June 13, 2024
Consultation Research Strategy, Housing, Newcomers
Our Sustainable Housing Initiative (SHI) is your partner in overcoming barriers to affordable housing development. Our dedicated team is committed to guiding your organization through every stage of the process. From defining the need, creating a strategy, to accessing funding,...
June 12, 2024
Housing
Placemaking for Inclusion was a project within RDN's Sustainable Housing Initiative which aimed to enhance social inclusion in affordable housing communities and combat negative stereotypes. Supported by funding from the Community Housing Transformation Centre's Community-Based Tenant Initiative, the project explored...
June 12, 2024
Housing, Housing Education to Support Ukrainian Evacuees in Alberta
This project aimed to improve Ukrainian newcomers’ ability to secure and retain long-term housing in rural Alberta. We developed a guidebook that provided resources on various aspects of tenancy and ownership, support for general settlement, and information on topics including...
June 10, 2024
RDN facilitates dialogue, partnerships, and resource-sharing among rural communities and community based organizations from coast to coast to coast. One of the ways we do this is by hosting networks, whose members meet periodically to share information, ideas, and learn...
June 10, 2024
June 10, 2024
The Rural Immigration Initiative aims to take a holistic approach to support the settlement and integration of newcomers in rural communities. Our immigration team focuses on capacity-building projects for service providers, municipalities, and employers. Many of the communities we have...
June 10, 2024
We create strategic programs to address community health & wellness and economic development to build thriving communities. Our work and projects evolve over time to respond to community needs and priorities, ranging from rural revitalization, facilitating work-integrated learning, strategic community...
June 10, 2024
When it comes to understanding the causes of homelessness, or houselessness, the urban experience tends to be prioritized, mainly due to the “visibility” of unsheltered individuals in large urban centres. The issue of homelessness in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities...
June 10, 2024