Dr. Doug Ramsey

Ph.D. (University of Guelph)

Associate Professor
(204) 571-8514
ramsey@brandonu.ca

Research Interests

I am interested in better understanding the condition of communities and how they respond to change. Some of the work I have been involved with in recent years includes:

• agricultural restructuring and diversification
• rural tourism
• rural community condition

Selected Service

• 2012-Present, Faculty Senator, University Senate, Brandon University.
• 2009-Present, Board Member, Keystone Centre, Brandon, Manitoba.
• 2004-Present: Board Member, Travel Manitoba, Manitoba.
• 2004-Present: Founding Editor, Journal of Rural and Community Development.
• 2003-2008: Board Member, Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation, City of Brandon (Chair, 2006-2007).
• 2002-Present: Editor, Canadian Human Landscape Example Series, The Canadian Geographer.
• 2000-Present: Chair, Rural Geography Study Group, Canadian Association of Geographers.

Courses

Fall 2012:

• Rural Canada: An Introduction (88-150)
• Research Methods (88-591)

Winter 2013:

• Rural Resource Development (88-464/38-564)*
• Rural Tourism* (88-563/38-463)

*Cross-listed as an undergraduate course with Geography

Refereed Journal Articles Since 2007

Ramsey, D., V. Soldevila, and L. Viladomiu. 2012. Environmental Regulations in the Hog Farming Sector: A Comparison Between Catalonia, Spain and Manitoba, Canada. Land Use Policy. Forthcoming.

Lemoine, M. and D. Ramsey. 2011. ‘Digital Youth’: ICT Use By Young People in Rural South-western Manitoba. Prairie Perspectives. 14(1): 17-24.

Michalos, A., Ramsey, D., Eberts, D. and P. Kahlke. 2011. Good health is not the same as a good life: Survey results from Brandon, Manitoba. Social Indicators Research. 107(2): 201-234.

Ramsey, D. and A. Moss. 2009. The Use of the Traditional Media in the New Rural Economy. Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien. 29(2): 107-131.

Ramsey, D. and J. Everitt. 2008. If You Dig It, They Will Come!: Archaeology Heritage Sites and Tourism Development in Belize, Central America. Tourism Management. 29: 909-916.

Ramsey, D. and J. Everitt. 2008. ‘You Better Belize It’! The Development of Tourism in Belize, Central America. Tourism Research Journal. 1(1): 1-14.

Tarleton, M. and D. Ramsey. 2008. Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change and Other Forces in Manitoba Agriculture. Journal of Rural and Community Development. 3(2): 47-63.

Ramsey, D. and K. Beesley. 2007. ‘Perimeteritis’ and Rural Health in Manitoba, Canada: Perspectives from Rural Health Care Managers. Rural and Remote Health. 7: 1-11.

Ramsey, D. and J. Everitt. 2007. Route-based Tourism Development and the ‘Turkey Trail’ in Manitoba. Prairie Forum. 31(2): 87-110.

Ramsey, D. and J. Everitt. 2007. Called to the Bar: A Historical Geography of Beverage Rooms in Brandon, 1881-1966. Manitoba History. 56: 12-21.

Reviewed Book Chapters Since 2007

Ramsey, D. and K. Beesley. 2012. Defining Rural, Community and Well-being: Perspectives of Residents and Health Care Managers in Rural Manitoba. In J.C. Kulig and A. Williams (eds.) Rural Health: A Canadian Perspective. UBC Press: Vancouver. 197-215.

Ramsey, D. 2010. Agricultural Restructuring of the Ontario Tobacco-belt in Canada. In Winchell, D., Ramsey, D., Koster, R. and G. Robinson (eds.) Rural Change, Connections and Scale: Agriculture and Environment. Rural Development Institute: Brandon. 484-505.

Ramsey, D. 2010. Agricultural Restructuring of the Ontario Tobacco-belt in Canada. In Winchell, D., Ramsey, D., Koster, R. and G. Robinson (eds.) Rural Change, Connections and Scale: Agriculture and Environment. Eastern Washington University Press. In press.

Ramsey, D. 2009. Rural Restructuring and the New Rural Economy: Examples from Germany and Canada . In Halseth, G., Bruce, D. and S. Markey (eds.) Space to Place: Next Rural Economies. CABI International. 115-127.

Beesley, K. and D. Ramsey. 2009. Agricultural Land Preservation. International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Elsevier Press: Oxford. 65-69.

Ramsey, D., D. Eberts, and J. Everitt. 2007. Revitalizing Small City Downtowns: The Case of Brandon, Canada. In B. Ofori-Amoah (ed.) Beyond the Metropolis: Urban Geography as if Small Cities Mattered, University Press of America. 221-244.

Selected Edited Volumes

Winchell, D., Ramsey, D., Koster, R., and G. Robinson. (eds.) 2010. Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Change. Rural Development Institute, Brandon University.

Ramsey, D. and C. Bryant. (eds.) 2004. The Structure and Dynamics of Rural Territories. Jointly Published Between the Rural Geography Study Group, Canadian Association of Geographers and the Rural Study Group of the International Geographic Union.