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    • 2024-25 Rural Change Makers
      Hello Rural Change Makers  of 2024! Our group is committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment where Change Makers can share their experiences, learn from each other, and work towards creating sustainable and impactful change in rural communities. Let’s stay in Touch If you are passionate about driving positive change in rural areas and are eager to connect with like-minded individuals, we encourage you to join the Rural Change Makers 2024-25 group and be part of this exciting journey.
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    • AALP Class 18
      Welcome to the Class 18 Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program Group. Join the conversation and connect with colleagues!
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    • Alvinston Community Engagement
      Join Rural Change Maker Autumn Bressette as she brings together her Alvinston community to discover what change they can benefit from.
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    • Faces of Resilience
      A climate action initiative dedicated to empowering marginalized farming communities in Ontario.
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    • Innovative Rural & Agriculture Community
      You can make a difference! Join and contribute to the rural & agriculture community of individuals and organizations by sharing your innovative ideas and latest technologies for the betterment of peoples' lives and this planet. We are committed to improving the lives of rural communities, saving and preserving high-quality seeds, growing exceptional crops, making efficient use of farmland, putting to test the best soil technologies, making use of natural methods to eradicate disease, producing the highest quality of crops, herbs, and fruits & vegetables, preserving & delivering fresh produce to the general public.
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    • Ontario Barns Preservation
      A not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving, documenting, and promoting Ontario barns. Check out all the initiatives we have on the go!
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    • Rural change Makers 2023-24
      Hello Rural Change Makers 2023-24 batch Our group is committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment where Change Makers can share their experiences, learn from each other, and work towards creating sustainable and impactful change in rural communities. Let's stay in Touch If you are passionate about driving positive change in rural areas and are eager to connect with like-minded individuals, we encourage you to join the Rural Change Makers 2023-24 group and be part of this exciting journey.
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    • Rural Community Wellbeing
      ROI is conducting a pilot test of CSA standard R113:22. ROI will work with four rural communities to create a wellbeing dashboard to display the CSA indicators. The goal is for communities to use the dashboard to assess and interpret their wellbeing within their local rural context. The pilot is expected to be complete by March 2023.
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    • Rural Eco Footprint
      ROI is working with the Ecological Footprint Initiative at York University to implement a pilot project for community-level Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity accounts. The project will be applied to rural communities in four census divisions in Ontario. The purpose of this project is to enable rural citizens to examine their community’s Ecological Footprint and Biocapacity.
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    • Rural Housing Opportunities
      A collaboration with the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus, the Rural Ontario Institute and Itergy. To address a housing shortfall in rural Eastern Ontario, the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus (EOWC) and the Rural Ontario Institute (ROI) are partnering to scale up the prototype data solution created to support affordable and attainable housing in rural communities. This digital tool aims to provide local, reliable, salient, and current rural data to assist proponents & municipalities in the planning and construction of new, affordable housing.
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    • Rural Rebound
      The Rural Ontario Institute invites you to add momentum to a rural rebound from the COVID 19 shutdowns. Share a story of creative solutions amidst the challenges of these unsettling times! We are interested in all types of stories whether they are driven by rural citizens, agencies and local government, rural businesses or community organizations. Collaboration will no doubt be a common theme! #RuralOn #RuralRebound
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    • Rural Transit
      The rural transit group is comprised of a network of rural Ontario communities, transit operators and community partnerships interested in rural transit solutions.
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    • White River Community Garden
      This group is dedicated to the White River Community Garden Project, an initiative of Rural Change Maker Danielle Stewart. "This community garden project will teach our youth the importance of self sustenance and get our elderly engaged in a rewarding outdoor activity. Our local grocery store struggles to provide us with fresh healthy vegetables and fruit. Unfortunately our community is considered “the end of the line” so we are provided whatever is left over on delivery trucks. The garden is a symbol of hope to teach others how to grow their own food year round, as well as provide locals with that fresh from the ground alternative."
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    • Young Rural Resilient
      The Young Rural Resilient Project is a movement to gain a deeper understanding of where rural youth are at since the Pandemic. The past few years have been difficult for many young people, but especially so for rural youth. We have learned much from our Rural Change Makers and discovered the needs of our young people have been profoundly impacted by the Pandemic, particularly youth in rural and remote regions, Indigenous youth and youth with barriers who face uniquely different experiences, opportunities and challenges. To bridge youth-identified gaps and better serve the diverse needs, hopes and dreams of young people in rural Ontario we are re-tooling our upcoming program for 2023 informed by the many voices shared through outreach of the Young Rural Resilient Project. In this outreach, ROI engaged with hundreds of rural, remote and Indigenous youth, intertribal leaders and community members. We engaged and we listened! Listened to what rural youth need. What matters to youth. What they hope for. What they love about their communities and how we can wrap opportunities around those aspirations to create spaces for leadership, growth, respect, inclusion, discovery and belonging. Thank you for sharing with us. Your input has been profoundly meaningful and central to the co-design of the upcoming Rural Change Makers Program. What We Heard YRR-VideoPublic
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