Community Development Research and Knowledge Sharing

I started writing this blog recently to help put my thoughts on paper. Working and researching in community development for the past 10 years has created a lot of insights and ideas as well as raising a lot of questions that need further exploring. This blog is focused on sharing research, ideas and perspectives on community and rural development based on experiences past and present, interests and pressing issues.

Thursday, 11 July 2013

From Beer to Boats and everywhere in between - travelling on free wifi!

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Last month I had the fortune to travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland for work and pleasure. The last time I was in Europe was in 2008 a...
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Sunday, 20 January 2013

The next big resource? Harnessing Digital Youth in rural Canada

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image courtesy of creative commons After a five year hiatus, I have started doing some work again in the area of rural youth, a critic...
Wednesday, 22 August 2012

'The Internet of Elsewhere' works for countries - how about communities?

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After I heard an interview with Cyrus Farivar on CBC radio, I read his book " Internet of Elsewhere " to better understand ho...
Tuesday, 5 June 2012

Want a good return on your money? Try investing in Highspeed Rural Internet

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Photo courtesy of mikeleeorg (flikr) Why invest in rural broadband? What is the benefit of hooking up small rural communities? These...
Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Recipe for Rural Community Development in the New Economy

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The recipe for rural development in the new economy is based on three key ingredients of knowledge, innovation and leadership. Various typ...
Thursday, 1 March 2012

Convergence: bring all our ICT together to create new innovation and opportunities; now lets do the same for urban-rural

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As part of my research manager duties at Brandon University, I was fortunate enough to attend the TRLabs Convergence conference in Winnipeg...
Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Ingredients for e-ready communities

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How do you describe the importance of the Internet? How about its potential for communities? That is a question I continue to try and answ...
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