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Searching for Multi-Level Collaborative Governance in Rural Canada
No full textThis diverse panel will explore how different jurisdictions bring attention to rural within their policy making processes. With renewed interest in reviving rural lenses at the Federal level in Canada, this is a very timely discussion. This session will be hosted by the Rural Governance Network of the Rural Policy Learning Commons. Topics to be discussed include: multi-level collaborative governance in rural Canada; putting rural on the agenda in Scotland; the politics of rural in Prince Edward Island; and understanding the role of food in rural development in Italy. A robust discussion will follow the presentations
Watershed Health and Cumulative Impacts Assessment: Managing for Ecological Health
No full textSince the early nineties, many jurisdictions have struggled with how to assess and manage cumulative impacts in the review and assessment of project proposals. In the practice of regulatory environmental review, impacts are primarily evaluated on a project-specific basis. Several provinces have attempted to develop an approach to assessing and monitoring cumulative environmental impacts. Typically, “valued components” are identified to reduce the complexity of the data required. These have often been charismatic species whose habitat needs are relatively well understood. However, this approach may not reflect the fundamental requirements of ecological productivity and ecosystem health. More recently, practitioners have suggested that the assessment and monitoring of ecological units are required to limit and manage cumulative environmental impacts. In this presentation, I will review the use of water and watersheds as a valued component in cumulative impacts assessment and management
Precarious Employment in Non-metro Ontario: A Statistical Overview
No full textIn this presentation, a statistical overview will be provided of rural precarious employment. It will begin by comparing key precarious employment indicator trends for metropolitan census division, partially-non-metropolitan census division and non-metropolitan census division for Ontario. This will be followed by a presentation of trends of key indicators of precarious employment as it relates to non-metropolitan census divisions. An aggregated presentation of key indicators for individual Ontario regions will also be provided
Dealing with Extreme Weather Events in Peripheral Regions: Is Smaller Better? | Faire Face Aux Evénements Climatiques Extrêmes en Région Périphérique: Petit, C\u27est Mieux?
No full textDealing with Extreme Weather Events in Peripheral Regions: Is Smaller Better?
Faire Face Aux Evénements Climatiques Extrêmes en Région Périphérique: Petit, C\u27est Mieux?
Education to Employment Transitions of Refugee Newcomer Youth in Rural Nova Scotia | De l’éducation à l’emploi : les transitions des jeunes nouveaux arrivants réfugiés en N.-É.
No full textEducation to Employment Transitions of Refugee Newcomer Youth in Rural Nova Scotia
De l’éducation à l’emploi : les transitions des jeunes nouveaux arrivants réfugiés en N.-É
People-Public-Private-Partnership (P4) Model for Enhanced Ownership Opportunities for Indigenous Communities | Le Modèle Partenariat Public, Privé et Peuple (P4) Pour des Possibilités de Meilleure Appropriation Pour les Communautés Autochtones
No full textPeople-Public-Private-Partnership (P4) Model for Enhanced Ownership Opportunities for Indigenous Communities
Le Modèle Partenariat Public, Privé et Peuple (P4) Pour des Possibilités de Meilleure Appropriation Pour les Communautés Autochtones
Coming Together and How That Changed Us: The Development of a Social and Economic Development Framework in Fort St. John, B.C. | Le Rapprochement et la Façon Dont il Nous a Changés : L’élaboration D’un Cadre de Développement Economique et Social à Fort St. John, C.-B
No full textComing Together and How That Changed Us: The Development of a Social and Economic Development Framework in Fort St. John, B.C.
Le Rapprochement et la Façon Dont il Nous a Changés : L’élaboration D’un Cadre de Développement Economique et Social à Fort St. John, C.-B
Discussing the Digital Divide: The Role(s) of Community Connectivity | Discuter du Fossé Numérique: Le ou Les Rôles de la Connectivité Communautaire
No full textDiscussing the Digital Divide: The Role(s) of Community Connectivity
Discuter du Fossé Numérique: Le ou Les Rôles de la Connectivité Communautaire
Exploring Food Hubs as a vehicle for building resilient local food systems
No full textFood systems around the world face unprecedented threats from climate change to global distribution and supply chain issues. At the local level challenges range from the accessibility and affordability of local food to limited capacity for production, aggregation, and distribution. These challenges can be particularly acute in rural, remote, and northern communities. In the face of these threats and challenges, alternative food networks are emerging as an opportunity to build more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable local food systems. Across British Columbia, community food hubs have emerged as one form of alternative food networks. This presentation will summarize the first year of a project exploring the role(s) that food hubs play within local food systems, investigating BC’s unique approach to food hubs and if and how food hubs contribute to food system resilience. Findings will include emerging patterns and trends from a provincial food hub community of practice, as well as an in-depth exploration of two case study regions - the Kootenays and Kamloops regions. While the research is taking place within British Columbia, the presentation will include food hub examples from other jurisdictions, and a discussion focused on potential applicability and transferability of findings to remote and northern communities