Community revitalization: Dare to show local pride

Our brief on devitalized communities, Osons la fierté locale (Dare to show local pride), was presented to the Fédération Québécoise des Municipalités on November 16, 2007, during the forum on devitalized municipalities. We submitted several suggestions concerning the support and means available to help small towns resolve their long-term problems by banking on an invaluable and timeless asset: local pride. For community revitalization: dare to show local pride.

Brief .pdf

Evaluation of the model of the Université rurale québécoise

It is now clear that the Université rurale québécoise greatly contributes to supporting community capacity-building by positively influencing the public's perception of rurality, by reducing the isolation of actors and by developing skills. Those were the findings in a report produced by our advisory group with the help of an outside firm ÉvaluAction

Evaluation URQ .pdf

Local business ownership, business succession and community development

This main objective of this study, led by the Canada Research Chair in Rural Development (UQAR), was to better understand the dynamics that exist between local business ownership and a community's development capacity. It highlights the factors involved in business succession.

La propriété locale des entreprises, la relève entrepreneuriale et le développement des collectivité .pdf