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Coping with and Responding to Challenges: A Comparative Case Study Between Service Providers Supporting Those Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
No full textThis project examines the challenges faced by service providers supporting those experiencing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in their regional service centre and surrounding rural communities. Two case study sites, Brandon, MB and Sydney, NS, were selected to examine the experiences and perceptions of service providers using semi-structured interviews (N=15). The service providers in both studies identified two main themes, underfunding and understaffing, which create challenges to adequate service provision, especially in reaching rural areas. Strategic use of collaboration was identified as a means to deal with such challenges. The service providers used collaboration to create connections between the agencies and those who use them, stay visible in the community, provide more comprehensive services, and assess individual and community needs. Additionally, collaboration was identified as the future community-level strategy for providing intervention and preventive education and awareness, with the aim of changing community perceptions of IPV. This project identifies opportunities for future collaborative efforts while also raising questions about the sustainability of these collaborations, given the lack of resources available to sustain them
Municipal – First Nation Partnerships for Rural Prosperity
No full textMunicipal – First Nation Partnerships for Rural Prosperit
Always in Season: A Toolkit for Local Food Practitioners | Toujours de saison: une trousse pour les praticiens des produits alimentaires locaux
No full textAlways in Season: A Toolkit for Local Food Practitioners
Toujours de saison: une trousse pour les praticiens des produits alimentaires locau
Collaboration and Consultation: Disrupt the Script | Collaboration et Consultation: Perturbez le Scénario
No full textCollaboration and Consultation: Disrupt the Script
Collaboration et Consultation: Perturbez le Scénario
Governance as a Decision-making Process Between the Public, Private and Civic Sectors of a Local Community | La Gouvernance Comme Processus Décisionnel Entre les Secteurs Public, Privé et Civique D\u27une Communauté Locale
No full textGovernance as a Decision-making Process Between the Public, Private and Civic Sectors of a Local Community.
La Gouvernance Comme Processus Décisionnel Entre les Secteurs Public, Privé et Civique D\u27une Communauté Locale
Learnings from Rural Communities about the Fourth Sector Economy | Les Apprentissages des Dommunautés Rurales à Propos de L’économie du Quatrième Secteur
No full textLearnings from Rural Communities about the Fourth Sector Economy
Les Apprentissages des Dommunautés Rurales à Propos de L’économie du Quatrième Secteur
Empowering Manitoba: Community Broadband Initiatives, Digital Adoption, and Priorities for Digital Transformation in all corners of the Province
No full textDigital technologies are critical to sustainable livelihoods in rural, northern and remote Canada. The Rural Development Institute (RDI) and Internet Society Manitoba Chapter (ISOC MB) are partnering on an initiative that explores digital challenges related to connectivity and digital development in rural, northern and remote Manitoba. Our study employs a multifaceted approach, investigating digital infrastructure, community broadband initiatives, digital adoption, and digital capacity-building practices. Within rural, northern and remote contexts, our objectives include identifying and learning from successful and unsuccessful community-based connectivity initiatives and establishing an inventory of digital services in underserved areas.
Integral to our project is the creation of a podcast series that amplifies the voices from all corners of Manitoba, showcasing their digital journey. This platform allows community members, policymakers, and digital service providers to share experiences, challenges, and successes, contributing to a rich digital transformation narrative across the province. Our presentation will discuss the challenges and opportunities for innovation, collaboration, and knowledge sharing in addressing the digital divide and potential within rural, northern and remote communities
Regional Policy in Multi- Level Sport Governance in Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut: History and Implications
No full textMuch contemporary sport policy is focused on policy at the national (Parent et al., 2018;) and municipal (Oncescu & Fortune, 2022) levels, or in relation to community sport organizations (Rich & Misener, 2019). As such, Rich and colleagues (2023) identified a gap concerning the significance of regional actors and their implications on both institutional arrangements and policy implementation within Canadian sport governance literature. Further, very little research has examined sport policy within the Territorial North. The exploration of these gaps can play a significant role in understanding policy implementation and the agency of sport policy makers at regional levels within multi-level sport governance systems in Canada. Therefore, as part of a broader national study to explore the involvement of regional policy in sports institutions and comprehend how it affects organizational fields within multi-level sport governance systems, we collected and analyzed over 150 documents related regional policy from the Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories (NWT). In this session, we will present a critical analysis of relevant sport policy implementation in the Yukon, NWT, and Nunavut between 2002 and 2023. Our findings contribute to discussions concerning regional sport governance within the Canadian context, and specifically highlights the intersection of sport and territorial policy
Food Security Challenges and Opportunities in Rural Yukon Communities
No full textNorthern and Indigenous rural communities in the Yukon face unique food security challenges as a result of higher costs of living, fewer services, loss of traditional practices and remoteness. Food in Place will discuss some of these challenges drawing on a recent paper published by Dr. Sara McPhee-Knowles and David Gattensby as well as anecdotal evidence collected through community engagement sessions. The vulnerability of these communities also presents an opportunity for innovative food programming and community driven food systems change. This is demonstrated by the success of the Yukon First Nation Education Directorate’s Rural Nutrition Program in addressing food security while creating a culture around food and wellness. Other potential community-driven initiatives are explored such as the building of community wild meat processing facilities in rural communities that would reduce barriers to using wild meat in community food programs. We will also explore opportunities to increase innovation through targeted funding streams that will allow rural communities to step into their full potential as leaders in food systems change
Panel Discussion on Rural and Island Resilience
No full textPanel discussion - Rural and Island Resilienc