunities related to the future of rural people, places, and environments across Ontario.
Research Team
- Sara Epp (University of Guelph)
Project Resources
- Agricultural Communication for Addressing Climate Change Challenges: Understanding Farmers’ Responses to Misinformation (Uduak Ita Edet)
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Braiding Food Systems: Co-Constructing Indigenous Seed Systems with Northern Ontario First Nations (Charlotte Potter, Justina Walker, Danial Salari, Silvia Sarapura)
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Examining need, capacity, and barriers to accessing food animal veterinary services in underserved areas of rural Ontario (Ferdous Huq)
- Exploring the Lived Experiences of Minority Potato Farmers: A Multi-Lens Framework for Policy and Planning Reform (Janielle Duffus)
- Farmer-Led Learning Innovative Best Management Practices for potato production in Ontario (Charlotte Potter, Silvia Sarapura, Danial Salari, Paul Benalcazar)
- From Policy to Practice: Housing for International Agricultural Workers in Ontario (Damilola Oyewale)
- Looking for a Dream: understanding rural youth life trajectories in Colombia (Margarita Fontecha, Silvia Sarapura)
- Participatory Systems Mapping Network Analysis: Drivers and Barriers Influencing Use and Uptake of BMP in the Potato Production System-South Ontario (Paul Benalcazar, Charlotte Potter)
- Removing barriers to recruiting, retaining and advancing women in science and technology fields for promoting green industries in Colombia (Margarita Fontecha, Silvia Sarapura)
- Within the invisible web: Gender-based violence in agricultural streams of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (Regan Zink, Silvia Sarapura, Charlotte Potter, Margarita Fontecha, Nicole Cupolo)
- Addressing Rural Labour Shortages: Innovative Ontario Case Studies (Paul Sitsofe , Niju Mathew, Ryan Gibson)
- Agriculture as an Amenity (Calum Jacques)
- An Exploration of Intersectional Farmers in Networks of Care within Ontario Agri-food Systems (Francis Jabile, Helen Hambly, Mark Lipton)
- A Review of Literature and Media Reporting on COVID-19 Related Migration (Nicole Moore, Sara Epp, Ryan Gibson, Chris Fullerton)
- Climate Crisis and Wildfire: A Call for Environmental Assessment and Policy Formulation Prioritizing Indigenous Knowledge (Ferdous Huq, Mina Bahador)
- Engaging Newcomers in Rural Ontario to Address Workforce Challenges (Heather Graham, Ryan Gibson)
- Increasing Local Food in Long-Term Care Homes (Sara Epp, Minerva Cancilla-Styles, Janet Horner)
- Kitchen Table Methodologies: How infrastructure deficits shape community-based research activities in the Canadian Arctic (Sarah-Anne Thompson)
- LGBTQ2S+ and Community Belonging in Rural Perth-Huron: Community Services for the Needs and Experiences of LGBTQ2S+ Community Members (Daniel Layden)
- Rural Futures: Bridging Research and Community Solutions for a Resilient Ontario (Damilola Oyewale, Ryan Gibson, Belinda Leach , Sara Mann, Katie Clow, Wayne Caldwell)
- Rural Transit Funding – Ontario Analysis (Calum Jacques, Lucas Berek, Damilola Oyewale, Hannah Main, Sarah-Patricia Breen, Ryan Gibson)
- Understanding the Impacts of COVID-19 Migration on Rural Communities: Research Overview (Sarah Kurtz)
Acknowledgement
This research is funded by and the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, a collaboration between the Government of Ontario and the University of Guelph.