\nPrincipal Investigator and Professor (Research) at Memorial University
\n<\/em>Dr. Vodden is a Professor (Research) at the Environmental Policy Institute at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University. She also serves as a Research Associate and advisor to Municipalities of Newfoundland and Labrador and has served as a board member with th
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e Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation. Kelly’s research and publication relate to sustainable community and regional development, with a focus on rural, coastal, often natural resource-dependent communities. Kelly also serves as the Associate Vice-President of Research and Graduate Studies for Memorial University’s Grenfell Campus in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.<\/p>\nBill Reimer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Co-investigator and Professor at Concordia University David Douglas<\/a><\/strong> Sean Markey <\/p>\n These graduate student research assistants and post-doctoral fellows contributed to the Canadian Regional Development. They have since continued on to careers in academia and various other professional roles. The bios below reflect their involvement circa 2015, with updates on their current career paths.<\/em><\/p>\n Heather Hall<\/strong><\/a> *Heather now works as an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sarah-Patricia Breen<\/a> *Sarah has now finished her PhD and works for the Government of British Columbia.<\/p>\n Matthew Brett Matthew Brett is a graduate student in the Political Science Department at Concordia University. His research interests include critical political economy, monetary theory and international political economy. Matthew’s thesis research examines the uneven geographic implications of Canadian monetary policy between 1975 and 1995.<\/p>\n Jen Daniels<\/a> Jen Daniels is a graduate student in the Department of Geography at Memorial University. In her MA research, Jen will investigate the connections between identity, territory and place-based development in Aboriginal communities in central Newfoundland. During her undergraduate degree at Memorial, she has been involved in a number of \u00a0projects related to rural planning, regional socio-economic development and natural resource governance. She has a keen interest in community-based research.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ryan Gibson *Ryan has now completed\u00a0his PhD and works as an Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph.<\/p>\n Luc Bisson Ken Carter Ken joins the research initiative with a wealth of experiences from the perspectives of economic development practice, government policy, and research. Ken’s research interests include regional innovations, business development, and regional development.\u00a0Ken is based in Corner Brook, Newfoundland as the Director of Research and Engagement at Memorial University’s Grenfell Campus.<\/p>\n Craig<\/strong>\u00a0MacKie<\/strong><\/p>\n Masters Candidate, Concordia University\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Craig MacKie is a Concordia University graduate student currently pursuing research in a number of areas including medical sociology, economic geography, theories of subjectivity and political theology. His research into regionalism has intersected with a long-standing interest in identity theory and resulted in an attempt to develop metrics that would capture the economically salient components of social identity. With his thesis finished next year Craig hopes to teach at one of the local Montreal colleges and continue writing and publishing short fiction.<\/p>\n Sarah Minnes<\/strong> *Sarah is now a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n Kyle White Joshua Barrett<\/strong><\/p>\n Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Memorial University<\/em><\/p>\n Born and raised in Newfoundland, Josh has a strong interest in regional development within rural *Josh is now working for the Rural Policy Learning Commons.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>For over 30 years, Dr. Reimer has conducted research on issues relating to rural Canada, with particular focus on social inclusion and exclusion. His publications deal with the imp![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnregdev.ruralresilience.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bill_Reimer.png\")
act of technology on rural communities, women’s farm and household labour, the economy and the household, Aboriginal communities, the informal economy, social support netwo
\nrks, social capital, social cohesion, and community capacity-building. In addition to directing the NRE Project, he participates as a researcher in several other partner-based research projects.<\/p>\n
\nCo-investigator and Professor Emeritus at University of Guelph
\n<\/em>David Douglas is a Board Member on the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation, an Advisor for a major rural housing research project in Ireland, an Advisor for a large scale pilot project on rural regional collaboration in Western Canada and the North, called the Community Collaboration Project\u00a0 (Brandon University), and a Member of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Government.\u00a0 David is actively involved in a number of research projects and community outreach, and instructs several courses within Rural Planning and Development. David’s current research involves an examination of the relationships between development planning theory and actual practice.\u00a0 Fieldwork for this project, in part supported by a SSHRC grant, has been undertaken in Europe (Ireland) and Newfoundland and Labrador.\u00a0 Other activities include research on regionalism and regional planning policy and practice, and a new book on rural planning and development in Canada.Post Doctoral Fellows<\/p>\n
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<\/em><\/strong>Co-investigator and Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>Sean Markey is an Associate Professor with the Resource and Environmental\u00a0Management Department and an Associate with the Centre for Sustainable\u00a0Community Development and Department of Geography. His research concerns\u00a0issues of local and regional economic development, community sustainability,\u00a0rural development, and sustainable infrastructure. He has published widely\u00a0in academic journals and is the principal author of Investing in Place:\u00a0Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia (UBC Press 2012) and Second\u00a0Growth: Community Economic Development in Rural British Columbia (UBC Press, 2005), and co-editor of The Next Rural Economies: Constructing Rural Place\u00a0in Global Economies (Cabi Press, 2010). Sean continues to work with\u00a0municipalities, non-profit organizations, Aboriginal communities and the\u00a0business community to promote and develop sustainable forms of community\u00a0economic development. He serves as co-Chair on the Board of Directors with\u00a0the Vancity Community Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/h1>\n
