HomeTown Competitiveness: A Framework for Effective and Sustainable Rural Economic and Community Growth
HomeTown Competitiveness is a comprehensive approach to long-term rural community sustainability. This approach goes beyond the traditional tunnel vision of economic development. HTC provides a framework for rural communities to help them identify reachable goals and strategies focused on the four pillars of reversing rural... [Click here to read the rest of this article]

Dealing with Emerging Pressures
Triggered by the advent of Y2K, the public sector in Canada experienced numerous large-scale back office process and system changes in the late 90s and early 2000s. This was coupled with a shift to shared services and in some areas outsourcing models at the provincial level. At about the same time, increasing demands fo... [Click here to read the rest of this article]

Volunteerism: How It Benefits Your Community
Volunteerism in the United States and Canada is neither a new concept nor an uncommon activity. Historically, America has long recognized the importance of “a societal responsibility to join in, to give freely of one’s time to assist or aid others.” This responsibility is frequently iterated in the literature.The past c... [Click here to read the rest of this article]