The Georgetown Conference, Redefining Rural is our region’s opening salvo at fighting back. This will be a conference with a different heartbeat.
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She is a proud community where you will find neatly kept homes and neighbours quick to lend a hand. She is a proud community where you will find neatly kept homes and neighbours quick to lend a hand.
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Issues impacting rural Atlantic Canada are complicated and not easily solved, but that does not mean we should not discuss them.
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The Georgetown Conference will attract leading regional, national and international speakers boasting a wide range of expertise.
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The Georgetown Conference is about harnessing the spirit that exists in every rural community and arming those local leaders – some who are elected but many who are not – with ideas that they can transfer to their own communities.
Artistic and Executive Director of Rising Tide Theatre
Former CEO, Mouvement des caisses populaires acadiennes (MCPA)
President Emeritus, University of Prince Edward Island
President of Shorefast Foundation
President, Acadia University
President & CEO, Corporate Research Associates Inc.
Zita Cobb, Fogo Island, NL, Shorefast Foundation followed by PANEL DISCUSSION, with Zita Cobb, Donna Butt and Gilles LePage. Moderator: Ray Ivany, President of Acadia University and Chair of the Nova Scotia Commission on Building our New Economy. Focus: Success stories. Importance and benefits of location and sense of place. What are the main challenges, and how are they overcome?
Read More »The how of rural community-based development; lessons learned. Panelists: Sheila Jans, co-author of “St. John Valley Creative Economy Project”, CultureWorth, Madawaska, ME, and Mary Beth Doucette, Associate Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies, Cape Breton University Moderator: TBD
Read More »Panelists: John Bragg, co-CEO of Oxford Foods and others TBD . This session will evolve into interactive dialogue with diverse entrepreneurs, including social enterprise. Moderator – Nancy Mathis, Wallace McCain Institute.
Read More »Reports back from break-out groups, and discussion aimed at confirming ongoing work, possible future conferences, maintaining linkages, getting the word out, etc. Moderator: Wade MacLauchlan, President Emeritus, University of Prince Edward Island.
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