Manitoba CED Network is a branch of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network that believes in communities directing their economic and social development future in a sustainable manner. Their main objective is to strengthen communities by bringing people together to build and create opportunities for growth.
Author: Greg Misener
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Visiting Professor, Peter Dehne took part in a guest lecture hosted by RDI on October 18, 2012.
Professor of planning law and building law at the University of Applied Sciences in Neubrandenburg.
Rural communities across Manitoba active in age-friendly initiatives were featured in an exchange of practice, policy, and research.
Forty eight leaders from eighteen countries around the world met for three days in Winnipeg to agree on initial pathways involving rural and remote communities to become more age friendly, promote intergenerational activities, engage seniors and encourage seniors to involve others of all ages in transforming places.
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Make Poverty History Manitoba (MPHM) is urging the Province of Manitoba to increase the Rental Allowance received by Manitobans who rely on Employment and Income Assistance (EIA).
EIA recipients are provided with a rental allowance that has increased marginally since 1992 when compared to market rents which have gone up by approximately 60-70% during the same period.
The Journal of Rural and Community Development (JRCD) is pleased to announce the release of Volume 7, Issue 2. There are two forthcoming special issues in 2012: “From Rural Research to Policy and Back Again” (late summer) and “Palliative and End-of-Life Services in Rural and Remote Geographies” (early Fall).
The JRCD is an open access journal published by the Rural Development Institute (RDI) at Brandon University and available at http://www.jrcd.
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posted November 26, 2011
BRANDON, MB — The bargaining teams for the Brandon University Board of Governors and the Brandon University Faculty Association announced this evening that a tentative agreement has been reached. The job action against the University will cease at 11:59 tonight and classes will resume on Monday at 6 p.m.