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270 - 18th Street
Brandon, Manitoba
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Email: communications@brandonu.ca
March 27, 2013 The 2013 Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) annual conference will be held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, 24-27 October 2013. The conference is being co-hosted by the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN), Lakehead University, and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA). Further details on the conference will be provided soon, and can be found at www.crrf.ca/?page_id=2076.
February 21, 2013 BRANDON, MB – New research by Brandon University (BU) offers suggestions on managing the rapid population growth now challenging some Manitoba communities. BU’s Rural Development Institute (RDI), with support from Manitoba Immigration and Multiculturalism and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, examined two regions with recent upward growths: Neepawa and area surged as much as [...]
January 15, 2013 The Brandon University Community Outreach Service welcomes applications for collaborative projects between the University and community organizations. The Winter 2013 deadline for project proposals is Friday, February 22, 2013. See http://outreach.brandonu.ca/whatsnew.asp for more information or to apply.
January 14, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Brandon University (BU) is partnering with other major Canadian Universities in a national research project on immigration. The seven year study will offer service providers and policy-makers new insight into attracting, settling and integrating newcomers, especially into small and mid-sized communities. The Director of BU’s Rural Development Institute (RDI), Dr. Bill Ashton, [...]
January 7, 2013 Hold the date… May 9 & 10, 2013 – Ottawa, ON 3rd Rural Research Workshop Rural Labour Markets & Rural Livelihoods: A Focus on Resource Value-Chains The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) will hold it’s 3rd Rural Research Workshop in Ottawa on May 9 & 10, 2013. More information to come soon.
December 5, 2012 Honourable Ron Kostyshyn, Minister Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) was on hand at the Manitoba Ranchers’ Forum on November 27, 2012 at the Victoria Inn to officially launch a new shelterbelt website. Rural Development Institute (RDI) at Brandon University in partnership with the Upper Assiniboine River Conservation District (UARCD) has initiated a new [...]
December 4, 2012 RDI Director, Bill Ashton, representing Brandon University will participate in the Manitoba Planning Excellence Awards initiative as a jury representative for the 2013 Awards. The Manitoba Planning Excellence Awards acknowledge individuals, organizations, companies and Manitoba municipalities and planning districts in their efforts to enhance communities through innovative and high quality planning initiatives. The Awards promote [...]
November 29, 2012 Manitoba’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Ron Kostyshyn presented a cheque to Dr. Dean Care, VP of Academic and Provost, Brandon University for $100,000 at Ranchers Forum on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. This is the second installment under the five-year applied research funding agreement. The Minister noted that Rural Development Institute (RDI) continues [...]
November 15, 2012 Manitoba CED Network is a branch of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network that believes in communities directing their economic and social development future in a sustainable manner. Their main objective is to strengthen communities by bringing people together to build and create opportunities for growth. CED annual gathering is an annual event which draws [...]
Newsman Lloyd Robertson Receives BU Degree
April 25, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Canada’s preeminent television journalist Lloyd Robertson will be given an honourary Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), during Convocation at Brandon University on May 31st, 2013. Robertson is one of the most trusted faces in TV news, spending 35 years as Chief Anchor and Senior Editor of the country’s most-watched national newscast, CTV [...]