{"id":9129,"date":"2024-02-15T12:19:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/?page_id=9129"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:26:42","slug":"designing-capacity-building-pathways-for-rural-community-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/projects\/designing-capacity-building-pathways-for-rural-community-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Capacity Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rural communities have an interest in becoming thriving places to live and enjoy with amenities for all, attracting newcomers and retaining youth and offering productive employment and access to quality education programming and healthcare. Rural community leaders and organizations play a significant role in realizing these goals through development projects, yet many experience challenges in doing so. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">This project seeks to address these situations by designing a series of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> capacity building<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> pathways that would enhance rural community development.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2024\/02\/Capacity-Building-Project-Overview.pdf\">Rural Capacity Building Project Overview<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2025\/04\/Capacity-Building-Project-Log-Report-1.pdf\">Project Log Report<\/a> for more project information!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet the Research Team:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research Associate and Recognizing Prior Learning Coordinator: Dr. Gary McNeely<\/li>\n<li>Director of RDI and Researcher: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2024\/11\/Issue-12-November-2024-Wayne-Kelly.pdf\">Dr. Wayne Kelly<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Project Video Updates:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gob_LASslPY&amp;t=4s\">Rural Research in Action: Capacity Building (Part 1)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Publications &amp; Knowledge Briefs:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Gary McNeely and Dr. Wayne Kelly (2024) <a href=\"https:\/\/plaio.org\/index.php\/home\/article\/view\/260\">Recognizing Prior Learning (RPL) in the Context of Rural Community Development in Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Presentations: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/publication\/9607\/\">Recognizing Workforce Learning in the Context of Rural Community Economic Development<\/a><\/li>\n<li>March 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/publication\/community-capacity-building-in-rural-canada-2\/\">Community Capacity Building in Rural Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<li>December 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2025\/02\/Community-Capacity-Building-in-Rural-Canada.pdf\">Capacity Building in Rural Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2024\/05\/Recognizing-Prior-Learning-in-the-context-of-Rural-Community-Development.pdf\">Recognizing Prior Learning in the Context of Rural Community Development <\/a><\/li>\n<li>June 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2023\/07\/Recognizing-Prior-Learning-RPL-is-a-capacity-building-tool-for-organizations-and-communities-1.pdf\">Recognizing Prior Learning (RPL) is a Capacity Building Tool for Organizations and Communities<\/a><\/li>\n<li>June 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2023\/07\/Building-skills-for-the-future-through-experiential-rural-partnerships-Results-from-the-RPLC-projects-capacity-building-evaluation-1.pdf\">Building Skills for the Future through Experiential Rural Partnerships: Results from the RPLC Project&#8217;s Capacity Building Evaluation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blog Content:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 30, 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginingruralfutures.org\/reflections-on-the-5th-vpl-biennale-in-kilkenny-ireland\/\">Reflections on the 5th VPL Biennale in Kilkenny, Ireland<\/a><\/li>\n<li>December 5, 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginingruralfutures.org\/integrating-prior-learning-assessment-principles-and-practices-in-a-new-rural-capacity-building-framework-2\/\">Integrating Prior Learning Assessment Principles and Practices in a New Rural Capacity Building Framework<\/a><\/li>\n<li>June 28, 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginingruralfutures.org\/report-on-the-31st-rpl-conference-presented-jointly-by-the-indigenous-rpl-collective-and-loyalist-college-in-belleville-ontario\/?preview=true\">Report on the 31st RPL Conference Presented Jointly by the Indigenous RPL Collective and Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario <\/a><\/li>\n<li>July 10, 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginingruralfutures.org\/moving-in-moving-on-and-moving-up-living-well-in-rural-canada-crrf-2023\/\">Moving in, Moving on, and Moving up: Living well in Rural Canada &#8211; CRRF 2023<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rural communities have an interest in becoming thriving places to live and enjoy with amenities for all, attracting newcomers and retaining youth and offering productive employment and access to quality education programming and healthcare. 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