Keynote: Dr. Rob Greenwood The Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development, Memorial University (St. John's, NL) Leading the Rural Renaissance: Lessons from Rural Canada for all Canadians
Filling the Gaps: Broadband for Rural Ontario Stephane Gallant, NEOnet Inc. (Timmins, ON) Chris Cope, City of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON)) Simon Chapelle, Bell Aliant (Toronto, ON)
Youth Councils: Why You Should Start One and How to Get There Cindy Reasbeck, Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative, North East CFDCs
Pushing the Farm Gate Out: Taking Advantage of the Local Food Movement Kreesta Doucette, Manitoba Food Charter, (Winnipeg, MB)
Broadband Readiness in Ontario's Rural Communities
R. Paul Downs, Nexicom Group of Companies (Millbrook, ON) Note: Presentation file size exceeds 8MB. Please contact TORC directly
Engaging Community in Capacity Building Initiatives Lisa Longworth, Fusion Youth and Activity Centre (Ingersoll, ON) Martine Plourde, RDEE (Navan, ON)
Leadership Challenge Workshop Kelly Ann McKnight, Stone Ridge Consulting (Fergus, ON)
Community Indicators - Measuring What Matters Ken Coulter, Community Quality Improvement (Sault Ste. Marie, ON)
Community Capacity Building - Small Towns: What Works, What Doesn't and What We Can Do About It Dan Wilson, The Ontario Trillium Foundation (Toronto, ON)
The Greening of Rural Ontario Carmen Bohn, Centre for Sustainable Community Development, FCM (Ottawa, ON)
Rural Entrepreneurship: Support That Can Make a Difference John Doherty, Valley Heartland CFDC (Smith Falls, ON)
Connecting Communities through Medicine John Young, Queen's University (Kingston, ON)
The Ontario Rural Council
Ontario AgriCentre
100 Stone Road West, Suite 109
Guelph, Ontario Canada N1G 5L3 T 519.826.4128, F 519.826.3408 Etell-me-more@torc.on.ca
