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Manufacturing Employment in Resource Value Chains: a Rural-urban Comparison from 2001 to 2008

Manufacturing Employment in Resource Value Chains Published today Beshiri, Roland. (2010) “Manufacturing Employment in Resource Value Chains: a Rural-urban Comparison from 2001 to 2008.” Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin Vol. 8, No. 5 (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

Beyond Periphery – a symposium

Program, venue and registration details can be found on the Beyond Periphery website http://www.cdu.edu.au/beyondperiphery2010

Nicola Swan is new IRN Chair

A Rural Canada Meeting of Minds

A Rural Canada"Meeting of Minds" CRRF, NRE & NRRN - a rural hat trick! October 26-28, 2006 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Call for proposals! As day one of the three day "Meeting of Minds" event, the National Rural Research Network (NRRN) invites proposals for posters at its second annual conference, “Creating Rural Opportunities Through Research”

Brandon University launches online Journal of Rural and Community Development

BRANDON, MB - Today, Brandon University's Rural Development Institute launched the online, open access Journal of Rural and Community Development (JRCD) with a ribbon cutting ceremony on the BU campus. The launch also featured a presentation from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Scott Smith of a cheque for $100,000 to BU's Rural Development Institute in support of rural development activities. Scott Smith, Manitoba Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Trade and MLA for Brandon West, presented the cheque.

The Arkleton Trust Fellowships

The Arkleton Trust seeks applications for fellowships to be made from the Bernard Conyers and the Arkleton Trust Funds. The purpose of the fellowships is to provide younger and mid-career professionals working as rural development practitioners with the opportunity to widen their experience of the preparation of rural communities for climate change and post-Kyoto measures to mitigate carbon emissions. Further, to expose fellows to different ways of tackling issues and different cultural and political contexts. The trustees and other advisors will be available to provide a support network if required.

Master's programme in European Rural Development

A new distance learning programme, launched by the University of Gloucestershire (England), offers you the chance to study European Rural Development from your workplace or home anywhere in Europe, either on a part-time or full-time basis. The course is aimed at professionals in rural development, or those who want to build on a first degree to develop a career in this field. Tutorial support is available. There will be an induction event and a summer school, to enable students to share ideas and experiences with other students and with teaching staff. For information, please contact Professor Bill Slee, E-mail : bslee@glos.ac.uk, or visit website http://www.glos.ac.uk/subjectsandcourses/postgraduatetaught/erd/index.cfm

On-Line Auction

On-Line Auction Starts Wed 11 June The International Rural Network (IRN) 'joins up' rural community groups and development practitioners with peers from around the world with the aim of encouraging members to learn from each other on an equal basis. We also aim to raise the profile of rural issues at local, national, regional and international levels. The main vehicle for this activity is an international forum in a rural region of a different country every 3 – 4 years. The next international forum is in Rajasthan, India, in 2009. We want to be able to provide the opportunity for representatives of Highland community groups to attend this forum and benefit from interaction with people like themselves and so IRN and the Highland Indian Association are currently fundraising to establish a bursary fund to support this and related activity. Our latest fundraising effort is an On-line Auction with items including: A washing machine Two sailing weekends in Norway Gift vouchers from Morrisons, John Lewis, the Co-op and Caley Marina Two tickets to a Ross County match next season Vouchers for Landmark, Inverness Aquadome and Hermanas Hair and Beauty A variety of handcrafted Indian products ........ and much more Bidding starts at 09:00 on Wednesday 11 June and closes at 12:00 midday on Monday 23 June. Please visit our webpage _www.inverness.uhi.ac.uk/irnauction_ (http://www.inverness.uhi.ac.uk/irnauction) and follow the instructions to make a bid.

Society for the provision of education in rural australia

Next year's SPERA Conference, in collaboration with RREAC (Rural and Remote Education Advisory Council) and SIDE (Schools of Isolated and Distance Education), will be held at the end of August (29-31) at Leederville, Perth, Western Australia. Please keep this in mind in planning your 2007 activities.