Post Doctoral Researchers and Research Assistants<\/h1>\n
\nPostdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geography and Leslie Harris Centre for Regional Policy and Development, Memorial University<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnregdev.ruralresilience.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/heatherhall-cropped_0-125x187.jpg\")
My research interests include: the politics of regional development, regionalism, regional development in resource-based regions, rural revitalization, and planning in slow growth and declining cities. My PhD research was focused on the politics of regional development in Northern Ontario.\u00a0 I also spent time during my PhD as a visiting researcher in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Cardiff University in Wales.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>PhD Candidate, Simon Fraser University<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnregdev.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/sbreen.jpg?w=300\" "\\"SBreen\\"")
<\/a>Sarah-Patricia W. Breen\u00a0is a PhD student at the school of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. Sarah\u2019s current research is focused on the sustainable planning of critical infrastructure in rural Canada. Her work is centred in the Kootenay Region of British Columbia. This research builds upon her MA research on sustainable community development and her experience in environmental consulting, planning critical infrastructure in Alberta. Sarah received her MA from Memorial University and her HBA from Lakehead University.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnregdev.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/brett-profile-picture-11.jpg?w=199\" "\\"Mathew")
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\n<\/strong>Master Candidate, Concordia University<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Master Candidate, Memorial University<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnregdev.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/dsc041701.jpg?w=200\" "\\"DSC04170\\"")
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\n<\/a><\/strong>PhD Candidate, Memorial University
\n<\/em>Originally from rural Manitoba, Ryan Gibson has a deep intrigue and respect for rural communities, rural people, and the events that shape their futures. Over the past ten years Ryan has been engaged in research projects and community development processes![\"\"](\"http:\/\/regionalismburinpen.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/07\/img_0017_2.jpg?w=180&h=101\" "\\"Ryan")
focused on new forms of governance, regional collaboration, cooperatives, rural philanthropy, rural revitalization, and immigration and migration.\u00a0Ryan serves as a board member with the\u00a0Canadian Community Economic Development Network<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation<\/a>. Ryan is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography at Memorial University and holds an appointment as a Research Affiliate with the\u00a0Rural Development Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Researcher, Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Rimouski<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnregdev.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/lucbisson.jpg?w=196\" "\\"LucBisson\\"")
<\/a>Luc Bisson graduated with a doctorate (PhD) in regional development of the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Rimouski in 2010. He also holds a master’s degree (M.A.) in regional development and a Bachelor’s degree in business administration (B.A.A) from the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec en Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue. His main research field focuses on local governance and its effects on the social and economic development, particularly in rural areas. Professionally, he worked in the private sector, but also as a financial advisor in various regional economic development organizations. He has also been lecturer at the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Rimouski in geography where he taught on urban and territorial dynamics, development and protection of resources, production\u2019s sites, technology and trade networks. Today, he is a researcher associated with the Canadian rural development research Chair and\u00a0 collaborates with other Quebec and Canadian researchers teams.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Researcher<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMasters Candidate, University of Guelph<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnregdev.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/sminnes.jpg?w=225\" "\\"SMinnes\\"")
<\/a>Sarah Minnes is a first year graduate student in the Rural Planning and Development Program. In her undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph she studied International Development with a minor in Environmental Studies. In her Masters research she aims to look at environmental policies from a regional perspective. Her other interests include biophysical resources and sustainable development in rural environments and public participation in environmental assessments.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>BA Candidate, Memorial University<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/ruralresilience.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/another-me-pic.bmp\")
Kyle White is a native of rural Newfoundland and since pursuing a Geography\u00a0degree at MUN has developed a strong interest in rural development. Kyle is a\u00a0research assistant for Dr. Kelly Vodden and assists her with various aspects of\u00a0ongoing projects. Following the completion of his undergraduate degree Kyle\u00a0intends to pursue graduate study in economic development and resource\u00a0management.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnregdev.ruralresilience.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/jbarrett-300x300.jpg\")
<\/a>communities and how the two are interconnected. He completed his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts at Memorial University, where he focused his studies in Geography. The purpose of Josh\u2019s Masters research was to study the impacts of employment mobility\u00a0on source communities, with a particular emphasis on the case of nickel processing workers in Long Harbour, NL. While existing literature about commuting impacts on communities has focused on the construction phase of megaprojects, generally a temporary form of employment, more research is needed to understand how commuting affects communities within the operation phase, which provides more permanent employment.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>edenslauren@gmail.com\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/ruralresilience.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/JSkeard-229x300.jpg\" "\\"JSkeard\\"")
Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University<\/em><\/p>\n