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Reports and Publications
2019-2020 Libro Professorship of Regional Economic Development Annual Report ( 2020)2018-2019 Libro Professorship of Regional Economic Development Annual Report (2019)2017-2018 Libro Professorship of Regional Economic Development Annual Report (2018)2016-2017 Libro Professorship of Regional Economic Development Annual Report (2017)Infrastructure Impacts on Rural and Economic Development (2017 | Gibson et al.)2015 Vital Signs: Social Sector in Nova Scotia Report (CFNS, Fitzgibbons, Gibson, et al.)Borderlands: Facilitating and Enhancing Cross Border Collaboration (2015 | Gibson and Bray)The State of Rural Canada 2015 (2015 | Markey, Breen, Gibson, Lauzon, Ryser, and Mealy)The State of Rural Nova Scotia (2015 | Gibson, Fitzgibbons, and Nunez)
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Advancing Green Infrastructure Solutions in Rural Regions: Economic Impacts and Capacity Challenges in Southwest Ontario, Canada (2024 , Rural and Regional Development | Maloney, Markey, Gibson, & Weeden)Beyond transformations: Zooming in on agricultural digitalization and the changing social practices of rural farming in Northern Ghana, West Africa (2023, Journal of Rural Studies | Abdulai, Gibson, & Fraser)Building bridges across the plurality of rural development research (2023, The Annals of Regional Science | Akimowicz, Weeden & Gibson)Do more, with less: The realities of local government in rural Ontario (2023, The Canadian Geographer | Gibson & Dale)Hidden Treasures: Planning Around the Intergenerational Transfer of Wealth in Rural Communities (2022, Y: Ontario Professional Planners Institute | Petric & Gibson)Embedding rural capital?: Community investment funds in Canada and their implications for rural communities (2022, Community Development | Petric & Gibson)Searching for a conceptual nexus? A critical analysis of community, place, and territorial approaches to rural development (2023, The Annals of Regional Science | Akimowicz, Weeden & Gibson)Vulnerable, Inequitable, and Precarious: Impacts of COVID-19 on Newcomers, Immigrants, and Migrant Workers in Rural Canada (2022, Journal of Rural and Community Development | Helps, Silvius, & Gibson)Place-Based Environmental Philanthropy: The Role of Community-Based Organizations in the Skeena Watershed (2022, Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research | Squires, Markey, & Gibson)Facilitating Rural Economic Development through Place-Based Investments: Perspectives from Across Canada (2021, Y: Ontario Professional Planners Institute | Petric & Gibson)Reinvention paths and reinvention paradox Strategic change in Western Newfoundland communities (2021, Futures | van Assche, Gruezmacher, Vodden, Gibson, & Deacon)Building the Future: Research Insights Examining Rural Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development (2021, Milestones | Weeden & Gibson)Rural Demographic Opportunities: Insights for Planners (2020, Y: Ontario Professional Planners Institute | Sousa, Caldwell & Gibson)New Foundations: Mobilizing the Potential of Place-Based Philanthropy for Rural Planning and Development (2020, Plan Canada | Levatt, Markey, Gibson, Vodden, & Furst)
Presentations and Posters
