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February 17, 2011
13 Ways to Kill Your Community

Lots of you will have heard of Doug Griffiths (MLA Battle River), who is quite well-known for his highly engaging talk on Thirteen Ways to Kill Your Community. I can’t say I have ever...

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January 3, 2011
Why is Rural Development Usually in the Department of Agriculture?

In Canada, and much of the USA, rural development activity is overseen by Agriculture Ministries.  In this blog, I suggest that Alberta would benefit from a Rural Development Ministry separate from Agriculture and other ministries. ...

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November 17, 2010
University Engagement with Communities – Some of the barriers

As a group, I can think of few professionals more idealistic and altruistic than academics at universities.  Teachers, health care professionals, monks, and a few others are as idealistic and altruistic, but the list is...

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October 7, 2010
Academic Engagement with Communities – The Minnesota Experience

Academic engagement with communities is becoming more important to universities.  They have discovered a need to do community-engaged research.  This is happening in many ways and places.  I went to the 1st International...

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