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Check out this new article published in the Journal of Organizational Change Management by Kristof Van Assche et al. The paper investigates the potential, both analytically and practically, of understanding research methods as bridging devices. Methods can bridge theory and empirics, but it is argued that they can perform several bridging functions: between theory and praxis, between analysis and strategy and between past and future. The focus is on those forms of bridging relevant for understanding and effectuating change in governance, at community level and at the scale of organizations.
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This year we celebrate ten years of rural research, collaboration, education and outreach. Check out what the ACSRC has been up to over the last 10 years in our "Celebrating Ten Years of Rural Engagement" report.
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February 5, 2020
Augustana Campus, UAlberta
Camrose, AB
Recent amendments to the Municipal Government Act have empowered, and indeed require, Alberta's municipalities to enhance their environmental protection activities. Learn how to foster resilient and biologically diverse landscapes in this new, 6-hour workshop at the University of Alberta - Augustana Campus in Camrose.
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April 8, 2020
Augustana Campus, UAlberta
Camrose, AB
Priority Based Budgeting is a unique approach being used by local governments across the country to match available resources with community priorities, make better informed decisions, and meaningfully engage citizens in the budgeting process. Learn how in this one-day, open enrollment seminar at the U of A - Augustana Campus in Camrose
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February 6, 2020
Edmonton, AB
Get insights from the industry's best, and network with other professional and students in planning related industries.
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February 10 - 11, 2020
Vancouver, BC
Get the inspiration and practical support you need to thrive in today's complex NFP environment.
Through a series of talks and interactive sessions, you'll develop actionable insights that tie mission to growth and boost performance outcomes. Plus, explore the latest issues in policy, compliance, disruptive tech and more from Canada's top not-for-profit experts.
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April 29 - May 1, 2020
Brandon, MB
Mental Health on the Prairies: Social Justice, Vulnerability, and Resilience, aims to dig deeper and open the conversation surrounding the factors that impact an individual's mental health and the community's collective mental health.
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May 26 - 28, 2020
Banff, Alberta
Mental Health on the Prairies: Social Justice, Vulnerability, and Resilience, aims to dig deeper and open the conversation surrounding the factors that impact an individual's mental health and the community's collective mental health.
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As natural disasters occur more frequently, the need for researchers to respond becomes increasingly vital to understanding population needs, the ability to deliver services and the immediate and long-term effects of disasters on the health of residents, communities and first responders.
Lessons learned from the 2016 wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta was the focus of a two-day knowledge exchange forum organized and hosted by Stephanie Montesanti, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health. Montesanti was joined by six other researchers who investigated the effects of the disaster that impacted more than 90,000 people. The researchers were funded by a joint initiative between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Alberta Health
, Alberta Innovates and Red Cross.
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This report examines the important contribution that municipalities can make to biodiversity conservation in Alberta where amendments to the Municipal Government Act empower, and indeed require, Alberta's municipalities to enhance their environmental protection efforts. An examination of these changes, assessed using the principles of subsidiarity, environmental governance, and biocultural diversity, reveals that municipalities, both large and small, urban and rural, can innovate with novel legal initiatives to improve their biodiversity-related conservation actions.
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This volume represents the result of almost two decades of trans-Atlantic collaborative development of a policy research paradigm, the International Comparative Rural Policy Studies program. Over this period dozens of scientists from different disciplines but with a common interest in rural issues and policy have collaboratively studied the policies in North America, Europe, and other parts of the world.
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A list of 6 small-town holiday celebrations. We don't want to brag but Kingman, Alberta's lutefisk supper is the first one listed.
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For upcoming events, conferences and workshops visit the
events calendar on the ACSRC website. This calendar holds events offered by the ACSRC and other organizations with a common goal of sustainable rural communities.
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Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities
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