ICRPS 2020 Summer Institute | Brandon, MB, Canada | Jun 18-Jul 01
"Futures of Rural"
The seventeenth International Comparative Rural Policy Studies (ICRPS) Summer Institute will take place in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, from June 18 to July 01, 2020. The institute will be hosted by the Rural Development Institute at Brandon University and the Brandon University Faculty of Arts. The institute will convene for fourteen days and will involve approximately Read More ...
Futures of Rural – looking ahead to 2040 Brandon University will host ICRPS in the summer of 2020. In a rapidly changing world, rural communities are faced with an increasing number of challenges and opportunities. Rural researchers, students and practitioners are working in a rural reality that regularly includes digital change, demographic change, agricultural change, Read More ...
Host The 2020 ICRPS summer institute will be held at the Brandon University, Manitoba ( 270 – 18th Street). Brandon University is a co-educational, non-denominational, government-supported institution within the Province of Manitoba. Its institutional values include personalized education, excellence in teaching and research, creativity and innovation, and community engagement and partnerships. Brandon University embraces cultural Read More ...
For more information, please contact the 2020 Summer Institute organizers: Brandon University William Ashton Wayne Kelly
Innovation • People • Action The year 2020 is a great time to look ahead and explore what change might look like in the year 2040. Future of Planning Rural Regions – How do we plan for the future of rural? Is it interconnected with urban counterparts, while at times frustrated by urban-centred thinking and policy? Read More ...
As we plan for ICRPS2020 and the Imagining Rural Futures Conference, we recognize and Brandon University continues to monitor the spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). As event planners within Brandon University, we will follow their lead on any impact the Corona Virus may have on our events. We ask that you keep this information in mind as you are making plans to attend.
For more information about COVID-19:
Call Health Links–Info Santé in Winnipeg at 204-788-8200; toll free elsewhere in Manitoba 1-888-315-9257;
Manitoba’s coronavirus website: www.manitoba.ca/health/coronavirus/index.html
Canada’s coronavirus website: www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/ diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html
We will also update this information as we receive new details from Brandon University or Health Canada.