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<\/h1>\nAnnouncing North Atlantic Forum (NAF) 2015<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n10th North Atlantic Forum | 27th CRRF Rural Conference<\/strong><\/h1>\nHosted by the Institute of Island Studies<\/strong>
\nin association with the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation<\/strong><\/h1>\nBuilding Community Resilience: Innovation, Culture, and Governance in Place<\/strong><\/h1>\nSummerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
\nSeptember 17-18-19, 2015<\/span><\/b><\/p>\nNAF 2015 <\/span><\/b>invites explorations of how various \u2018dark horses\u2019 in the broad North Atlantic \u2013 including minorities, small towns, peripheries, aboriginal communities, those with little money, status, voice or political leverage \u2013 can rise to the occasion and chart liveable futures.<\/span><\/p>\nNAF 2015 will examine opportunities for sustainable living that are more likely to emerge from small and peripheral communities \u2013 rural, coastal or island – that would otherwise struggle in a McWorld driven by scale economics.<\/span><\/p>\nNorth Atlantic Forum 2015<\/span> will serve as a platform for the critical and inter-disciplinary discussion of experiences where those living \u2018on the edge\u2019, however defined, show unexpected ingenuity and mettle; and respond cleverly to dire economic straits or public policy negligence. Including:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Politically<\/span><\/b>, by developing suitable governance practices; flexing jurisdictional powers; and engaging in multi-level political and (para)-diplomatic relations;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Economically<\/span><\/b>, by facilitating small-scale entrepreneurship; promoting investment; creating skill-rich jobs; encouraging inward and circular migration; and developing new forms of human-scaled, place-based, no-growth economies, sensitive to environmental needs;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Culturally<\/span><\/b>, by nourishing strong communities that celebrate traditions and encourage artistic expression; sustaining suitable environmental practices; and welcoming newcomers in their rooted yet routed ways of life.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Contact iis@upei.ca for more information<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
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Hosted by the Institute of Island Studies<\/strong>
\nin association with the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation<\/strong><\/h1>\nBuilding Community Resilience: Innovation, Culture, and Governance in Place<\/strong><\/h1>\nSummerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada
\nSeptember 17-18-19, 2015<\/span><\/b><\/p>\nNAF 2015 <\/span><\/b>invites explorations of how various \u2018dark horses\u2019 in the broad North Atlantic \u2013 including minorities, small towns, peripheries, aboriginal communities, those with little money, status, voice or political leverage \u2013 can rise to the occasion and chart liveable futures.<\/span><\/p>\nNAF 2015 will examine opportunities for sustainable living that are more likely to emerge from small and peripheral communities \u2013 rural, coastal or island – that would otherwise struggle in a McWorld driven by scale economics.<\/span><\/p>\nNorth Atlantic Forum 2015<\/span> will serve as a platform for the critical and inter-disciplinary discussion of experiences where those living \u2018on the edge\u2019, however defined, show unexpected ingenuity and mettle; and respond cleverly to dire economic straits or public policy negligence. Including:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Politically<\/span><\/b>, by developing suitable governance practices; flexing jurisdictional powers; and engaging in multi-level political and (para)-diplomatic relations;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Economically<\/span><\/b>, by facilitating small-scale entrepreneurship; promoting investment; creating skill-rich jobs; encouraging inward and circular migration; and developing new forms of human-scaled, place-based, no-growth economies, sensitive to environmental needs;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Culturally<\/span><\/b>, by nourishing strong communities that celebrate traditions and encourage artistic expression; sustaining suitable environmental practices; and welcoming newcomers in their rooted yet routed ways of life.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Contact iis@upei.ca for more information<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nRETURN TO PAST CONFERENCES PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada NAF 2015 <\/span><\/b>invites explorations of how various \u2018dark horses\u2019 in the broad North Atlantic \u2013 including minorities, small towns, peripheries, aboriginal communities, those with little money, status, voice or political leverage \u2013 can rise to the occasion and chart liveable futures.<\/span><\/p>\n NAF 2015 will examine opportunities for sustainable living that are more likely to emerge from small and peripheral communities \u2013 rural, coastal or island – that would otherwise struggle in a McWorld driven by scale economics.<\/span><\/p>\n North Atlantic Forum 2015<\/span> will serve as a platform for the critical and inter-disciplinary discussion of experiences where those living \u2018on the edge\u2019, however defined, show unexpected ingenuity and mettle; and respond cleverly to dire economic straits or public policy negligence. Including:<\/span><\/p>\n Contact iis@upei.ca for more information<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n RETURN TO PAST CONFERENCES PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nSeptember 17-18-19, 2015<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n
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