Rural Ontario Institute Rural Change Makers Project

The Rural Ontario Institute (ROI) develops, connects and informs leaders so that they can create better lives in the communities where they live. ROI proposes to engage a Mitacs Intern to lead its Rural Change Makers project, an initiative that brings youth in rural areas in Ontario together to build and improve their leadership capacities and community engagement skills through a series of modules delivered by experts and knowledge holders. The intern will also participate in the development of a Community Benchmarking Service which aims to address the socio-economic knowledge gaps in individual rural communities, providing demographic, economic, and wellbeing data for use by community leaders, promoting “bottom-up” locally-based development.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ryan Gibson

Student:

Partner:

Rural Ontario Institute

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Guelph

Program: