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lawrence
> > RURAL CONFERENCE e-nnouncement, VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA
> >
> > INVITATION FOR DELEGATES
> >
> > SAVE THESE DATES: MAY 1 - 5, 2000
> >
> >
> > Issues Affecting Rural Communities Conference
> > Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
> >
> > Details: www.mala.bc.ca/ruralconf
> >
> > Few places on earth are more beautiful than Vancouver Island in the
>Spring. We
> > would like to invite you to our conference and to sample some of the
>sights, delights,
> > and experiences of Canada's west coast. Go hiking, fishing, beach
>combing, boating,
> > whale watching, touring, shopping, or exploring the many botanical
>gardens and
> > natural beauty of Vancouver Island. Join the network of rural scholars
>and policy
> > makers. This international conference, in Nanaimo, British Columbia,
>Canada will be
> > a major event in the study of rural communities. It will be a rare and
>unique
> > opportunity to meet and hear many of rurality's "top guns" together in
>the same
> > time and place - "What a treat."
> >
> > In follow-up to the 1994 Australian conference on Issues Affecting Rural
> > Communities, this conference will be of interest to all those involved
>in rural
> > education, health, social services, economics, community development,
>public
> > service, and policy making. The conference will celebrate and share
>all aspects of
> > rurality and rural communities towards fostering and developing a
>network to carry
> > us into the next century.
> >
> > The conference is organized around the themes "looking backwards,"
>"looking
> > inwards," "looking outwards," and "looking ahead." Speakers
>representing current
> > multi-disciplinary thinking in each of their fields are complemented
>with over 60
> > presenters selected from around the world. Together, the speakers and
>presenters
> > represent the literature pertaining to rural issues and communities.
> >
> > Featured speakers include:
> >
> > Jonathan Sher, North Carolina, USA,
> > Paul Nachtigal and Toni Haas, Annenberg Rural Challenge, Colorado, USA,
> > John Bryden, University of Aberdeen, Scotland,
> > Tom Tiller, University of Tromso, Norway,
> > Emilia Martinez-Brawley, University of Arizona, USA,
> > Jack Shelton, University of Alabama, USA,
> > David McSwan, James Cook University, Queensland,
> > Andrea Wyman, California University of Pennsylvania, USA
> > Richard Atleo, Malaspina University-College, Canada
> > Mark Witham, Adelaide, South Australia,
> > Gary Hart, University of Washington, USA, and
> > Chris Sidoti, Sidney, Australia.
> >
> >
> >
> > (PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO FRIENDS IN YOUR RURAL NETWORK)
> >
> > REPLY WITH YOUR POSTAL ADDRESS IF YOU WOULD LIKE A FULL COLOUR
> > BROCHURE SENT TO YOU.
> >
> >
> > Details: www.mala.bc.ca/ruralconf
Lawrence D. Berg, Ph.D.
Department of Geography
University of Victoria
PO Box 3050
Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3P5
Facsimile: (250) 721-6216, Telephone: (250) 592-2278
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwglobal/Berg/LDB.html
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