Why are so many NLers working two (or three) jobs? What can we expect from the growing precarity of local and international job markets?

Join us for a Yaffle Connects session with Memorial's Dr. Gordon Cooke as he explores examples, key causes, and effects of the gig economy--and the potential for public policy responses.

Deadline: March 20th, 2020 at 4:00pm NST

This scholarship was established by the Harris Centre, Newfoundland and Labrador Regional Economic Development Association, and Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador in recognition of David Curran, a passionate advocate and tireless champion of rural Newfoundland.

The award recognizes one Memorial University undergraduate student who embodies that same spirit of community development innovation.

See our website for eligibility and requirements.

As a relatively small place, with relatively few people, data that paints an accurate picture of Newfoundland and Labrador is often hard to come by.

But finding that data – and interpreting its meaning and putting it in the hands of the right people – is exactly what the Harris Centre’s Regional Analytics Lab (RAnLab) is designed to do.

Read the full Gazette story here!

Submitted to the Commission of Inquiry

Respecting the Muskrat Falls Project

by Michael Clair, MBA, on behalf of the Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development

Memorial University of Newfoundland

The ELK award is granted once a year to a student at Memorial University from any community in Bonne Bay, the Great Northern Peninsula, Change Islands, or Fogo Island. It is endowed by Dr. Pam Hall from the royalties of her book, Towards an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge: Excerpts from Chapters 1 and 2.

Applicants can be at any stage of their university studies and must submit a 1-2 page essay on the topic of Local Knowledge and its importance in their community.

Amount: $1000

Deadline: 1 April 2020

The Aging Research Centre – Newfoundland and Labrador will hold its first annual general meeting and conference May 7-8. Titled “Building the ARC,” the conference, organized in conjunction with SeniorsNL, aims to continue to build a critical mass of researchers and community members committed to growing aging research in the province. The conference will open on the evening of May 7 with a “plain language” keynote lecture given by Dr. Janice Keefe, director, Nova Scotia Centre on Aging, followed by an opening reception. The following day will consist of research talks, poster presentations and an ARC-NL annual general meeting. For more information visit the conference website .

Have a research idea to share? Need a platform to start collaborating? Want to start a conversation around an important topic? The Harris Centre is launching a new mini-forum for sharing big ideas and building collaborations.

Submit an idea, project or topic you’d like to present, brainstorm or collaborate on.

Call for submissions is now open!