1. 1 Anticipating Rural Futures Bill.Reimer@Concordia.Ca2006/10/28http://nre.concordia.ca Tom Beckley David Bruce Omer Chouinard Ivan Emke Greg Halseth Bruno Jean Patrice LeBlanc Dianne Looker Diane Martz Solange Nadeau John Parkins Steve Plante Doug Ramsey Richard Stedman Ellen Wall Derek Wilkinson Anna Woodrow

2. 2 Likely Outcomes Urbanization Urbanization Natural resource stressed Natural resource stressed Immigration Immigration Aboriginal demographic transition Aboriginal demographic transition Global warming Global warming Technological elaboration Technological elaboration

3. 3 Rural Outcomes Depopulation and aging Depopulation and aging Bifurvcation into winners and losers Bifurvcation into winners and losers Forced self-reliance Forced self-reliance Greater vulnerability to disasters Greater vulnerability to disasters Shifting use of natural resources Shifting use of natural resources Exclusion from technological development Exclusion from technological development

4. 4 Knowledge expansion Your community, region, nation, globe Your community, region, nation, globe How do they work? How do they work? Markets Markets

5. 5 Collaboration and Networks Knowledge expansion Knowledge expansion Learn to collaborate Learn to collaborate  Within communities  Between communities  Among communities, government, private, public, civic, family  Urban people and groups  With schools, colleges, universities

6. 6 Knowledge and collaboration for what? Identify assets Identify assets Reorganize assets Reorganize assets New export opportunities New export opportunities Capturing value for local Capturing value for local

7. 7 Rural Futures Natural resources remain important Natural resources remain important Rural-Urban relations critical Rural-Urban relations critical Climate change a challenge Climate change a challenge Social order and quality of life critical Social order and quality of life critical Vision Vision  Research  Discussion  Follow the questions

8. 8 Anticipating Rural Futures Bill.Reimer@Concordia.Ca2006/10/28http://nre.concordia.ca Tom Beckley David Bruce Omer Chouinard Ivan Emke Greg Halseth Bruno Jean Patrice LeBlanc Dianne Looker Diane Martz Solange Nadeau John Parkins Steve Plante Doug Ramsey Richard Stedman Ellen Wall Derek Wilkinson Anna Woodrow