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Arts & culture play an outsize role in many rural and First Nations communities in British Columbia, and across Canada.

Agriculture is obviously hugely important. It’s also complicated. Food security. Healthy eating.

Asset-Based Community Development — ABCD — is a place-based community development framework.

Economic development looms as the most significant challenge for many rural communities and First Nations.

For many rural communities, the difference between viability and extinction is the existence of a bustling local school.

Highlighting successful First Nation economic collaboration with non-Native partners.

Forestry remains an important industry in British Columbia, its evolution, driven by a number of factors including technological change...

Access to adequate health care in rural and remote communities and First Nations in British Columbia is an ongoing challenge.

Affordable, place-appropriate housing is one of the most vexing challenges facing rural, remote, and First Nations.

Crumbling, inadequate infrastructure is a pressing issue for many rural communities and First Nations.

Finding investment capital is a serious issue for many rural communities. Solutions may lie closer to home than we think...

Rural policy plays a vital role in everything from sustainable economic development to environmental protection in rural BC.

Rural revitalization is a major challenge for many rural regions and communities across BC – as populations are both ageing and shrinking.

Many rural communities are experiencing an increasingly ageing population. This carries with it a range of challenges...

Many rural communities struggle to retain their young people and find it equally challenging to attract young newcomers.

In small communities, a lack of capacity can be a significant challenge, in particular in cases where there is an absence of empirical data

The FCM noted that “broadband Internet access has become fundamental to modern life, and has the power to transform rural Canada.

As a global economic sector, tourism has been growing steadily over the past few decades, and already forms a major component of ...