Alberta Rural Development Network
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Founded | 2009 |
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Location | |
Area served | Rural Alberta |
Services | Rural development, research, rural homelessness, rural sustainable affordable housing |
Members | 9 |
Key people | Dee Ann Benard, Executive Director |
Employees | 16 |
Website | Alberta Rural Development Network |
The Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) is a not-for-profit partnership of nine public colleges & universities.[1] Its mission is "to create a model of rural community development through collaboration in research and learning".[2]
Mandate
As stated on their website, "The Alberta Rural Development Network will use the combined expertise of Alberta's post-secondary institutions to support rural development in Alberta and help rural communities grow through learning."[2]
ARDN focuses on four core principles to create rural connections:
- Research
- Education
- Collaboration
- Networking
According to the Minister of Advanced Education and Technology, ARDN has so far been successful: "The Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) has played a key role in helping communities across rural Alberta to flourish and thrive by strengthening links between Campus Alberta institutions, industry and community-based organizations."[3]
History
ARDN began operations in 2009 with a grant from the Rural Alberta Development Fund (RADF)[4] and in-kind commitments from its post-secondary members.
Since its inception, ARDN has worked with several of Alberta's colleges, universities and organizations on projects, including Lakeland College and Portage College on a Regional Innovation Network in East Central Alberta,[5] Mount Royal University on a Business Retention & Expansion Symposium,[6] the Alberta Academy of Art and Design on the Company of Albertans,[7] Pastor Tim Wray on the Young Adult Photovoice Project,[8] and Lethbridge College on Social in the South.[9]
More recently, ARDN administered the Homelessness Partnering Strategy's Rural and Remote Homelessness funding stream for Alberta.[10] So far, this has resulted in the funding of seven rural homelessness projects, including projects in Drayton Valley,[11] Chestermere,[12] Fort Macleod[13] and Cochrane.[14]
Members
- Athabasca University
- Grande Prairie Regional College
- Keyano College
- Lethbridge College
- Medicine Hat College
- Northern Lakes College
- Portage College
- University of Calgary
- University of Lethbridge
Media
ARDN publishes a newsletter. The RTAB is published at least once a month.
References
- ^ Staff. "Community Outreach" Archived 2013-05-29 at the Wayback Machine. Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ a b Staff. "Mandate" Archived 2013-05-28 at the Wayback Machine. Alberta Rural Development Network. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
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- ^ [2]
- ^ Staff. "Lakeland and Portage partner to build East Central Alberta Regional Innovation Network". Lakeland College - Applied Research & Innovation. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Staff. "Keeping rural business strong". Mount Royal University. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Staff. "The Company of Albertans" Archived 2013-08-09 at the Wayback Machine. ACAD. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Wray, Tim. "What Matters in Small Towns?" Archived 2013-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. Farm On. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Staff. "Social in the South 2012: Social Media Strategies for Business" Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine. Lethbridge College. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Higgins, Michael. "Alberta's Rural Homeless". Alberta Primetime. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Whalen, Courtney. "Drayton Valley receives homelessness partnership money" Drayton Valley Western Review. Retrieved 9 July 2013
- ^ Chorney, Allison. "Chestermere receives $57,000 to help prevent homelessness in community" Archived 2016-07-10 at the Wayback Machine Rocky View Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2013
- ^ Staff. "Fort Macleod get funding for housing support program" Macleod Gazette. Retrieved 9 July 2013
- ^ Edey, Noel. "Support for homeless youth" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Cochrane Times. Retrieved 9 July 2013