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  Vol. 20 No. 4 (2025)

  Volume 20, Issue 4 is a general issue and the last for 2025. This issues marks the completion of 20 years of publication. The JRCD has now published more than 600 peer reviewed articles since 2005. This issue includes the following geographies of research: Canada, United States, France, Philippines, South Africa, Morocco, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. We thank the authors for their attention to detail. We thank all of the reviewers who participating in the important, but admittedly underrecognized, role of peer review. The JRCD is better for the contributions you all make. As editor, I would also like to thank the copy editors for their tireless efforts to ensure the high quality, standardized production of articles that we publish.

• 20th Anniversary

  Vol. 20 No. 3 (2025)

  October 2025 marks the 2oth anniversary of the JRCD. We are very proud of all that we have achieved. The global reach is seen in the authorship of papers in this anniversary issue, including: Belize, South Africa, Italy, Canada, and the Netherlands.

  So far this year, the JRCD has been accessed from more than 170 countries. In the twenty years of publication, we have published almost 600 peer-reviewed articles, a milestone that will be achieved in the fourth issue to be released in December, 2025.

  Thank-you to everyone for your support over this 20 year period. In particular, we thank the readers, authors, reviewers, editorial board members, and staff at Brandon University that make the JRCD possible.

  Here is to twenty more years!

   

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  Vol. 20 No. 2 (2025)

  The Journal of Rural and Community Development is pleased to publish Volume 20, Issue 2. We are now in our 20th year in publication. A celebration is planned for our third issue which will be launched at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (https://crrf2025.org/).

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  La Revue de développement rural et communautaire est heureuse de publier le volume 20, numéro 2. Nous en sommes maintenant à notre 20e année de publication. Une célébration est prévue pour notre troisième numéro qui sera lancé lors de la conférence annuelle de la Fondation canadienne pour la revitalisation rurale (https://crrf2025.org/).

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  Vol. 20 No. 1 (2025)

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  Vol. 19 No. 4 (2024)

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  Vol. 19 No. 3 (2024)

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  Vol. 19 No. 2 (2024)

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  Vol. 19 No. 1 (2024)

  The Journal of Rural and Community Development is pleased to publish the first issue for the year 2024 (Volume 19, Issue 1). The issue covers various topics such as service delivery, healthcare, value chains, manufacturing, local food programs, and inclusivity. The publication highlights the geographies of India, Canada, Cote Côte d'Ivoire, and Ukraine. The authors of the paper from Ukraine are located in Odesa, a region directly affected by Russian military aggression. The JRCD dedicates this issue to the Pavlov family and to the people of Ukraine.       Le Journal de Rural and Community Development est heureux de publier le premier numéro pour l'année 2024 (Volume 19, Numéro 1). Le numéro couvre divers sujets tels que la prestation de services, les soins de santé, les chaînes de valeur, la fabrication, les programmes alimentaires locaux et l'inclusivité. La publication met en évidence les géographies de l'Inde, du Canada, de la Côte d'Ivoire et de l'Ukraine. Les auteurs de l’article ukrainien vivent à Odessa, une région directement touchée par l’agression militaire russe. Le JRCD dédie ce numéro à la famille Pavlov et au peuple ukrainien.    

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  Vol. 18 No. 4 (2023)

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  Vol. 18 No. 3 (2023)

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  Vol. 18 No. 2 (2023)

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  Vol. 18 No. 1 (2023)

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  Vol. 17 No. 4 (2022)

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  Vol. 17 No. 3 (2022)

• Socio-territorial Innovation and Innovative Development Models: The Challenges of Social and Environmental Justice; Innovation socio-territoriale et modèles innovateurs de développement : le défi de la justice sociale et environnementale

  Vol. 17 No. 2 (2022)

  This special issue of the Journal of Rural and Community Development (JRCD) aims to examine questions of social and environmental justice as they pertain to various territorial development models from an interdisciplinary perspective (sociology, geography, regional economics, land development, etc.) and a selection of national viewpoints (Canada/Quebec, Colombia, France and Italy). The articles have been written in English and French.

  Ce numéro spécial du Journal du développement rural et communautaire (Journal of Rural and Community Development [JRCD]) vise à traiter le thème de la justice sociale et environnementale en lien avec la question des modèles de développement territorial, en partant d’une perspective qui se veut interdisciplinaire (sociologie, géographie, économie régionale, aménagement des territoires, etc.) et à partir d’un regard qui croise différents pays (Canada/Québec, Colombie, France et Italie). Les articles ont été rédigés en anglais et en français.

