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Agenda

• Roundtable: Rurality and Community Well-Being

This roundtable will address the following core themes:

• culture and attitudes of rural life in Nova Scotia;
• limited and differential service delivery in rural areas;
• health and safety of those working in rural communities and how the rural context affects their working lives.

• • Facilitator: Dr. Emma Cunliffe, Research and Policy Director
  • Ms. Robin Campbell, PhD Candidate at Dalhousie University with research focused on the mental health of volunteer firefighters in rural Nova Scotia
  • Ms. Madonna Doucette, Director, Youth Project
  • Dr. Karen Foster, Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
  • Dr. Lesley Frank, Professor at Acadia University and researcher in the areas of family and children’s poverty, food insecurity, health inequality and social welfare and policy.
  • Dr. Marilyn MacDonald, Professor at Dalhousie University’s School of Nursing, Director of JBI Centre of Excellence

• Participant Submissions on Understanding and Addressing the Immediate and Long-Term Needs of Those Impacted by Mass Casualty Incidents; and Rural Community Safety and Policing, Rural Policy and Resources

Note

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