With community-specific reflections in mind, this page will be dedicated to the Rural Development Institute team and their experiences with other organizations. As well, these posts will include topics which focus on translating the intersection of personhood and home through community engagement work, highlighting what it means to live rural as well as identify where there’s room to build capacity.

Experiences at the 2024 CRRF Conference
By: Nicole Breedon
June 18, 2024

Reflections on the 5th VPL Biennale in Kilkenny, Ireland
By: Gary McNeely
May 30, 2024

Reflections of the 2024 Endow Conference
By: Adu Richard and Dr. Gary McNeely
April 1, 2024

Reflecting on the Brandon University Business Conference 2023:
“Re-Imagining Entrepreneurship”
By: Shirlyn Kunaratnam
December 12, 2023

RDI 2023 Fall Engagement
By: Felix Ntenhene and Nicole Breedon
November 23, 2023

RDI 2023 and 2024 Volunteer Research Experience
By: Oladele Olamide John and Yusuf Adebowale
March 17, 2024

Shaping the Future of Rural Development: Insights from Ireland
By: Dr. Wayne Kelly
October 18, 2023

Report on the 31st RPL Conference presented jointly by the Indigenous RPL Collective and Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario
By: Dr. Gary McNeely
June 28, 2023

Moving in, Moving On, and Moving Up: Living Well in Rural Canada – CRRF 2023
By: Dr. Wayne Kelly, Dr. Gary McNeely, and Iain Cowie
July 10, 2023
Food Reflections: Attendance to the 3rd Annual Manitoba Sustainable Protein Research Symposium
By: Nicole Breedon
June 29, 2023