Rural Transit Funding – Ontario Analysis (2024 | Jacques, Berek, Oyewale, Main, Breen, Gibson)Engaging Newcomers in Rural Ontario to Address Workforce Challenges (2024 | Graham, Gibson)A Review of Literature and Media Reporting on COVID-19 Related Migration (2024 | Moore, Epp, Gibson, Fullerton)Agriculture as an Amenity (2024 | Jacques)Addressing Rural Labour Shortages: Innovative Ontario Case Studies (2024 | Sitsofe, Mathew, Gibson)From Policy to Practice: Housing for International Agricultural Workers in Ontario (2024 | Oyewale)Agri-Food Industry Discourses on Temporary Foreign Workers (2024 | Helps)Rural Futures – Bridging Research and Community Solutions for Rural Ontario (2024 | Oyewale, Gibson, Leach, Clow, Mann, & Caldwell)Understanding the Dynamics of Rural Immigration: The Case of Perth County (2019 | Smith). Presented at the 2019 Metropolis Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia.Immigrant Service Provision in the Guelph-Wellington Area (2019 | Yoharaja). Presented at the 2019 Metropolis Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia.Doing Immigration Differently in Rural Areas (2019 | Gibson). Presented at the 2019 Metropolis Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia.Rural Immigration and Welcoming Communities: Implications for Workforce Development (2018 | Gibson) Presented at the Western Region Workforce Summit, London, Ontario.Re-embedded Wealth: Opportunities for Rural Revitalization and Sustainability (2018 | Gibson). Presented at the Community Wealth Forum, Cobourg, Ontario.Gazing into the Crystal Ball: Future Trends in Regional Economic Development (2017 | Gibson) . Presented at the Collaboration for Success Conference, Kingsville, Ontario.Community Development Tools for Advancing Recreation (2017 | Gibson). Presented at the On the Hunt for Quality Recreation Conference, Warman, Saskatchewan.Reading the Tea Leaves: What Rural Demography Tells Us (2017 | Gibson). Presented at the Shift! Thriving in Change in Kimberly, British Columbia.Examining the Role of Place-based Collective Endowments in the Canadian Periphery (2017 | Gibson, Furst, Stoop, Markey, Vodden). Poster presented at Different by Design Conference in Nelson, British Columbia.What Makes Good Provincial Rural Policy? (2017 | Gibson) Poster presented at the Different by Design Conference in Nelson, British Columbia.Rural Immigration and Welcoming Communities: Ideas and Inspirations (2017 | Gibson). Presented at the Building a 21st Century Workforce in Nelson, British Columbia.Rural Matters: Realities, Implications, and Opportunities (2017 | Gibson). Presented at the Forum for Colleges and Institutes Serving Rural, Remote, and Northern Communities, Colleges and Institutes Canada in Ottawa, Ontario.CRRF E-Newsletter: Knowledge Mobilization in Action (2017 | Gibson). Presented at the Rural Policy Learning Commons’ Webinar.Place-based Development in Rural Areas (2017 | Gibson). Presented at Rural Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Development in Bologna, Italy.Talking Governance for Regional Development (2016 | Gibson). Presented at the Our Way Forward: Sharing Knowledge and Building Capacity for Regional Development in St Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador.Growing Prosperity: Libro Professorship in Regional Economic Development in Southwestern Ontario (2016 | Gibson). Presented at the 2016 Libro Fall Forum in London, Ontario.Investing in Communities (2016 | Gibson). Presented at the Investing in our Communities, Our Future in Plum Point, Newfoundland.Facilitating Rural Policy Connections (2016 | Gibson and Horrocks). Presented at the Buiding Vibrant Rural Futures Confernce in Guelph, Ontario.New Realities, New Strategies: Moving Rural and Northern Communities Forward (2016 | Gibson). Presented at the Northern Planning Authorities Workshop in Sudbury, Ontario.Re-embedding Wealth? Place, Philanthropy, and Policy (2016 | Gibson). Presented at the SEDRD Symposium Series in Guelph, Ontario.The Collaborative Governance Conundrum: A Preliminary Analysis of New Regionalism in BC, ON, QC, and NL (2015 | Nakashima, Gibson, and Vodden). Presented at the Building Community Resilience Conference in Summerside, PEI.