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  Vol. 17 No. 1 (2022)

• COVID-19 and Rural Canada: Rural Impacts and Resilience

  Vol. 16 No. 4 (2021)

  The COVID pandemic was, and remains, a cataclysmic event impacting every dimension of society in Canada and around the world. With the emergence of new variants, and ongoing challenges associated with vaccination levels, both domestically and internationally, we remain mired in the crisis. Despite the continuing—and potentially perpetual—challenges of COVID, we have learned much about how to mitigate impacts, keep people and communities safe, and economies functioning—despite disproportional impacts at individual, place, and sectoral levels. The purpose of this special issue is to provide insights into the rural dimensions of the pandemic. The research documented in the papers of this issue span from the very early days of the pandemic in the spring of 2020 to the fall of 2021.

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  Vol. 16 No. 4 (2021): la COVID-19 et le Canada rural : impacts ruraux et résilience

  La pandémie de COVID a été et demeure un événement cataclysmique qui a touché toutes les dimensions de la société au Canada et dans le monde. Avec l'émergence de nouveaux variants et les défis permanents associés aux niveaux de vaccination, tant au niveau national qu'international, nous restons embourbés dans la crise. Malgré les défis continus et potentiellement perpétuels de la COVID, nous avons beaucoup appris sur la manière d'atténuer les impacts, d'assurer la sécurité des personnes et des communautés ainsi que le maintien du fonctionnement des économies, malgré les impacts disproportionnés aux niveaux individuel, local et sectoriel. L'objectif de ce numéro spécial est de donner un aperçu des dimensions rurales de la pandémie. Les recherches documentées dans les articles de ce numéro s'étendent des tout premiers jours de la pandémie, du printemps 2020 à l'automne 2021.

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  Vol. 16 No. 3 (2021)

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  Vol. 16 No. 2 (2021)

  The JRCD is proud to publish the second issue of Volume 16. The work is diverse in topic and geography. We hope everyone likes the new format of the journal.

  Our next issue will be a special issue. The topic is tentatively titled, COVID-19 and Rural Canada: Rural Impacts and Resilience. We are very much looking forward to contributing to the discourse needed as we move through this pandemic.

  Sincerely,

  Doug Ramsey, Editor

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  Vol. 16 No. 1 (2021)

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  Vol. 15 No. 4 (2020)

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  Vol. 15 No. 3 (2020)

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  Vol. 15 No. 2 (2020)

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  Vol. 15 No. 1 (2020)

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  Vol. 14 No. 4 (2019)

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  Vol. 14 No. 3 (2019)

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  Vol. 14 No. 2 (2019)

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  Vol. 14 No. 1 (2019)

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  Vol. 13 No. 4 (2018)

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  Vol. 13 No. 3 (2018)

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  Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)

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  Vol. 13 No. 1 (2018)

• Communities and New Development Paths in the Sparsely Populated North

  Vol. 12 No. 2-3 (2017)

• Vol. 12 No. 1 (2017)

• General Issue

  Vol. 11 No. 2 (2016)

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  Vol. 11 No. 1 (2016)

• Vol. 10 No. 4 (2015)

• Vol. 10 No. 3 (2015)

• Vol. 10 No. 2 (2015)

• Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015)

• Vol. 9 No. 4 (2014)

• Vol. 9 No. 3 (2014)

• Vol. 9 No. 2 (2014)

• Community Impacts from Large Oil and Natural Gas Ventures in Rural and Remote Areas

  Vol. 9 No. 1 (2014)

• Rural Geography - Rural Development

  Vol. 8 No. 3 (2013)

• Rural and Remote Broadband Deficit in Canada

  Vol. 8 No. 2 (2013)

• Vol. 8 No. 1 (2013)

• Palliative and End-of-Life Services in Rural and Remote Geographies

  Vol. 7 No. 4 (2012)

• From Rural Research to Policy and Back Again

  Vol. 7 No. 3 (2012)

• Vol. 7 No. 2 (2012)

• Human Resources and Remote Indigenous Communities

  Vol. 7 No. 1 (2012)

• Vol. 6 No. 2 (2011)

• Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011)

• Vol. 5 No. 3 (2010)

• Vol. 5 No. 2 (2010)

• Special Issue: Rural Tourism in Canada

  Vol. 5 No. 1 (2010)

• Vol. 4 No. 2 (2009)

• Vol. 4 No. 1 (2009)

• Vol. 3 No. 3 (2008)

• Adaptation to Climate and Environmental Change in Rural Canada

  Vol. 3 No. 2 (2008)

• Vol. 3 No. 1 (2008)

• Vol. 2 No. 2 (2007)

• General Issue

  Vol. 2 No. 1 (2006)

• Special Issue: The New Rural Economy

  Vol. 1 No. 2 (2006)

• Inaugural Issue

  Vol. 1 No. 1 (2005)