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Members AreaMembers can keep each other up to date on projects, research etc and share news on this page. Also if you have any notices you wish to post they can also be placed here. All items are open to the public so it is not for private messages. If you wish to place a message here then please send the information worded exactly as you wish it to be posted to: Nicola.Swan@btinternet.com We have the right to refuse an entry if it is felt to be inappropriate. Place- and community-based educationSubmitted by: Greg Smith and David Sobel on 2010-06-23'Place- and community-based education' Authored by Greg Smith and David Sobel and published by Routledge - an approach to teaching and learning that starts with the local - addresses two critical gaps in the experience of many children now growing up in the United States: contact with the natural world and contact with community.
The social economy across the rural to urban gradient: Evidence from registered charitiesSubmitted by: Ray Bollman on 2010-05-17Although the analysis of the social economy remains challenging due to definition and measurement issues, over the last few years there has been a major effort to understand its formal components. Recent estimates suggest that the non-profit and voluntary sector contribute to between 2.4% to 6.8% of Canada’s GDP, depending on the definition used (Statistics Canada, 2008a). This paper focuses on registered charities, which are one of the main types of formal organizations within the domain of the social economy. We present a profile of registered charities across the rural to urban gradient and highlight the potential use of administrative taxfiler data for further community level analysis. Our analysis is based on data from the Canada Revenue Agency, which are processed with Statistics Canada’s Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF+). This classifies each registered charity to standard census geographies, in our case census subdivisions. The results are presented here by degree of rurality of the community, using the rural and small town definition of rural. Hence, our definition of rural/urban charities is based on the location of the charities and not necessarily on the geographic scope of their activities. The results confirm some common perceptions about rural organizations involved in the social economy; but they also reveal specific peculiarities of rural charities. In addition, the results show the existing degree of diversity within rural regions, even regarding the characteristics of registered charities. The profile of rural charities in closer proximity to urban centres (i.e., strong metropolitan influenced zones) appears consistent with an image of affluence, typical of this rural space, in which charitable organizations have a less prominent role but nonetheless seem to receive more resources from the local community. In contrast, rural charities in more remote areas (i.e., moderate and weak metropolitan influenced zones) present a different profile from both urban and relatively more “affluent” rural areas. Not surprisingly, rural charities as a whole tend to be smaller than their urban counterparts by any economic and financial measure; for instance, they typically have a smaller number of paid employees, smaller board of directors, and more volunteer directors. The number of registered charities per inhabitant increases when moving from urban to rural areas, while the economic and financial size of the charity decreases along the same scale. Several other indicators suggest that rural charities tend to have stronger ties with their local communities in terms of program delivery. Rural charities had a slightly stronger focus on local activities relative to urban charities, although they are also slightly more likely to be governed centrally (as opposed to locally) than urban ones. Similarly, the types of fundraising activities appear also to emphasize the community ties. With respect to the focal activity of the charity, although charities established to advance religion are the most common type in both rural and urban areas, the prevalence of charities established to advance religion is particularly high in rural communities where they represent approximately half of all charities. Moreover, of all the tax receipted gifts made to rural charities, 78.1% of those gifts were received by rural religious charities. The prevalence of funding from any level of government is similar in the budget of rural and urban charities, although the distribution of government funding tends to be concentrated in urban areas. In both rural and urban areas, charities involved in education and health care dominate both in terms of total revenue and total revenue from government sources.
Population Change Across Canadian Communities: The Role of Sector Restructuring, Agglomeration, DiveSubmitted by: Alasia, Alessandro on 2010-03-08Alasia, Alessandro. (2101) “Population Change Across Canadian Communities: The Role of Sector Restructuring, Agglomeration, Diversification and Human Capital.” Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin Vol. 8, No. 4 (Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 21-006-XIE). (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=21-006-X&CHROPG=1&lang=eng) Alasia, Alessandro. (2010) « Variation de la population dans les collectivités canadiennes, 1981 à 2006 Le rôle de la restructuration sectorielle, des agglomérations, de la diversification et du capital humain » Bulletin d’analyse: Régions rurales et petites villes du Canada vol. 8, no 4 (Ottawa: Statistique Canada, No 21-006-XIF au catalogue) (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=21-006-X&CHROPG=1&lang=fra)
Sustainability: Human populations in remote areas.Submitted by: on 2010-01-20Please see the call for abstracts below, for a special issue of Sustainability: Human populations in remote areas. Abstracts are required by Friday 29th January 2010, and full papers are due by the end of April 2010. The editors are looking for global coverage. Publication will be by July (online) – Please send your abstracts (and address any queries) to Dean Carson: dean.carson@cdu.edu.au Please also feel free to forward this email through your own networks.
Rural business enterprises in Canada / Les entreprises commerciales rurales du CanadaSubmitted by: Ray Bollman on 2010-01-06Published today / Publiée au’jourdhui, le français suit Rothwell, Neil. (2010) “Standing firm: Rural business enterprises in Canada.” Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin Vol. 8, No. 3 (Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 21-006-XIE) (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=21-006-X&CHROPG=1&lang=eng). Rothwell, Neil. (2010) « Les entreprises commerciales rurales du Canada. » Bulletin d’analyse: Régions rurales et petites villes du Canada vol. 8, no 3 (Ottawa: Statistique Canada, No 21-006-XIF au catalogue) (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=21-006-X&CHROPG=1&lang=fra)
NOTICE TO MEMBERSSubmitted by: IRN on 2009-08-13The IRN Board is calling for nominations for one or more Directors to be elected at the AGM in Udaipur India on Friday 28 August 2009.
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