Communications Office
Room 17, Clark Hall
270 - 18th Street
Brandon, Manitoba
R7A 6A9
Phone: (204) 727-9762
Email: communications@brandonu.ca
October 17, 2012 At the CRRF/FCRR Annual General Meeting in Olds, Alberta a new board was elected for 2012-2013. Three new board members were elected to two year terms: Heather Hall (Newfoundland and Labrador), Terri MacDonald (British Columbia), and Sean Markey (British Columbia). These new board members join Bill Ashton (Manitoba), Robert Annis (British Columbia), Matthew Brett (Québec), [...]
October 12, 2012
October 9, 2012 Community Economies: Enough, For All, Forever Friday, October 19, 2012 Churchill High School (510 Hay Street) Winnipeg, MB Come out and connect, learn, and celebrate together with our diverse planning team, amazing volunteers and sponsors, and over 500 participants committed to making a better world through community development and community economic development. For more information [...]
September 25, 2012
September 17, 2012 Brandon University Community Outreach Service is accepting proposals for new collaborative projects. Organizations, individuals and faculty members are encouraged to submit a research proposal. Projects are a partnership between the university, community groups and organizations including businesses. Projects can be initiated by students, individuals or organizations and involve the expertise of faculty. The aim is [...]
September 13, 2012
September 12, 2012 Make Poverty History Manitoba (MPHM) is urging the Province of Manitoba to increase the Rental Allowance received by Manitobans who rely on Employment and Income Assistance (EIA). EIA recipients are provided with a rental allowance that has increased marginally since 1992 when compared to market rents which have gone up by approximately 60-70% during the [...]
August 15, 2012 TomorrowNow – Manitoba’s Green Plan is the government’s eight-year strategic plan for protecting the environment while ensuring a prosperous and environmentally conscious economy. The plan sets out actions around the following five priorities. Good for Our Economy – Good For Our Environment Changing Our Ways For A Changing Climate Safeguarding our Water, Air and Land Nurturing Our [...]
August 2, 2012 Bill Ashton, RDI Director, has been appointed Adjunct Professor in the Department of City Planning, Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba. The term runs September 2012 to December 2015.
Congratulations Master of Rural Development Student ~ Ian Shanghvi
October 17, 2012 Congrats to Ian Shanghvi, Master of Rural Development student, who presented his Thesis “Operative Environment of Micro-Finance: A Call for a Holistic Research Approach, The case of Rural and Urban Tanzania” on October 16th.