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 Co‐constructing action ‐ addressing climate change in rural communities. Presenter(s): Lauren Rethoret, Selkirk College; Sarah Breen, Selkirk College.

Physical Limnology: An Introduction. Presenter(s): Brody Granger, University of British Columbia.

100% Renewable Energy in the West Kootenays. Presenter(s): Matthew Carroll and Fiona Galbraith, West Kootenay EcoSociety.

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Panelists: Jennifer Tedman‐Jones, Mitacs; Amber Hayes, Metallurgical Industrial Development Acceleration and Studies (MIDAS); Erin Handy, Kootenay Association for Science and Technology (KAST); Lukas Bichler, UBC Okanagan; Don Freschi, Fenix Advanced Materials; Rhys Andrews, Selkirk College Collective Presentation Slides.

The Case for Using Green Infrastructure (GI) in a Land Use Planning Framework for Resilient Rural Communities. Presenter(s): Paul Kraehling, University of Guelph.

Accelerate Kootenays: Canada’s first rural EV network. Presenter(s): Megan Lohmann, Community Energy Association.

Collaborative Rural Community Energy Planning: The Health and Economic Benefits of Walking the Talk. Presenter(s): Kerri Wall, Interior Health.

Embracing the Expanse: Smart Specialization and Innovation in Canada’s Non‐Metropolitan Regions. Presenter(s): Michele, Mastroeni, OCAD University.

History of the Learning Communities in Northern and Rural BC (LIRN BC) initiative. Presenter(s): Lorraine Copas and Jason Copas, SPARC BC.

Building the Alberta Community Broadband Toolkit through collaborative design: Process lessons from a community engagement initiative. Presenter(s): Rob McMahon, University of Alberta and Michael McNally, University of Alberta.

Global Perspectives on Programmatic Solutions to Bridging the Digital Divide. Presenter(s): Madison Pearson, University of Alberta; Lars Hallstrom, University of Alberta.

Connecting Rural Communities through Open Data: A Kootenay Case Study. Presenter(s): Ian Parfitt, Selkirk College / Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre.

How is rural going digital? Using community‐based research to understand rural broadband use. Presenter(s): Wayne Kelly, Rural Policy Learning Commons, Brandon University; Meghan Wrathall, Brandon University.

Panelists: Gordon Borgstrom, Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition/BC Rural Centre;
Eden Yesh, Creston & District Community Investment Co‐op. Collective Presentation Slides.

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Build Your Skills for Tomorrow’s Small Businesses. Presenter(s): Adena Brons, University of British Columbia.

How can the workforce of tomorrow help build digital rural communities today? Presenter(s): Wayne Kelly, Rural Policy Learning Commons, Brandon University.

Reactive training for disruptive industry workforce. Presenter(s): Amber Hayes, MIDAS.

New approaches for engaging the public and making sense of their input. Presenter(s): Terry Miller, TMiller & Associates Management Consulting.

Rural Stakeholder Engagement in BC. Presenter(s): Claudia Trudeau, Government of BC – Rural Secretariat, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. No additional material.

Improving Information Services to Remote, Rural and Indigenous Populations in Canada. Presenter(s): Angela Pollak, University of Alberta.

Public Benefit from Public Resources?: Understanding the Changing Conditions for Rural Resource Regions. Presenter(s): Sean Markey, Simon Fraser University; Greg Halseth, University of Northern British Columbia; Laura Ryser, University of Northern British Columbia.

Connecting the Dots: Knowledge Sharing Among Rural Economic Development Actors in Southern Ontario. Presenter(s): Ryan Gibson, University of Guelph; Neil Stoop, University of Guelph.

Restructuring of Rural Governance in a Rapidly Growing Resource Town: The Case of Kitimat, BC, Canada. Presenter(s): Laura Ryser, University of Northern British Columbia; Greg Halseth, University of Northern British Columbia; Sean Markey, Simon Fraser University. Presentation Slides.

Death, Dying and Living Fully in Rural Canada. Presenter(s): Mike Stolte, Kalein Hospice.

Flipping Pancakes: Spiritual Capital as Integral to Rural Church Viability. Presenter(s): Coleen Lynch, St. Stephen’s College, Alberta. 

 Panelists: Nadine Raynolds, Selkirk College; Jill Zacharias, City of Revelstoke; Kerri Wall, Interior Health; Anna Purcell, Nelson City Councillor. Presentation Slides.

Panelists: Sean Markey, Simon Fraser University; Bill Ashton, Brandon University; Bill Reimer, Rural Policy Learning Commons; Elin Gwyn, Rural Policy Learning Commons; Philomena De Lima, University of Highlands and Islands. Presentation Slides.

The Community and Rural Food Security Promotion: Theory and Practice in Newfoundland. Presenter(s): Abdul‐Rahim Abdulai, Grenfell Campus Memorial University.

