Rural Development Institute
The Rural Development Institute is located on the lower level of McMaster Hall.
Rural Development Institute and the Department of Rural Development located on the lower level of McMaster Hall.
Hon. Ron Kostyshyn, MAFRI Minister and Bill Ashton, RDI Director officially launch new shelterbelt website http://prairieshelterbelts.ca/
RDI receives Honourable Mention at 2011 Manitoba Excellence in Sustainability Awards. Photo courtesy of Tracey Goncalves.
Rural Development Institute News
- BU’s Rural Development Institute helping to attract soybean processing facility to Westman
- July 19, 2018
- Three winners in Rural by Design art contest
- June 27, 2018
- Brandon University celebrates success as graduates receive degrees at Convocation
- June 1, 2018
- Rural Development Institute reports on dynamics of rural and northern Manitoba to Manitoba Electoral Divisions and Boundaries Commission
- April 19, 2018
Project Updates
- Research Connection - Canadian Prairies and the case of shelterbelts
- Dynamics of Rural & Northern Manitoba
- Research Connection - Commercializing Food Development Innovation in Manitoba
- Exploring risk adversity in business culture in southwest Manitoba
- RDI Research Activities Update - Fall 2017
- What is Comparative Rural Policy?
- List of Databases
- Comparative Research
- Workforce Attraction as a Dimension of Regional Competitiveness
- Profiling Competitive Rural Regions in Canada
- RDI Comparative Research - 2017
- FCM 2017 - Rural Town Hall Attracts National Audience
- Canadian University Based Rural Research Centres - 2017
- Supporting Innovation for Businesses in South West Manitoba
- Supporting Agri-Food Commercialization in Manitoba
- New Working Paper Series on Rural Regions
- RDI Research Activities Update - Fall 2016
- A Call to Digital Action in Rural Manitoba - Research Brief: State of Rural Information and Communication Technologies in Manitoba
- Rural Innovation In Manitoba: Reducing Barriers to Commercialization and Growing Capacity in the Agri-Food Sector
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Upcoming Events
Bringing the University to Rural Ontario: Brokering Campus & Community Engagement in Haliburton
Wednesday August 29th, 2018
Putting Rural on the Agenda: The Prominence and Priority of Rural Issues and Opportunities in Policy Making
Wednesday September 12th, 2018
RDI Blog
An Innovative Technology for Early Detection of Foliar Soybean Diseases in Manitoba Soybean
By Gustavo Díaz Cruz and Bryan Cassone
August 2, 2018
Engage businesses to retain newcomers
By Bill Ashton
March 23, 2018
Taking advantage of the Canada-European Union trade agreement
by Ariel Bryant
March 19, 2018
Building a climate resilient Canada
By Mikaël Akimowicz
March 27, 2018
Being digitally savvy in a digital world
By Wayne Kelly
February 26, 2018
Taking advantage of aging in rural communities
By Mikaël Akimowicz
February 10, 2018
How can rural Canada ride the next digital wave?
By Wayne Kelly
January 30, 2018