Brandon University will welcome 10 new graduate students from Ghana to study rural development over the coming four year, thanks a new international scholarship fund called the Canadian International Development Scholarships: 2030 (BCDI: 2030). The total value of the scholarships is $448,271.78.
A new tool has been launched to help Brandon University (BU) researchers share their expertise with media, industry, government and colleagues.
The Office of Research Services has partnered with Information Technology Services at BU to develop a searchable online list of experts, highlighting their areas of interest as well as their availability for taking inquiries from the media and public or for research collaborations.
Futuristic technology could upend agriculture and global food security sooner than we realize, while crises like Covid-19 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine hint at a world of ongoing global supply chain challenges that places like Westman must constantly adapt to.
“A core group of farmers will be called on to grow the vast majority of the world’s staple food supply, and while mighty in their ability they need support from the general public,” says agriculturalist Robert Saik, a renowned thinker and futurist with deep roots in Westman. He will be bringing his guidance and insights to that general public at Brandon University on Saturday, Sept.
Dr. Luiz Henrique Eloy Terena has taken a remarkable journey from his youth in a small Indigenous village in Brazil to a key position in the newly established Ministry of Indigenous Peoples in the capital of Brasilia.
It is a remarkable story with a strong Canadian connection.
Courtesy of the Brandon Sun’s Westman This Week.
By Chelsea Kemp
The Journal of Rural and Community Development has secured three years of renewed funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Excess moisture caused by spring flooding or rain storms can damage crops and prevent farmers from getting on their fields. The Rural Development Institute at Brandon University is studying ways to help producers deal with this issue as recently featured by the Brandon Sun.
While Westman producers are still recovering from more than 200 millimetres of rain that covered the region in late June, members of Brandon University’s Rural Development Institute are hard at work trying to figure out the best way to get rid of all this excess moisture.
A remarkable 50 years of service by Dr. Nancy Stanley was among the highlights as Brandon University recognized the efforts of longtime members of its faculty and staff on Thursday.
The University held its annual Long Service Employee Recognition Event, honouring those who reached benchmarks of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 or 50 years in 2019.
BRANDON – A long-running and influential journal based at Brandon University (BU) will benefit from a three-year extension in support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
The investment by SSHRC will provide $22,000 per year to assist with the continued publication of the Journal of Rural and Community Development (JRCD).
Urban reserves in Manitoba hold great potential for both First Nations communities and municipalities, according to a groundbreaking report released by Brandon University’s Rural Development Institute (RDI).
The report, Indigenous Contributions to the Manitoba Economy, was formally unveiled earlier this year, and explores Indigenous economic impact in detail.
Indigenous people in Manitoba make strong contributions to the provincial economy, which have been detailed for the first time in a comprehensive report released today.
MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee speaking at the release of the Indigenous Contributions to the Manitoba Economy report this morning at Madison Urban Reserve in Winnipeg.