Growth trajectory and support needs of the food artisan economy: Insights from rural BC. Presenter(s): Nicole Vaugeois, Vancouver Island University; John Predyk, Vancouver Island University.

Agricultural systems planning: Farmland conservation policies in Oregon and Ontario. Presenter(s): Laura Schreiner, University of Guelph; John Devlin, University of Guelph.

Tourism, Place and Identity: Rural Tourism in Iceland and Prince Edward Island ‐ Results of a dialogue. Presenter(s): Laurie Brinklow, University of Prince Edward Island and Guðrún Þóra Gunnarsdóttir, Icelandic Tourism Research Centre.

The “Love Life. Love Work.” Initiative: Featuring the Tourism Industry in the Kootenays as The Best Place to Work In. Presenter(s): Emilie Cayer‐Huard, Kootenay Rockies Tourism.

Imagine Kootenay website ‐ Work, Invest, Live. Presenter(s): Wake Williams, Lower Columbia Community Development Team Society; Terri Van Horn, Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation; Andrea Wilkey, Community Futures. Presentation Slides.

The Power of Teeny Tiny Places: Lessons in Community Economic Development from rural Ontario. Presenter(s): Katie Nolan, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

More Than Movies: The Story and Future of The Civic Theatre in Nelson. Presenter(s): Eleanor Stacey, Civic Theatre. No Online Presentation.

Hybrid knowledges in rural transition. Georgian wine in the post‐ socialist landscape. Presenter(s): Anastasiya Shtaltovna, University of Montreal.

Organizers: Gordon Yusko, University of British Columbia/BC Rural Network; Nicole Vaugeois, Vancouver Island University/BC Rural Network; Danielle Robinson, BC Rural Network. Presentation Slides.

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Panelists: Kelly Vodden, Grenfell Campus Memorial University; Heather Hall, University of Waterloo; Leanna Butters, Grenfell Campus Memorial University; Doug Lionais, Cape Breton University; Sean Markey, Simon Fraser University; Tracy L. Friedel, University of British Columbia; Alison Taylor, University of Alberta.

Organizers: Kathleen Kevany, Dalhousie University; Matteo Vittuari, University of Bologna; Phil Loring, University of Saskatchewan; Terri MacDonald, Selkirk College. Panel Documents.

Democratizing the construction of high efficiency buildings and construction techniques. Presenter(s): Robert Stacey, Cover Architectural Collaborative; Lukas Armstrong, Cover Architectural Collaborative; Joanie Madore, Cover Architectural Collaborative.

Welcoming Communities: The Resettlement and Integration of Syrian Refugees in Rural Canada. Presenters(s): Stacey Haugen, University of Alberta.

The needy rural – does living in a rural area mean that you are in need? Presenter(s): Sally Shortall, Newcastle University; Erin Sherry, Agri‐Food and BioSciences Institute, Belfast.

Sustainable Funding for Rural Watershed Stewardship. Presenter(s): Tara Clapp, Rural Policy Learning Commons / Columbia Basin Watershed Network.

Local Conservation Fund: A Unique Partnership in Canadian Conservation. Presenter(s): Juliet Craig, Kootenay Conservation Program. 

Panelists: Heather Exner‐Pirot, University of Saskatchewan; Ryan Gibson, University of Guelph; Audra Krueger, Co‐operatives Firsts; Sean Willy, Des Nedhe Development. 

Bridging town and country for thriving food systems. Presenter(s): Abra Brynne, Central Kootenay Food Policy Council, Councillor (TBD), Central Kootenay Policy Council.

Agritourism as Rural Development and Farm Diversification: A Southwest Ontario Case Study. Presenter(s): Heather Reid, University of Guelph.

Structural Barriers to the Expansion of Organic Agriculture in Canada. Presenter(s): John Devlin, University of Guelph.

The Strategy Roadmap Tool: A Method for Increasing Rural Youth Engagement and Retention. Presenter(s): Lars Hallstrom, University of Alberta; Nathanael Skagen, University of Alberta .

A Rural Youth Engagement Path Analysis Tool. Presenter(s): Lars Hallstrom, University of Alberta; Carly Heck, University of Alberta; Nathanael Skagen, University of Alberta.

Connecting across generation and space: rural youth mobility in and out of the parental home. Presenter(s): E Dianne Looker, Acadia and Mount Saint Vincent Universities.

Measuring rural well‐being to foster collaboration: a meta‐analysis of sustainability indicator‐based monitoring initiatives in rural and resource‐based regions. Presenter(s): Brennan Lowery, Grenfell Campus Memorial University.

Rural Community Well‐being: Opportunities To Be Harvested. Presenter(s): Kathleen Kevany, Dalhousie University.

