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Understanding the Benefits of Local Food Procurement: Working with the Public and Private Sector
No full textThe recently completed Serving up Local projects assessed opportunities to increase the purchase of local food in regionally managed long-term care homes in the Golden Horseshoe. These studies demonstrated that setting a local food purchasing priority is achievable, that purchasing data is readily available to participants and most importantly, that locally produced and/or processed foods do not increase food purchasing costs. This presentation will provide an update on the Serving Up Local KTT grant, highlighting new connections with the public and private sectors and efforts to increase local food procurement across the province. Through broad dissemination of the initial research methodology, the benefits of purchasing locally produced and/or processed foods will be discussed and new connections with long-term care homes, provincial jails and the mines in northern Ontario will be shared. Opportunities to further disseminate the research methodology and participate in KTT activities will also be discussed
Musicalligraphics: Improvising Across Modalities
No full textThis essay and its accompanying images and videos include documentation of, and reflections upon, the musicalligraphics project: a live collaborative performance of improvised music, improvised calligraphy, and improvised spoken word. Analyzing the footage of these various performances, the authors examine the ways in which our improvisatory choices influenced one another across artforms and sensory modalities. In keeping with the collaborative nature of the project, we have adopted a flexible authorial voice in this paper that oscillates between our individual perspectives and shared insights. Through this discussion, we consider the challenges and opportunities of cross-discipline collaboration, founded upon our experiences collaborating extemporaneously through spoken word, music, and calligraphy
Mental Health Needs of Rural Canadians
No full textMental health is a critical component of community health. In recent years conversations have started to open up around mental health issues, including addictions, depression, stress and family violence. Those in small rural and northern communities may face additional challenges with regards to isolation, stigma, and lack of adequate services and supports. In this panel, speakers will provide perspectives on the impacts of mental health issues in northern & Indigenous, and rural & farming communities, and ways of empowering rural residents and communities to address them
Rural Recreation Infrastructure and Municipal Service Delivery: Perceptions, Needs and Sustainability in Rural Manitoba
No full textMichael Blatherwick, Graduate Student in the Masters of Rural Development program at Brandon University, explores the challenge of rural municipal recreation delivery in meeting resident needs. Many communities in rural Manitoba face the challenge of maintaining existing services and infrastructure with decreasing populations. The shrinking tax base, cost of construction, and ageing infrastructure cause added pressure on municipal budget decisions - on where to best invest public funds. This research looks at perceptions of municipal council and residents in identifying gaps and opportunities for sustainable recreation and community development to occur
When Social Issues and Economics Collide
No full textRural and Urban communities alike are struggling with the impacts of social issues such as poverty and homelessness. Progress on these issues is possible when communities bring diverse players to the table to find solutions that work for the region and individual municipalities. This presentation will showcase how the inclusion of community engaged research and the voices of lived experience can work to support communities looking to bridge the gap between economic and social sustainability. Based on the results of the Journey Home Strategy for Homelessness and several research projects we will highlight some of the innovations created in the City of Kelowna including development of social enterprise, a lived experience circle on homelessness, a toolkit for inclusion of lived experience voices in project/research and the inclusion of diverse voices (such as the faith sector). We will also discuss how these learnings are being utilized by neighbouring rural/urban communities to inform their approaches to bringing business and social together
Harnessing the Power of Stories for Rural Sustainability: Reflections on Community-based Research on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland | Exploiter le Pouvoir des Récits de Durabilité Rurale: Réflexions Sur la Recherche Communautaire Dans la Péninsule Great Northern de Terre-Neuve
No full textHarnessing the Power of Stories for Rural Sustainability: Reflections on Community-based Research on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland
Exploiter le Pouvoir des Récits de Durabilité Rurale: Réflexions Sur la Recherche Communautaire Dans la Péninsule Great Northern de Terre-Neuve
The Role of Intermediary Organizations in Supporting Rural Arts Education
No full textAcross Canada, the arts have emerged as a key strategy for revitalizing and sustaining rural communities, namely by developing the creative sector and nurturing the wellbeing of community members. Supporting youth mental health and creative skill-building through arts education is particularly critical, in this sense, as the vitality of rural communities depends significantly on retaining a thriving youth population. Access to arts education for youth, however, is not consistent across Canada, particularly in the realm of school-based arts education. This issue is exacerbated in rural and remote communities experiencing additional barriers, such as the costs and distance involved with going on field trips, ordering art materials, and offering teacher professional development in thearts. In these circumstances, rural schools might seek out the help of a third-party intermediary organization to facilitate partnerships with artists, funding bodies, and other entities to support arts education. In this presentation, I will present key findings from my doctoral research that illustrate how intermediary organizations support rural schools by a) identifying existing community assets to support the growth of arts education and b) offering key resources, guidance, and partnership facilitation to assist them in developing arts education initiatives
Keynote Presentation - Brian Fry
No full textBrian was born and raised in the Kootenays and in his 54 years has truly leveraged all the advantages rural life can deliver. In his early days, he was part of the infamous Red Mountain Racers. Through great coaching, he became a National Ski Team member at 19 years of age during the Crazy Canuck era, but this wouldn’t last long. A bad crash abruptly ended his promising career and left Brian looking for a new exciting path forward. He chose to become a technology entrepreneur in 1985 and since this time has been involved in over 10 technology Start-Ups and was a founding member of the British Columbia Technology Industry Association. While he spent some of his early careers in Vancouver and Silicon Valley getting his tech start, he was determined to prove he could build great companies from the rural Kootenays and in 1997 made his move. He has now been doing this for 20 years
Building Community Resilience: Innovation Governance and Culture in Place
No full textKeynote presentation by Maura Walsh titled "Building Community Resilience: Innovation Governance and Culture in Place".