Videos, Webinars and Podcasts
Plain Language Summaries Workshop (2024 | Berek, Breedon, Fürst, Gibson)Embedding Wealth in Communities: Experiences from Rural Canada (2023 | Gibson)Towards Efficacy: Ontario’s Resource Recovery (2022 | Agyepong, Gibson)Rural and Island Resilience Panel Discussion at the 2020 Supporting Rural Recovery and Resilience Conference (2020 | Brinklow, Hall, Gibson, Markey)Changing Patterns in People and Products Discussion at the 2020 Supporting Rural Recovery and Resilience Conference (2020 | Foster, Sousa, Epp, Helps, Silvius, Agyepong, Bollman)Innovating through Infrastructure Panel Discussion at the 2020 Supporting Rural Recovery and Resilience Conference (2020 | Weeden, Kelly, Walsh, Hudson, Maloney, Kraehling)Webinar on New Regionalism and Regional Development in Canada (2019 | Minnes, Vodden, Markey, Douglas, Reimer, Gibson)Transitioning to a New Rural Cannabis Economy: Lessons from the Kootenay Region of British Columbia (2019 | May | Harvey)From Black Horses to White Steeds: Building Community Resilience (2017 | November | Brinklow, Gibson, Beaton, Jennings, Kraehling, McGowan, McCarville, O’Keeffe, Pollak, and Rich)Social Media and Knowledge Mobilization (2017, March | Fürst, Reibling, Jensen, Fullwood, Gibson, Blatherwick)Regional Governance, Place, and Collaboration (2016, November | Gibson)Rural Routes Podcast on Northern Housing (2016, November | Gibson and Fürst)Rural Development through Regionalism? A participatory workshop to share lessons and chart a future for rural Canada (2016, October | Vodden, Gibson, Duff, Jean, and Pollett)State of Rural Canada Webinar (2016, September | Markey, Gibson, Hall, Lauzon, Greenwood, Southcott)Policy Issues in the North (2016, July | Loring, Hall, Gibson)Comparative Rural and Regional Policy in Canada (2016, July | Hall, Gibson)Philanthropy in Rural Nova Scotia (2016, January | Kevany, Gibson)Rural Routes Podcast on the State of Rural Canada (2015, March | Gibson, Markey, and Furst)Rural Routes Podcast on Building Community Philanthropy (2015, April | Gibson and Furst)
Research Project Fact Sheets
Research Summaries
Thesis, Dissertations, & Major Research Papers
Adapting the Impoverishment Risks and Reconstruction Model to Climate-Induced Planned Relocation in Coastal Communities: A Case Study in Seine Bight, Belize (2021, Yanjun Liang)Agritourism as a Solution to Rural Revitalization?: A Case Study of North Durham Region (2020, Sarah Parish)A New Localism for Newfoundland and Labrador? An Exploratory Study of Rural Local Government Entrepreneurialism (2024, Josh Barrett)Beyond the Smart City: Assessing open data in rural Ontario (2018, Alex Petric)Darkest Days: A Scoping Review of Violent Crime in Rural Canada (2024, Shanley Weston)Evaluation of the Impact of the Provincial Policy Statement on International Agricultural Workers’ Housing in Ontario (Damilola Oyewale, 2024)Exploring Food Insecurity in Rural Ontario – Food Systems & Community Based Responses (Evelyn Shin, 2022)Home on Borrowed Land: Geographies of Land Leasing and the Impacts of Colonial Land Policy on Housing in the Northwest Territories (Chris Van Dyke, 2024)Lessons from participatory community development in informal settlements in Honduras (2019, Stephanie Patzer)Local Trail Development Along Rural Canada’s Share of the Great Trail (2019, Timothy Hunting)Mutual Aid and Third Places during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Intersections in Nova Scotia & New Brunswick (2023, John Dale)Place, Power, and Policy in the ‘Nuclear North’: A Critical Comparative Analysis of Policy Narratives about Rural Innovation Systems Anchored by the Nuclear Energy Sector in Scotland and Canada (2022, Ashleigh Weeden)Rural Broadband in Northern Ontario: Investigating the Status of Connectivity and the Role of Planners (2024, Kalind Patel)Rural Communities and the Pursuit of Funding Support; An Evaluation of BC Rural Development Policy (2023, Danika Hammond)Strategic planning within the Community Futures Program for Southern Ontario (2017, Luke Maloney)The Becoming of an Ontario Shared Rural Vision: A New Narrative from Rural Ontarians (2021, Marie Carmelle Ourlaine Pashley)The Early Settlement Experiences of Syrian Families in Southwestern Ontario (Rana Telfah, 2023)The Peaks and Valleys of Connection – Lessons from Smart Village Initiatives and Supportive Policies in the EU and UK for a Canadian Context (2022, Blake Glassford)The Role of Housing in the Integration and Wellbeing of Foreign Labour in the Canadian Agri-Food Sector: Experiences of Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers in Canada (2020, William Louis Helps)Threats of Municipal Planning Policy on Heritage Planning in Ontario (2024, Heather Graham)To stay or to leave? An assessment of the social, economic, and political factors that influence international students when deciding to remain in, or leave Nova Scotia, upon graduation (2016, Jodi-Ann Francis)Understanding Rural: A Comparison of Academic, Political and Lay Discourses of Rural (2018, Neil Stoop)Weed, Greed, and the Need for Reconciliation: Cannabis Legalization and the Case of the Rural Kootenay, BC Region (Tracey Harvey, 2021)