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Canada has operated entrepreneur and investor programs to support immigrants’ economic development. Some programs have had difficulties identifying the best immigrant selection criteria, low interest rates, fraud, low immigrant retention rates, the administrative burden of monitoring programs, public concerns about investor programs, and increasing global competition. This webinar provides policy insights and suggestions to help strengthen entrepreneur and investor immigrants’ role in supporting job creation and economic growth in Canada. It is based on a report from the Conference Board of Canada’s Summit in Toronto on Entrepreneur & Investor Immigration on December 6 and 7, 2016. This presentation may also have rural implications in Entrepreneur and Investor retention in rural Canada. View full poster details.

Questions can be directed to presenter: Orthist Adu Gyamfi, 204-441-0915, AduGyamfiO@brandonu.ca

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National Conference

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), according to its Three-Year Plan 2017-2020, will review the Native Broadcasting Policy (CRTC 1990-89) next year. The gatherings entitled “The Future of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Broadcasting” aim to bring practitioners, policy makers and academics together as allies to prepare a context for respectful and meaningful consultation. The idea is to create or identify the terms of reference for the CRTC deliberations to ensure that any policy changes support the development goals that Indigenous media activists, broadcasters, and community members themselves identify. This gathering seeks to share decision making power with the people, and to assert Indigenous rights to media democracy ‘for as long as the waters flow’.

Discussion Topics: The CRTC Process & CRTC Policy

• How would you like the CRTC consultation process to be conducted?
• How should the review process itself be changed?
• What should the policy entail?
• What are the elements to include or exclude?
• What changes would be required to the Broadcasting Act to ensure the policy is upheld?

Participate in Conversations & Convergence February to May, 2017.

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This interactive one, day workshop, co-facilitated by the University of Guelph’s Libro Professor of Regional Economic Development and Selkirk College’s Regional Innovation Chair in Rural Economic Development, will explore regional economic development models and best practice approaches in the context of the new rural paradigm, place-based development, and cluster-focused development. Attendees will learn about models from across Canada and beyond and will then engage in facilitated discussions on how best practice approaches can be applied in the Basin-Boundary region. Elected officials are invited to attend. Please register early as registration is limited.

To register visit selkirk.ca/economicworkshop

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This one-day regional Workforce Development Learning Summit will highlight workforce innovations and discuss challenges. Expert speakers and innovators will explore the concepts of clusters, technology and innovation as they relate to building a 21st Century workforce. Attendees will then work together to help build evidence-based regional cluster-focused strategies specific to technology, tourism, forestry, mining and metals, and advanced manufacturing. Industry, business, education, economic development, local government, and business and employment support providers are invited to attend.

Please register early as registration is limited.

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