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- Comparative Study of Temporary Foreign Worker Programs
- Community Collaboration Project (CCP) 2005-2008
- CRRF/NRRN Annual Conference 2008
- Determinants of Health of Rural Populations and Communities
- CRRF/RDI National Rural Think Tank 2005 – Immigration in Rural Canada: Research & Practice
- CRRF/RDI Annual Conference 2010
- Economic Impact Assessment of Leafy Spurge in MB
- Establishment of the Prairie Region Invasive Noxious Weed Survey and Mapping System
- Health Care Access of Northern Residents
- Increasing Awareness of Control Methods: A Leafy Spurge Demonstration Site
- Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Leafy Spurge
- Joint Co-operative Development Project
- Leafy Spurge Rangeland Control and Management
- Manitoba From the Air: A Geographical Interpretation
- Managing Invasive Species: Leafy Spurge Control
- Manitoba’s Community Collaboration Project 1999-2004
- NRRN Northern Dialogues Session
- On the Ground: Leafy Spurge Surveillance and Management and Towards Establishing an Invasive Plant Council for the Province of MB
- Pathway Prevention of Invasive Species: Increasing Education and Awareness Priority Area: Integrating Pest Management (IPM)
- Revitalization: Fate and Choice
- Rural Immigration: Exploring Demographics and Temporary Foreign Workers in Brandon and Area
- Demonstration and Investigation Into Livestock Systems Adoption
- Student-Lead Legacy Project
- Rural By Design
- Manitoba Food Processing 2012-13
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Rural Development Institute
Brandon University
270-18th Street
Brandon, MB R7A 6A9
Ph: 204-571-8515
Fx: 204-725-0364
rdi@brandonu.ca
Social Media @ RDI
Rural Development Institute is launching online articles titled: Social Media Research. This series examines the use and influence of social media on rural, northern, and remote communities. The articles explore the growing dimensions of social media, their limits/opportunities, and impact on the connectedness and future of today’s rural communities.
Social media can be defined as a wide range of Internet-based and mobile services allowing people to participate in online exchanges, contribute content, or join online communities. These services include blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, social network sites, status update services, virtual world content, and media sharing sites.
Over the past several years, social media have become an increasingly popular means of idea and information sharing, and participation in the world. Network sites have become platforms for interaction among users offering instant, collaborative alternatives to more traditional ways of information sharing and distribution.
The purpose of the series is to provide a venue for insightful articles, that over time map the changing patterns of communication within a context of rural communities, and related challenges and opportunities social media creates for the future of rural Canada.
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