Rural Community Survival. Presenter(s): Dalyce Brandt, Owner Sharp Image Consulting.

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Panelists: Kelly Vodden, Grenfell Campus Memorial University; Heather Hall, University of Waterloo; Leanna Butters, Grenfell Campus Memorial University; Doug Lionais, Cape Breton University; Sean Markey, Simon Fraser University.

Precarious employment: What it is and what it means for rural? Presenter(s): Valencia Gaspard, University of Guelph.

Precarious employment in non‐metro Ontario: A statistical overview. Presenter(s): Ray Bollman, Research Associate, Rural Development Institute, Brandon University.

Precarious employment on the ground: Stories from rural Ontario. Presenter(s): Valencia Gaspard, University of Guelph.

Panelists: Matteo Vittuari, University of Bologna; John Devlin, University of Guelph; Ryan Gibson, University of Guelph; Bill Reimer, Rural Policy Learning Commons.

How Co‐operatives are Supporting Sustainable Rural Communities. Presenter(s): Kyle White, Co‐operatives First.

Planning for Resilience: Using Agricultural Cooperatives to Address Food Security and Create Rural Employment. Presenter(s): Zachary Haigh, Vancouver Island University / PIBC.

Harrop‐Procter Community Forest: co‐operative management in a changing climate. Presenter(s): Erik Leslie, Harrop‐Procter Community Forest and BC Community Forest Association.

The Representations of African Farming Labor by Pro‐Biotechnology Studies. Presenter(s): Yassine Dguidegue, University of Missouri.

Reimagining Rural in British Columbia: dialectics of non‐urban landscapes. Presenter(s): Ian Cox, Vancouver Island University.

Designing rurality: Assessing media‐led constructions of rural revitalization. Presenter(s): Heather Mair, University of Waterloo.

Rural Recreation Infrastructure and Municipal Service Delivery: Perceptions, Needs and Sustainability in Rural Manitoba. Presenter(s): Michael Blatherwick, Brandon University.

Managing Rural Sport and Recreation In and For Communities. Presenter(s): Kyle Rich, University of Western Ontario.

• Teledermatology: Connecting Specialists to Rural BC. Presenter(s): Rebecca Afford, University of British Columbia)
• The Outport Cookbook: looking for the ingredients to keep rural communities afloat. Presenter(s): Renee Boileau, Philosophic Pill Productions
• Social Participation as an Opportunity to Promote Rural Health. Presenter(s): Marc-Andre Bonneau, Laval University
• A new relationship? An analysis of jurisdiction through non-treaty agreements in British Columbia. Presenter(s): Jonathan Boron, School of Resource and Environmental Management Simon Fraser University
• Rural Opportunities – Natural Resource Development. Presenter(s): David Greaves, Sarah-Patricia Breen, Terri MacDonald – Rural Policy Learning Commons
• Mapping the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in a Peripheral Region of Newfoundland. Presenter(s): Ken Carter, Grenfell Campus Memorial University; Jacqueline Walsh, Grenfell Campus Memorial University
• Water Insecurity in Canadian Indigenous Communities. Presenter(s): Ayotunde Omosule, Grenfell Campus Memorial University
• Regional Approaches to Drinking Water Management: Implications for rural Newfoundland and Labrador. Presenter(s): Vincent Chireh, Grenfell Campus Memorial University
• A country childhood idyll. Return migration to rural Denmark. Presenter(s): Helle Dalsgaard Pedersen, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Farm Succession Planning in Canada: A Case Study on Haldimand County. Presenter(s): Alison Earls, University of Waterloo
• What Makes Good Provincial Rural Policy? Presenter(s): Ryan Gibson, University of Guelph
• Place-Based Endowments in the Periphery: Changing the Dynamics of Rural Planning. Presenter(s): Ryan Gibson, University of Guelph
• Nature of Co-management in Community-owned Renewable Energy Project: A Comparison between Canada and EU countries. Presenter(s): Mohammad Nazrul Islam, Grenfell Campus Memorial University
• Heddlestone Cohousing: A Beautiful Collision of Sustainability, Psychology, Economics, and Architecture. Presenter(s): Todd Kettner, Heddlestone Village Cohousing; Steven Kaup, Studio9; Andrew Earnshaw, Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice
• Rural Governance Team – Network: Join the Movement! Presenter(s): Sarah Minnes, Rural Policy Learning Commons and Kathleen Kevany, Dalhousie University- Truro Campus
• The Definition of Rural and Its Implications. Presenter(s): Neil Stoop, University of Guelph; Alex Petric, University of Guelph
• Coping with and Responding to Challenges: A Comparative Case Study between Service Providers Supporting Those Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence. Presenter(s): Meghan Wrathall, Brandon University; Rachel Herron, Brandon University