The International Comparative Rural Policy Studies (ICRPS) 2013 Summer Institute brought students from Canada, United States, and Europe where they shared rural research interests, learned comparative methods, and examined food system practices in various regional sites around Bertinoro, Italy.
Rural Development Institute sponsored the attendance of two Department of Rural Development Masters students–Immaculate Nabisere and Jack Lovell.
Author: Greg Misener
The 2013 Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) annual conference will be held in Thunder Bay, Ontario from 24-27 October, 2013. Mark your calendars to be sure to join us.
The conference is being co-hosted by the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN), Lakehead University, and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA).
The evolution of local government is often accomplished across Canada in intense periods of activities, followed by periods of little activity. The related discussions and considerations can be about matching geography and performance of any new municipal unit.
The 2013 Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) annual conference will be held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, 24-27 October 2013. The conference is being co-hosted by the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN), Lakehead University, and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA).
Attention Entering Students:
The deadline for applying for the following awards has been extended to March 31, 2013:
Charles W. Burns Scholarship in Pre-Medicine
Donald Burns and Louise Berlin Family Scholarships in the Geosciences
John & Catherine Robbins Entrance Scholarships
Simplot Canada Ltd. Entrance Scholarships
Terry Penton Memorial Scholarship
E. Jay Watson Memorial Entrance Scholarship
Sarah Harriet Hall Memorial Academic Scholarships
IBEW Local 2034 – CFL Manitoba Council Commemorative Scholarship
G.F. MacDowell Entrance Scholarships in Political Science
Delamater-Wood 50th Anniversary Scholarship
Afghanistan Mission Memorial Awards
Also, the deadline for the Xerox Canada Award has been extended to May 10, 2013 because of a registration requirement.
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Scholarship Office
Room 119 – A. E. McKenzie Building
Phone: (204) 727-9737
Fax: (204) 727-4072
Email: scholarships@brandonu.ca
Website: brandonu.
Hold the date… May 9 & 10, 2013 – Ottawa, ON
3rd Rural Research Workshop
Rural Labour Markets & Rural Livelihoods: A Focus on Resource Value-Chains
The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) will hold it’s 3rd Rural Research Workshop in Ottawa on May 9 & 10, 2013.
More information to come soon.
Honourable Ron Kostyshyn, Minister Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) was on hand at the Manitoba Ranchers’ Forum on November 27, 2012 at the Victoria Inn to officially launch a new shelterbelt website.
Rural Development Institute (RDI) at Brandon University in partnership with the Upper Assiniboine River Conservation District (UARCD) has initiated a new project website http://prairieshelterbelts.
RDI Director, Bill Ashton, representing Brandon University will participate in the Manitoba Planning Excellence Awards initiative as a jury representative for the 2013 Awards.
The Manitoba Planning Excellence Awards acknowledge individuals, organizations, companies and Manitoba municipalities and planning districts in their efforts to enhance communities through innovative and high quality planning initiatives.
Manitoba’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Ron Kostyshyn presented a cheque to Dr. Dean Care, VP of Academic and Provost, Brandon University for $100,000 at Ranchers Forum on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. This is the second installment under the five-year applied research funding agreement.