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.
Beyond the Curriculum: Insights on Rural Capacity and Learning
Xinyue Zhu
August 28, 2025
Small Towns, Big Stories Podcast Series: Community Experiences Through Conversations
By: Melody Fagelogo and Adwoa Kankam
July 23, 2025
Bridging Development Gaps: How AI and Digital Infrastructure Are Empowering and Transforming Rural Communities
By: Rendy Aseidu Kwakye, Francis Agyemang and Alamin Dada
July 10, 2025
Experiences at the 2024 CRRF Conference
By: Nicole Breedon
June 18, 2024
Our Experiences: Reflections from the BCDI: 2030 Scholarship Recipients
By: Melody Fagelogo, Kwabena Amoateng & Akua Osei
April 21, 2025
RDI 2023 and 2024 Volunteer Research Experience
By: Oladele Olamide John and Yusuf Adebowale
March 17, 2024
RDI 2023 Fall Engagement
By: Felix Ntenhene and Nicole Breedon
November 23, 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
Community Capacity Building: Insights from Cooperative Experience II
By: Akua Afrakoma Osei & Kwabena Owusu Amoateng
August 15, 2025
Rivers, Manitoba:
Asset Mapping
By: Awall Mustapha Osabutey
July 17, 2025
Capacity Building: Insights from Our Cooperative Experience
By: Akua Afrakoma Osei & Kwabena Owusu Amoateng
July 4, 2025
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
Shaping the Future of Rural Development: Insights from Ireland
By: Dr. Wayne Kelly
October 18, 2023
Food Reflections: Attendance to the 3rd Annual Manitoba Sustainable Protein Research Symposium
By: Nicole Breedon
June 29, 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