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VIRTUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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**EVENT TIMES ARE INDICATED IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

**ALL EVENTS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSLATED.



Note that virtual events occur ONLY on May 26th and 27th.



Please note that there may be a five-minute delay between

presentations for technical support issues.



THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2022

WELCOME AND FIRESIDE CHAT – A VIEW OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CANADA'S ECONOMY
(IN-PERSON/VIRTUAL)

Thursday

10:00 a.m. -

10:45 a.m.



With Stéphane Lauzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Rural Economic
Development, and member of Parliament, Argenteuil-La Petite-Nation; Dr. Heather
Hall, University of Waterloo



An exploration of the opportunities and issues in rural Canadian communities
from the perspective of the Government of Canada and the Canadian Rural
Revitalization Foundation

PANEL DISCUSSION – POWERING PROSPERITY: THE IMPACTS OF CONNECTIVITY ON RURAL
COMMUNITIES AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO GET IT DONE – WITH PRESENTING CONFERENCE
SPONSOR TELUS®

Thursday

10:45 a.m. -

11:30 a.m.



Moderator: Caroline Arbour. Panelists: Nathalie Dionne, acting VP Home Solutions
& Customer Excellence, TELUS Quebec; Kara Westerlund, Regional Municipalities of
Alberta Vice President and Councillor in Brazeau County, AB; Randy Jones, CEDEC
and former Mayor of Gros-Mécatina; Alfred Loon, President, Eeyou Communications
Network.

Connectivity is more than wires and Netflix. It’s a foundational enabler that
delivers education, digital healthcare, economic opportunity, modern sustainable
agriculture, social connection and community. While Canadians in urban centres
take these things for granted, the journey to full remote, rural, and indigenous
connectivity continues. This panel will feature rural community leaders who will
share the impact that connectivity has had on their communities, the challenges
they’ve faced and the lessons they learned.

PRESENTATION – CO-OPERATIVE CONVERSION: HELPING TO SAFEGUARD JOBS & LOCAL
BUSINESSES

Thursday

11:30 a.m. -

12:15 p.m.



With Daniel Brunette, Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada



Business Conversions to Co-operatives (BCCs) take place when private, public, or
non-profit entities transition for a variety of possible reasons, including
succession planning, into a co-operative corporation. This can prevent the
closure of locally based businesses and the elimination of economic drivers,
including many in small and rural communities.

PRESENTATION – ADDRESSING COVID-19 CHALLENGES THROUGH MULTI-SECTORAL
COLLABORATION: THE RURAL REBOUND CASE STUDIES

Thursday

1:30 p.m. -

2:15 p.m.



With Lissel Hernandez-Gongora, University of Guelph

 

The Rural Rebound case studies highlight the experiences of selected
stakeholders in rural Ontario reflecting multi-sectoral collaboration to respond
to Covid-19. The underlying approach of this initiative, developed by the Rural
Ontario Institute, is promoting peer-to-peer learning so other rural regions
responding to similar concerns can take ideas and adapt them to their own
context. Multi-sectoral collaboration is not exclusive to Covid-19 responses,
but it is critical to overcoming any crisis. The participant stakeholders
concurred on the value of this type of collaboration to build on each other’s
knowledge, generate solutions that respond to actual needs and optimize
resources.



FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022

WELCOME AND TAKE-AWAYS FROM DAY 1

Friday

10:00 a.m. -

10:15 a.m.



Welcome - Dominique Marquis, Vice-Rector, Training and Research, UQAR

PRESENTATION – CANADA’S RURAL REGIONS IN THE QUEST FOR INCLUSIVE KNOWLEDGE-BASED
ECONOMIES: TRIUMPHS, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

Friday

10:30 a.m. -

11:00 a.m.



With Dr. Charles Conteh, Niagara Community Observatory, Brock University

PANEL – BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN PUBLIC-PRIVATE-CIVIL SOCIETY SECTORS TO
OPTIMIZE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Friday

11:00 a.m. -

12:00 p.m.



Moderator: Kelly Vodden, Professor (Research), Environmental Policy Institute.
Panelists: Dr. Heather Hall, University of Waterloo, author of COVID-19 and
Rural Economic Development in Canada: Impacts, Responses and Recovery; Matthew
Mendelsohn, Visiting professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, Senior
Advisor, BCG Global Public Sector Practice; and John Buck, President & CEO,
CEDEC.

CLOSING REMARKS

Friday

12:00 p.m. -

12:15 p.m.





Closing remarks

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