There was a notable transition in the nature, content, and administration of rural policies in many developed nations in the 1980s and 1990s. These changes concerned issues of governance and institutional framework, the definition of "development," and policy goals and content. A key question, however, concerns the extent to which shifts…

In the past, small states and provinces were outclassed by big metropolitan regions in the quest for economic development. However, small outlying regions, such as New Brunswick, Canada, can now compete with big urban centers since information technology has made higher education a global enterprise through online courses. Various countries and…

The incompatibility between educating for "sustainable development" and the broader concept of education is discussed, pointing out the imprecision of the term "sustainable development." Alternative, and more educationally justifiable, approaches to studying environmental education and development are explored. (SLD)

Unless Canada's Native peoples develop suitable training programs in public administration, their efforts at self-determination through claims settlements will be in vain. Aboriginal claims settlements in Alaska and Canada are reviewed. Current Native training programs and future training strategies are described. (SV)

Profiles of 83 Native communities, Indian bands, and Metis settlements in rural Alberta provide overviews of human and material resources. Included for each community are information on location, size, history, population, economic base, transportation, physical infrastructure, services, education, communications, local government, and community…

Key issues and problems that Canadians may face during the transition to the information society are highlighted in this report, which is based on a larger study by the Science Council of Canada's Committee on Computers and Communication: Information and Canadian Society to identify areas of prime concern, to stimulate public debate, and to place…

By employing southern strategies and preconceptions to develop the north, southern Canadians have complicated northern Canadian development problems. Assuming that the only recognizable work is "paid" work and that welfare recipients do not want to work, southern Canadians have failed to recognize the inherent relationship between…

Explains and illustrates features of community economic development (CDC) organizations using two Canadian examples (Learnxs Foundation, Inc., and Learning Enrichment Foundation). Proposes CDCs as a way to improve youth employment and community development. Discusses youth employment programs in Germany, Austria, Britain, and the United States and…

Canada is facing a new set of challenges. The first challenge facing Canada is the rising economic power of countries such as India and China. These countries have traditionally competed on the basis of their large, low-cost labour pools, but are now making major investments to insert themselves into knowledge-intensive, high value-added sectors.…

A Canadian study explored the economic benefits of improving literacy skills in the workplace from the perspective of both employers and employees. The Conference Board identified and measured these benefits by conducting a survey of 40 employers, as well as by analyzing data gathered in the International Adult Literacy Survey. The study found…

The 11 papers in this book examine trends and possibilities concerned with contributions British universities can make to commerce and industry and thereby to the general economic good. Papers are grouped into two parts. In Part 1 papers discuss a new awareness of universities as positive economic engines for change, and in Part 2 papers offer…

Canada's policy of increasing support for university research on the condition that the private sector also contribute, and the policy's results, are discussed. Trends in the awarding of federal grants and the national priorities in research directions are outlined. (MSE)

Craig raises concerns about the Movement for Canadian Literacy's proposal in terms of jurisdictional and organization issues regarding literacy and government role. Quigley examines the notion that workplace literacy is a panacea for economic development and warns of dangers in a major shift of funding to this form of literacy. (SK)

The development of Arctic Canada's resources has historically been guided by two contrasting administrative approaches: one favoring the free play of profit motives in a laissez-faire market economy and the other the coordination of development through formalized government planning. In both approaches, Eurocanadians are the dominant figures,…

Humans, not things, are of primary importance when talking of development. All over the world, two separate, contradictory types of development may be seen: the first, centered on man, the second, on wealth. One of the ways in which man can gain control over his own future is through the school. It is essential to find out which type of…