Have you ever wondered what immigration to rural areas of Canada look like? Check out Episode 13 of Rural Routes Podcasts with Michael Haan. "Canada is a land of immigrants” is a phrase we hear often. And while that is certainly true in many ways, immigration is a complex issue we don’t spend nearly as much time talking about as we should. Michael Haan is Canada Research Chair in Immigration and Ethnic Relations at Western University in London, Ontario, an
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 (OMAFRA), is hosting a one-day symposium to showcase rural research being conducted by graduate students at the University of Guelph. The symposium is an opportunity for graduate students to share their research with researchers, policy analysts, and program staff with the OMAFRA. The symposiu
Dr. Gibson is seeking to hire a part-time Rural Policy Research Assistant to start in mid-February 2017. The position will work with the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (www.crrf.ca) and the Rural Policy Learning Commons (www.rplc-capr.ca) to maintain an inventory of upcoming rural policy events, workshop, and webinars taking place in Canada and internationally. Key skills required for the position include: familiarity with uploading information o
Rural researchers, government policy makers, community leaders, and nonprofit organizations have been working together for the past three years to share information on rural policy and rural development throughout Canada and internationally on a project called the Rural Policy Learning Commons. Recently, Dr. Gibson was elected to the Executive Council of the Rural Policy Learning Commons. The Executive Council is exploring opportunities to enhanc
The Libro Professorship of Regional Economic Development was recently profiled in the latest edition of the Ontario Agricultural College's Alumni Newsletter. The publication highlights the two new faculty members in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. You can read a copy of the OAC Alumni Newsletter here.
During the recent Our Way Forward: Sharing Knowledge and Building Capacity for Regional Development conference Dr. Gibson participated in a radio/webinar interview on regional governance. The interview with Dr. Kelly Vodden was live broadcast on radio in the Northern Peninsula region during the conference and has been recently posted online. The discussion focused on how communities can explore regional governance models to address regional oppor
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...
