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The Rural Policy Forum is a dynamic and interactive
venue where community, government and academics meet to examine,
discuss and strategize around policies that are deeply affecting
the health and vitality of our rural and coastal communities. Past
Forums have brought together over one hundred participants to
generate excitement and optimism around working together towards
policies for sustainable rural communities.
The issues we are focusing on this year include Water Quality,
Sustainable Energy, Labour Force Development, Food Security, Coastal
Futures, and Men & Women in Rural Communities - What's the
Difference? This year's event promises to increase people's
understanding of the issues that affect rural communities and
build strategies to address these issues.
Keynote speakers include Chuck Fluharty, Rural Policy Research Institute,
Missouri; Belinda Leach, Rural Women Making Change, Guelph, Ontario; and
Christine Gosselin, Rural Development, Government of Québec.
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Rural Policy Forum participants this year stated:
“An excellent forum for ideas and to help push policies forward that are important
to all of us. Great workshops.”
“A great opportunity (1st) to sit with very committed tuned in people from a great
variety of backgrounds and expertise and visions. Thanks for the opportunity, keep
up the great work, we’ll keep connected”
“I just wanted to say thank you for inviting me to the Forum last week. I was totally
blown away by the place, the topics covered and the depth of content, the process used
to deal with such complex issues and above all, the people – Thank You.”
“Thank you for having a policy forum. Its complex topics and you found a creative way
to engage local/regular folks in policy”
“an excellent meeting of minds”
“My first CCN event! I found it to be very encouraging re: harnessing energies needed
for change locally and influencing Policy at federal and provincial levels. Interesting
and varied agenda. Well facilitated too!”
“Very good conference. I enjoyed the time to spend on a issue I feel vital for rural sustainability.”
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Previous participants stated:
“For a government employee, the 2005 Forum was a good place to feel
the pulse of rural Nova Scotia and see what issues were of concern to
the community people attending.”
“This meeting has sparked many ideas for research and analysis.”
“As a community person, I felt welcome and included. I am always
pleased when a meeting ends with an action plan.”
“It was good to have government people to hear feedback.”
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On-site translation will be available for all plenary sessions.
Full translation will be available for one issue stream and whisper translation for the remainder.
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Forum de 2007 sur la politique rurale - Les collectivités optent pour le changement
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Du 28 février au 2 mars
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Tatamagouche (Nouvelle-Écosse)
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Le Forum sur la politique rurale est un lieu dynamique et interactif où les collectivités, le gouvernement et les universitaires se rencontrent pour examiner, décortiquer et établir des stratégies à l'égard des politiques qui ont une incidence profonde sur la santé et la vitalité de nos collectivités rurales et côtières. Les forums antérieurs ont rassemblé plus de cent participants en vue de susciter une exaltation et un optimisme autour d'un travail conjoint pour élaborer des politiques visant des collectivités rurales durables.
Les questions sur lesquelles nous nous penchons cette année comprennent la qualité de l'eau, l'énergie durable, le perfectionnement de la main?d'œuvre, la sécurité alimentaire, l'avenir du littoral et les différences entre les hommes et les femmes dans les collectivités rurales. L'activité de cette année promet d'améliorer la compréhension des personnes sur les questions qui touchent les collectivités rurales et de développer des stratégies pour y répondre.
On compte parmi les principaux orateurs Chuck Fluharty, du Rural Policy Research Institute (Missouri), Belinda Leach, du groupe Rural Women Making Change, Guelph (Ontario) et Christine Gosselin, Direction du développement rural, gouvernement du Québec.
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Voici ce qu'ont déclaré des participants au Forum antérieur sur la politique rurale :
" Pour un fonctionnaire, le Forum de 2005 était l'endroit indiqué pour prendre le pouls des régions rurales de la Nouvelle?Écosse et prendre connaissance des préoccupations des personnes de la collectivité qui participaient."
" En tant que membre de la collectivité, je me suis senti bien accueilli et intégré. Je suis toujours content lorsqu'une réunion débouche sur un plan d'action. "
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Rural Policy Forum 2005
The Second Annual Rural Policy Forum was an initiative of the Rural
Communities Impacting Policy (RCIP) Project that took place on
February 17-19, 2005. The goal of RCIP is to increase the ability
of rural communities and organizations in Nova Scotia to access and
use social science research to influence and develop policy that
contributes to the health and sustainability of rural communities.
This 5-year research project (2001-2006), funded by the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, is led by the
Coastal Communities Network of Nova Scotia and the Atlantic Health
Promotion Research Centre at Dalhousie University.
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Click here to download the full report.
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This event is made possible by:
Office of Economic Development
Rural Secretariat
NS Department of Environment and Labour
Rural Centre, NS Agricultural College
NS Department of Education
NS Office of Acadian Affairs
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CCN - A large voice for Rural Nova Scotia
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