December 10th is Human Rights Day

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December 10, 2012
12:00-13:00 EST

Moderator:
Leilani Farha, Executive Director of Canada Without Poverty and economic and social rights expert

The Institute for Bioregional Studies Ltd. (IBS), invites you join us for dinner and discussion, see some friends and meet your neighbours and fellow Islanders at our Social Forums. Since 1995, IBS programs have engaged concerned citizens to discuss issues and exchange ideas in the hope that such activities will be a catalyst for community growth, social development, and action.

Each forum begins with a potluck dinner, followed by a presentation and informal discussion.

For more information, visit our www site at: www.ibspei.ca  or write to us at ibs_pei@yahoo.com

There is no fee. However, we ask that you bring something to share for potluck.

Temporary Recession or the End of Growth?
Date: Tuesday December 4, 2012
Location: IBS, 114 Upper Prince Street Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
The economy plays a key role in shaping human impacts on the environment. As economies continue to expand, they are surpassing the earth's ability to provide resources and absorb wastes. Colin Jeffrey will facilitate a discussion on the question, "Is there a need for a transition to a no-growth or steady-state economy"
Colin Jeffrey received Master's degree in Resource and Environmental Management from Dalhousie University. As a graduate student, he studied ecological economics, community-based resource management and environmental law.

Phil Ferraro and Nancy Willis
Institute for Bioregional Studies Ltd.
114 Upper Prince Street, Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island Canada C1A 4S3
"Restoring Community, Protecting the Land and Informing the Earth’s Stewards"
www.ibspei.ca

Participate, Learn, Plan

What are the most recent innovations in citizen-led community development across North America? How do citizens engage government and the private sector to support their initiatives? What types of partnerships and investments are most effective? These questions are critical as local communities re-examine their roles in creating and sustaining their assets and determining their own futures. 

It’s time we talked. Development practitioners and researchers, as well as policymakers and funding agencies that support local initiatives, all have an interest – and a say – in the conversation about how citizens can best lead community development. We need to learn from one another’s experiences and build a collective platform to continue the conversation and increase its impact on the ground.

Towards these ends, St. Francis Xavier University is convening the forum “Citizen-Led Sustainable Change: Innovations in North American Community Development,” to be held in Antigonish, Nova Scotia on June 23-25, 2013.

- Moses M. Coady

From climate change to economic turmoil, our rural communities are facing unprecedented challenges. The 2013 North Atlantic Forum in Hólar, Iceland, will examine how those challenges impact the development of rural tourism. This international conference critically explores ideas, best practices and innovation from around the North Atlantic rim, with relevance to rural areas everywhere. 

The North Atlantic Forum (NAF) is a biennial conference for scholars, community leaders, local government officials, businesspersons, and other practitioners from the broad North Atlantic, seeking to facilitate information exchange, knowledge mobilization and research dissemination among its members.

NAF 2013 - Rural Tourism in Changing Times is a collaboration between:

• North Atlantic Forum, a ‘collegial assembly’ built on the network set up by the North Atlantic Islands Program, based at the Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, in Charlottetown, Canada: www.upei.ca/iis/naf
• Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation, whose mandate is to revitalize rural Canada through education and research for rural leaders in the community, the private sector and in government: https://crrf.ca/
• Department of Rural Tourism, Hólar University College, North Iceland, set up in 1996, which collaborates closely with tourism practitioners and now offers four different programs of study in Rural Tourism and Event Management that embrace both theory and practice. www.holar.is

Call for Papers

In times of global economic turmoil and climate change, this conference will explore the challenges, practices of and the opportunities in smart and sustainable rural tourism. The programme will address the development challenges through four interrelated and strategic perspectives - Community, Experience, Economy and the Environment. Through these four interrelated themes and a highly participatory programme the conference will critically explore strategic opportunities for innovative, yet concrete and practical solutions for sustainable rural tourism.

Paper proposals (title and abstract of not more than 300 words) should be submitted through https://www.naf2013.holar.is/index.php/conference/accepted-abstracts by January 15, 2013.

All presenters must register for the conference.

Key dates

January 15, 2013 – deadline for submission of abstracts.

January 31, 2013 – notification of accepted abstracts.

Registration – Early Bird (25% discount) – March 29, 2013

April 26, 2013 – deadline for registration.