The Creative Rural Economy Conference: The Role of Universities and Community Colleges

Dr. Susan Wood, Director, Office of Research Services, Queen's University; Mr. Stephen Adolf, Director, Commercial Development, PARTEQ Innovations, Queen's University; and Mr. John Komar, Director of Engineering and Operations, Automotive Centre of Excellence, Oshawa, facilitated by Dr. Wayne Caldwell, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph

Slides and more details at: http://business.queensu.ca/centres/monieson/events/creative_rural_economy-fro...
The Creative Rural Economy Conference -- From Theory to Practice: The Role of Universities and Community Colleges in Stimulating the Creative Rural Economy Through Education and Commercialization

Queen's School of Business, Queen's University, June 14, 2011

The innovation and knowledge-based economy has become a major driver of economic growth in urban areas around the world resulting in the roles of cities and regions in a global economy being redefined and reshaped. The transformation that has emerged is as significant and as challenging as the transformation that has been made from agriculture to industry; specifically the move away from jobs based on physical activity or repetitive tasks to ones that require analytical skills and judgement. Cities play an important role in the shifting economy. The studies, and their growing evidence, form the basis from which rural and northern Ontario communities would be able to work towards building stronger, more vibrant and dynamic creative economies independently and through collaborative efforts. This conference focused on how the theory of the creative economy can be experienced in practice in rural Ontario communities.

Hosted in partnership with OEEDC with additional funding from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Prince Edward/Lennox & Addington Community Futures Development (PELA CFDC), Prince Edward County (PEC), the Rural Ontario Institute (ROI), and the Government of Canada.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Creative Economy
• Rural Economic Development
• The Monieson Centre
• Prince Edward County (PEC)
• college
• university training education