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September 3, 2024

RDN Rural Connector Newsletters

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August 27, 2024

Responses to Homelessness in Alberta

Homelessness

The Rural, Remote and Indigenous Communities' Responses to Homelessness in Alberta What We Heard Report was published in May 2024 and funded by Homeward Trust Edmonton and the Government of Canada's Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy.

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August 26, 2024

Guide to Implementing Coordinated Access in Smaller Communities

Homelessness, National Coordinated Access

The development of the training materials and toolkit builds upon the Housing First philosophy while using a place-based approach along with a person-centred and trauma-informed care lens based on Reconciliation. The was based on a bottom-up, rather than a top-down...

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August 26, 2024

Shelter Pulse Policy Primers

Women's Shelter Policies

Guidelines on how to implement best practices and inclusive policies when writing women’s shelter policies.

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August 26, 2024

Shelter Pulse Literature Review, Environmental Scan & What We Heard Report

Women's Shelter Policies

Shelter Pulse Literature Review: A review of literature, research, and current policies relating to Violence Against Women shelters and the lived experience of survivors. Shelter Pulse Environmental Scan: A review of the internal and external factors affecting Canadian shelters and...

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August 19, 2024

Awareness Builds Connection in Dementia-Friendly Communities (ABCD)

Community Development

Funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada, RDN’s Awareness Builds Connection in Dementia Friendly Communities (ABCD) project was guided by three priorities aligned with Canada’s national dementia strategy, A Dementia Strategy for Canada - Together We Aspire: (1) dementia...

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August 19, 2024

Awareness Builds Connection in Dementia-Friendly Communities (ABCD): Guides

Age-Friendly, Community Development

Informed by research and the experiences of the ABCD pilot communities, these guides have been developed to support rural communities looking to improve the lives of those living with dementia by becoming more dementia-friendly. Understanding that each community is unique...

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August 19, 2024

Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) – Rural Roots

Community Development

The Rural Roots program allowed students to gain much-needed experience to transition into their future careers and for employers to boost their capacity while generating projects that have tangible results. Through meaningful engagement in our program, we aimed to raise...

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July 17, 2024

READI to Work 

Rural Immigration

READI to Work is a training program that supports business sustainability and addresses labour shortages by teaching successful practices for the recruitment, hiring, and retention of newcomer employees. Training is done through a hybrid model with employers across rural communities...

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July 17, 2024

Train the Trainer: Supporting Ukrainian Evacuees Across Rural Alberta

Rural Immigration

This project is designed to support rural communities, service providers, community-based organizations, immigrant-serving agencies, employment centres and municipalities in understanding the unique needs and barriers faced by Ukrainian evacuees settling in rural Albertan communities.    The training will include:  Background information...

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