In a recent study completed by Professor Doug Gross with the UAlberta Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, he and his co-authors found that "there are issues faced by rural workers that aren't faced by urban workers, and 

   they  are  at risk of not recovering as quickly" as stated in 

   the  November issue of  folio .  The full study was 

   published  in  the International Journal of Occupational 

   Medicine &  Environmental Health.  For the full article:

In this webinar, you will hear about how three social enterprise organizations are empowering and creating

    opportunities for adults across Canada, through a rural,

    regional, and urban approach. 

  

   The Canadian Community Economic Development               Network (CCEDNet) is a national member-led                       organization committed to strengthening Canadian               communities by creating economic opportunities that             enhance social and environmental conditions.  

   The  Learning Exchange is a community resource for adult     support, individualized learning, skill development, and         access to employment in Saint John, New Brunswick.           Empowering adults to achieve their education and                 employment goals through responsive programming and       training supported by our social enterprises. 

  Co-operatives First is a business development                      organization focused on increasing awareness and                understanding of the co-op business model in rural and        Indigenous communities across western Canada. Their        goal is to help groups build new businesses and support      community development.

This recently released, open access book emerges  from the research  network, Intersections of Sustainability, focused on the relationship between water and climate change. Intersections of Sustainability is a team that explores water governance, climate change, resource development and their implications for rural and Indigenous communities. 

The aim of the network is to bring a whole-system approach to developing critical, solutions-driven research in partnership with government agencies, academic partners, civic organizations, policy makers, industry actors and non-government organizations. 

The eight essays that comprise this collection provide a survey of contemporary work on socio-ecological resilience in Canada, representing a number of diverse fields, including business, law, and watershed science. 

The aim of this collection is twofold. First, it aims to provide a snapshot of significant work on resilience in Canada. Second, it aims through this snapshot to foster the development of productive dissonances and resonances in each contribution's engagement with resilience.

Please click the link below to open a digital copy. 

 

The opioid crisis impacts hundreds of thousands of lives across North America and rural areas are increasingly at risk. To investigate the impacts of opioids in rural contexts, we're presenting a special two-episode edition of Rural Routes, featuring stories from both individuals

and institutions with experience on the frontlines of the         rural opioid crisis. 

These difficult and sometimes inspiring stories address important questions about the fight against opioid addiction; are rural communities disproportionately affected? How are individuals and institutions working, or not working, to help communities heal? Is enough being done? In this we hear stories of  personal challenge and determination from Stephen Miller, a recovering user and vivid storyteller, and Susan Boone and Brian Reese, whose personal experiences led them to organize a community-based harm reduction program on a small island off the coast of Newfoundland.