The new publication of Moving to the Cottage: Pandemic Migration in Muskoka and Haliburton, Ontario, Canada in Transactions on Ecology and the Environment marks an exciting achievement. Authored by Natasha Gaudio Harrison, Sara Epp, Ryan Gibson, and Chris Fullerton, the study examines how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced migration to the rural and recreational communities of Muskoka and Haliburton.
The pandemic brought significant changes to where people
Check out the recent Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health lecture on the Urban Exodus. The presentation features Sara Epp (University of Guelph), Chris Fullerton (Brock University), Ellen Sinclair (Rural Ontario Institute), Scott Taylor (County of Grey) and Ryan Gibson (University of Guelph). The presentation shares recent research on findings from a province wide survey of municipal governments regarding the impacts of the COVID pandemic.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a visible migration of urban populations into rural communities. A new research initiative is examining the migration trends taking place in Ontario and their impact on rural communities, economies, and environments.
As a part of the Urban Exodus: Understanding the Impacts of Migration to Rural Ontario as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic initiative, a set of research insights have been developed by gra
