The Rural Policy Learning Commons [1] is hosting a free webinar titled, "What’s the Evidence on Evidence-Based Policy? Reflections on Knowledge Mobilization in Provincial Rural Policy". The webinar will feature Ashleigh Weeden (PhD Candidate in Rural Studies, SEDRD) and Josh Barrett (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador). A brief description of the webinar is listed below: 

Governments across Canada continue to struggle to develop and implement robust, flexible, and effective rural policies and programs to meet the ever-changing contexts of rural communities. At the same time, both policy makers and knowledge brokers struggle to bridge local knowledge and research evidence into the public policy process in meaningful ways. This webinar will share insights from interviews with public policy makers from across Canada on the challenges and opportunities of knowledge mobilization for evidence-based rural policy.

The upcoming webinar is free to attend, however, registration is requested. Please register for the webinar here [2].  The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development is a member of the Rural Policy Learning Commons.