2019 Conference

Celebrating Geological Heritage in the Discovery Aspiring Global Geopark: A Gateway to Sustainable Geotourism, Rural Identity and Engagement (McCallum)

People, Places & Culture: A Tool for the Mapping of Community Cultural Asset (Dick) Speaking Notes

Cultural Authenticity through Living Heritage in Rural Saskatchewan Tourism (Catherwood)

Highways and Byways – Contestations surrounding the South Kerry Greenway (O’Keeffe)

Islandness/Ruralness: Life beyond ‘the latte line’ (Brinklow)

The Political and Financial Relationship Between Alderney and Guernsey (Earl)

How communities can earn a fair share of benefits from natural resource development (Gunton)

Exploring Policy Options for Mining and Community Sustainability (Uthman)

Power in Policy: Measuring Farmland Loss in Ontario and Testing the Strength of the Greenbelt Act (Singer and Wan) 

The work experience of teachers in rural Canada: examining labour market conditions and labour mobility of teachers in rural versus urban Canada (Looker & Bollman)

Understanding the Living Wage in a Rural Context: Strengthening Economic Multipliers in Revelstoke BC (Harris)

Positioning the Rural in Agriculture – 4.0 Discourse: Early Trajectories and theWays Forward (Abdulai)

Fisheries management in a changing climate – insights from the Northwest Atlantic Lobster Fishery (Mulligan)

Transitioning to the new rural cannabis economy – Using transitioning economies and stakeholder participation as a theoretical basis (Harvey) 

Learning from differences – how can we collectively impact the future of rural (Ashton, Regoli, de Menna, Markey, & Gibson)

Learning from differences – how can we collectively impact the future of rural (Regoli)

The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Rural Policy 

Keynote discussion with Barb News, Kerry Murray, Sharon McLennon, Ryan Bollman, and Chris Fulcher. The panel was moderated by Rob Greenwood. 

Notes on the Future of Rural Work (Bollman)

Coastal Communities: Food Security and Sustainability (Loring & Harrison)

Aggregates and Agriculture: Understanding the Impacts of Aggregate Production on Agriculture and Identifying Mitigating Strategies (Hehl & Reichheld)

Agritourism as a solution to rural revitalization: the case study of North Durham region (Parish)

Adaptation and the Grass Routes: Desire Lines, Collective Action, and Food Systems Adaptation to Climate Change (Soubry)

Improving the Engagement Process Linked to Water Issues: Lessons Learned from Three US States (Burkhart-Kriesel)

Beekeeping in Canada: Trends of Self-Sufficiency and Participation in the Global Honey Bee Trade (Polinsky)

Regional Economic Alliances – lessons in leadership and governance (Goulet)

Eabametoong First Nation & the Crown: A complex history and an uncertain future (Atlin)

Discussion on Evaluating Sustainable Governance for Non-Profit Organizations in Rural Canada (Allen)

Unpacking wicked water problems: conflict and agricultural water management in the prairie (Loring, Gaspard, & Minnes)

Environmental Governance and the Oil-Tourism Interface (Stoddard)

Tourism in Rural Newfoundland: Self-imposed Public Policy Obstacle (Cooke)

Toward a political economy of rural tourism (Foster & Main)

Youth engagement and rural futures (Deska)

Understanding intergenerational activity in rural Ontario: The case of the Grand Sparks Summer Day Camp (Gibbons, McFarlan, Mair)

From sustainability to well-being… measuring what works in rural communities (Mair)

“Preserving the Past, Building the Future”: Heritage, Tourism and Employability through Social Enterprise on the Magdalen Islands (Quebec) (Burke & Maynard)

Cultural sustainability in rural wine and food tourism (Robinson)

Marketing and a million-acre farm: using culture and islandness to promote PEI as a unique tourism destination (Campbell)

“Be careful what you wish for”: The Tensions Between Small Towns & Big Industry in Labrador (Hall, Vodden, & Butters)

Catching the Train? A community-based analysis of digital technologies utilization in rural Manitoba, Canada (Salmon & Akimowicz)

Community Capitals 2.0: The Digital Capital Update (Kelly)

Sustainable islands: The influence of ICT on the future of rural work (Ward)

Rural Philanthropy and Place-based Development: Impact and Innovation (Markey, Gibson, Vodden, & Furst)

Creating development frameworks with the community for the community: the case of Fort St. John, BC (Butters & Western)

Why should we hire you? Rural employers’ motivations to hire newcomers in the Canadian Prairies (Akimowicz & Ashton)

What roles might relationships, research and policy contribute to rural engagement and the vibrancy of rural life? (Kevany, Cramm, Skeard, Pollett, and Bollman)

How to Contribute to Well-Being of Rural Residents (Bollman)

What’s the evidence on evidence-based policy? Reflections on knowledge mobilization in provincial rural policy (Weeden)

Building entrepreneurial communities: co-working spaces and engaging rural entrepreneurs (Button)

Who’s on the first? What’s on the second? The Challenges and Opportunities of Rural Community Calendaring (Rea)

The Right to Be Rural (Foster, Jarman, Weeden, Haugen, Ario, Bollman, and Main)

Rurality as a Case of Differentiated Universalism (Bollman)

Business Incubation and Acceleration Center -Developing the North Through Innovation (Buffitt, Fequet, and Roberts)

Implications of policy on development in rural Ktaqmkuk Mi’kmaw communities: A Case Study (Reid)

Utilizing Political Ethnography to Better Understand Attitudes Toward Minority Groups in Rural Alberta (Banack)

Mapping Ocean Stories: fisheries oral histories and biographical maps preserve the past and inform the future in Gulf of Maine communities (Springuel)

Rural community reinvention: the role of governance and institutions and strategies for expanding autonomy (van Assche, Vodden, Gibson, Deacon, Lowery, and Furst)

The Battle of Little Big Puck: Narratives of Community, Sport, and Relationships in Rural Saskatchewan (Rich and Hoeber)

Music, and the Question of Immigration in Rural Canada (O’Keefe)

Modern resilience of Georgian wine: Geographical indications and international exposure (Shtaltovna)

The future is now”: A road map for the English-speaking community of the Magdalen Islands (Quebec) (Burke and Richardson)

Virtual Rurality: Digital Rights and the Future of Rural Canadians (Weeden and Wylie)

Chat with the Harris Centre team to learn more about the Centre’s latest projects and programs, and new ideas percolating (Furst, Newhook, and Crosbie)

Panel Discussion (Vodden, Minnes, Douglas, Reimer, Gibson, Breen, Hall, Daniels, and Barrett

The Theory, Practice and Potential of Regional Development (hyperlink to new book)

A Glimpse of Rural Philathropy in Canada (Petric and Gibson)

Investigating Place-Based Rural Innovation Systems … and their Implication for Rural Policy (Weeden)