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NRE2: The 4 Themes
5. Central Team
Team Leader:
Bill Reimer
Phone: (514) 848-2171
Address: Dept of Sociology and Anthropology
Concordia University
1455 boul. de Maisonneuve Blvd. O.
Montreal, QC H3G 1M8
Email: reimer@vax2.concordia.ca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN
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Capacity Outcomes: Conducted ongoing literature review regarding capacity;
prepared preliminary suggestions for indicators. Prepared presentations on
capacity model (International Rural Network, Inverness; Rural Sociological
Society Meetings, Montréal). |
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Social Economy: Social Economy organizations identified and classified in
the NRE Household database. Preliminary analysis for CRISES conducted and
sent. |
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The Informal Economy: E-mail correspondence conducted with collaborators.
Several drafts of proposals circulated and comments compiled. |
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Access to Equity: Gathered information regarding municipal finances for
all rural municipalities in Canada. Currently in the process of being coded
for processing. |
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Building Rural/Urban Relations:
Conducted literature review of related
information. Prepared structure and gathered materials for a chapter in an
urban sociology text. Responded to material for chapter in CJ Book. Prepared
and gave presentation to International Rural Network, Inverness. |
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Rural Canada Database:
Updated and expanded macro level analysis with 2001
data. Integrated all field site profile data. Prepared data for use. Began
work on constant boundary database. Prepared analysis for presentation to
USDA on Rural Diversity. |
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Integration of Themes:
Commenced update to Rural Canada Profile. Responded
to requests from Theme teams. |
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Exploration of GIS: Completed scanning of community maps. Examined options
for GIS use in project - report in preparation. |
NUMBER AND LEVEL OF STUDENTS
Undergraduate students: 1
Master's Students: 8
Ph.D. students: 2
Documents
Building Rural Capacity in the New Economy: What Do We Want To Understand?
by Bill Reimer
(January 2004)
NRE2
Annual Report 2002-2003
Report
on the SSHRC funded NRE2 Project's first year of activities.
PowerPoint Presentations
The Impact of
NewTechnologies in Rural Canada
by David Bruce and Bill Reimer
L'impact
des nouvelles technologies de l'information sur la vitalité des milieux
by David Bruce and Bill Reimer
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