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Intelligent Community Forum
What will you take away from the ICF Global Summit? The annual ICF Summit is unlike any municipal, urban planning or economic development conference you attend. You will take away value that translates into direct benefit to the citizens, businesses and institutions you serve: Economic development leads. Identify site location and investment opportunities, as well as “soft landing” targets for local business, at our economic development matchmaking session. Ideas you can put to use. Meet officials from cities, counties and metro…
Find out more »Water and Environment Student Talks
JUNE 11 - 12, 2018 THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER It is with great excitement that we announce the 5th annual Water and Environment Student Talks (WEST), a water conference for students and young professionals in the Pacific Northwest. WEST CASCADES: Water in Cycles will stimulate discussions on the various stages that water goes through as we use it and will include topics like water reclamation and resource recovery from water and wastewater. GOALS AND BENEFITS The goals of…
Find out more »Teeny Tiny Summit
Creating Out Future: Finding Extraordinary in the Ordinary Details Coming Soon
Find out more »Rural Vitality: Partnerships and Placemaking
This forum will take place on the Bonavista Peninsula, specifically Trinity to Bonavista, to highlight the region’s built heritage assets and identify new strategies for mobilizing heritage for place-based development. This unique community-based forum will engage regional stakeholders, business, municipal and not-for-profits, in a transformational dialogue around built heritage by identifying new place-based development opportunities based on regional and sectoral collaboration. The forum is being organized by Trinity Historical Society, the Bonavista-Trinity Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Sir William Ford…
Find out more »Resources for Future Generations 2018
PREMIERE CONFERENCE ON ENERGY • MINERALS • WATER • THE EARTH Why RFG 2018? The rapid growth of developing economies and the fundamental needs of many disadvantaged people across the globe are resulting in an increased demand for many resources and changes in the delivery of existing ones. The need for focused environmental priorities and new technologies will add additional requirements and constraints. The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences (CFES), the Canadian…
Find out more »Creative Forces in the Polar Regions: Culture, Economies, Innovation, and Change in Tourism
The 6th IPTRN conference – “Creative Forces in the Polar Regions: Culture, Economies, Innovation, and Change in Tourism” – is hosted by Vancouver Island University and Yukon College in the Yukon Territory (www.travelyukon.ca). The conference will follow the IPTRN “study tour” model, and will begin in Whitehorse, and travel to several of Yukon’s communities. In addition to paper presentation sessions, participants will engage in community workshops held in collaboration with local stakeholders, and participate in a variety of signature Yukon…
Find out more »National Rural Grocery Summit
Millions of rural residents now face limited choice and low quality in their retail food options. Significant research indicates a strong relationship between lack of access to healthy food and chronic, diet-related disease. Obesity, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, and coronary heart disease are all associated with a lack of access to healthy foods. An important source of healthy rural food access is the local grocery store. They are a vital source for nutrition and health,…
Find out more »Metrics of sustainability: Critical studies of sites, practices, and performances of accountability in environmental governance
Applications are currently being accepted for the Summer Institute on Critical Studies of Environmental Governance to be held at the University of Toronto July 12-16, 2018. We welcome applications from advanced doctoral students (i.e., advanced to candidacy, completed data collection, and actively writing) and junior scholars who received a Ph.D. after May 2015, working in the social sciences, law, humanities, and other relevant disciplines. The Institute will reimburse travel expenses up to $1200 (USD) and cover food and lodging for…
Find out more »Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities
Since the inception of the discipline, sociologists have been concerned with power, violence and justice. Current social, economic and political challenges enhance their relevance. As capitalist globalization expands and deepens, corporate power increases along with global, national and local inequalities. New geo-political power configurations and confrontations are emerging, with violence being used as a tool to oppress and also to resist oppression. Colonial histories and contemporary land appropriations reflect the structures and cultural processes that perpetuate violence against indigenous and…
Find out more »Science in Society, Society in Science: Toward a 21st Century Model for Social Scientific Research
Growing public skepticism about the value of science and expert knowledge has been a defining characteristic of the early 21st century. Political discourse and populist movements have increasingly questioned the objectivity of scientists and criticized the perceived liberal bias of academic elites. Privately funded research think tanks, internet websites, and other alternative sources of information have contributed to an increasingly diverse ecosystem of authority and knowledge. As the distinction between ‘facts’ and ‘values’ has become increasingly blurred, the evidence-base that…
Find out more »Social Enterprise World Forum
Scotland to host Social Enterprise World Forum 2018 Social enterprises in Scotland and across the UK will welcome the international social enterprise movement to Edinburgh for the 10th Social Enterprise World Forum this year (view the launch video). The Forum will take place at the Edinburgh International Convention Centre from 12th-14th September 2018. The anticipated 1200 participants will include social enterprise leaders, policy makers, commercial partners, academics, students and young entrepreneurs. Event hosts, Community Enterprise in Scotland (CEIS) are planning a week-long…
Find out more »Health and Shared Prosperity
The 30th Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation annual conference will return to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - the site of our first conference! The 2018 conference will be co-hosted with the University of Saskatchewan. Stay tuned for more details.
Find out more »Place 18: Canadian Planning Student Conference
PLACE 18 provides attendees with the opportunity to engage in professional and academic presentations, workshops, and field trips to foster learning, networking, and information sharing. Professional and academic support will also be available to help students build their knowledge base. PLACE 18 will take place at the University of Alberta’s North Campus in the heart of Edmonton October 12-14, 2018.
Find out more »People, Place and Public Engagement
Join Memorial University at our new location on beautiful Signal Hill for a conference exploring who we are, the places we live, and how we can work together, better. We’re developing an engaging and interactive program that will include opportunities to learn and to share. All are welcome, including community organizers, industry, researchers and university staff, students, government employees, and anyone else with an interest in making a difference through public engagement. Save the date, and stay tuned!…
Find out more »The calendar of events is supported by the Rural Policy Learning Commons (RPLC). For more information on RPLC visit www.rplc-capr.ca.