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Webinar: Great Lakes First Nations Fisheries Governance Project

On Thursday June 20th, 2019 from 10:00am-11:00am the Great Lakes First Nations Fisheries Governance project will be hosting an online Webinar to present preliminary findings and foster discussion with our First Nations partners. The research team has been conducting interviews and analyzing the data collected for the past year and have found some interesting results.

2020 International Comparative Rural Policy Summer Institute

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The 17th International Comparative Rural Policy Studies Summer Institute will take place in Brandon, Manitoba from June 19 to July 2, 2020. The institute will convene for fourteen days and will involve approximately 25 graduate students and numerous faculty members from universities around North America and the European Union. Classroom sessions will be supplemented with field trips, group work and student presentations.

2019 International Comparative Rural Policy Studies Summer Institute

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The 16th International Comparative Rural Policy Studies Summer Institute will take place in Rovaniemi, Finland, from June 16 to 29, 2019. The institute will convene for fourteen days and will involve approximately 25 graduate students and numerous faculty members from universities around the world. Classroom sessions will be supplemented with field trips, group work and student presentations. The Summer Institute provides a unique opportunity for students to meet and work together on comparative rural policy issues and make invaluable research and networking contacts.

Agricultural Advisory Committees: Case Studies and Lessons Learned Webinar

Join Dr. Sara Epp, a recent Rural Studies PhD graduate from SEDRD, for a webinar on the structure, mandate, membership and general experiences of Agricultural Advisory Committees. Findings from a recently released report by the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation and the Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance will be highlighted.

MSc Thesis Defence - Erinn Lee

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Rural Planning and Development M.Sc. Thesis Defense by Erinn Lee "From Policy to Implementation:  Expanding the Agricultural Phosphorus Management Toolkit in the Lake Erie Basin" Examination Committee: Sheri Longboat, Advisor, SEDRD Hugh Simpson, Advisory Committee Member, OMAFRA Leith Deacon, Graduate Faculty, SEDRD Dave Guyadeen, Chair of Examination, SEDRD All are welcome to attend.

MSc Thesis Defense: Alexander (Sacha) Smart

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Capacity Development & Extension M.Sc. Thesis Defense by Alexander (Sacha) Smart "The Capacity of Sport to Integrate Newcomers into Canadian Communities" Examination Committee: Al Lauzon, Advisor, SEDRD Kyle Rich, Advisory Committee, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University Wayne Caldwell, Graduate Faculty, SEDRD Ryan Gibson, Exam Chair ,SEDRD All are welcome to attend.

Polycentric Governance in Climate Change Policies Webinar

The Rural Policy Learning Commons is hosting a free webinar titled, “Polycentric Governance in Climate Change Policies". The webinar will feature Lissel Hernandez-Gongora, a candidate in the Rural Studies PhD program at the University of Guelph. A brief description of the webinar is listed below:

PhD Qualifying Exam - Tracey Harvey

School of Environmental Design and Rural Development - Ph.D. in Rural Studies QUALIFYING EXAM SEMINAR by Tracey Harvey "Transitioning Economies and Policy Stakeholder Participation as a Theoretical Basis for Understanding Transitions to the New Rural Cannabis Economy:  The Case of Kootenay Region of British Columbia"

UofG Landscape Architecture Alumni Association Pub Night

The Landscape Architecture Alumni Association (LAAA) will be having an alumni pub night on Monday, May 6th at 8:00 pm for any UofG alumni who are attending the 2019 CSLA Congress in Vancouver.  This event is sponsored by Crystal Foundations and Soucy Aquatik. For more information please contact Virginia Burt, LAAA President.

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