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History

ARDN began operations in 2009 with a grant from the Rural Alberta Development Fund (RADF)³ and in-kind commitments from its post-secondary members.

Since its inception, ARDN has worked with several of Alberta's colleges, universities and organizations on projects, including Lakeland College and Portage College on a Regional Innovation Network in East Central Alberta,⁴ Mount Royal University on a Business Retention & Expansion Symposium,⁵ the Alberta Academy of Art and Design on the Company of Albertans,⁶ Pastor Tim Wray on the Young Adult Photovoice Project,⁷ and Lethbridge College on Social in the South.⁸

More recently, ARDN administered the Homelessness Partnering Strategy's Rural and Remote Homelessness funding stream for Alberta.⁹ So far, this has resulted in the funding of seven rural homelessness projects, including projects in Drayton Valley,¹⁰ Chestermere,¹¹ Fort Macleod¹² and Cochrane.¹³

Members

• Athabasca University
• Grande Prairie Regional College
• Keyano College
• Lethbridge College
• Medicine Hat College
• Northern Lakes College
• Portage College
• University of Calgary
• University of Lethbridge

References

1. "About | Rural Development Network". www.ruraldevelopment.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-04. https://www.ruraldevelopment.ca/about-us/about ↩

2. Staff. "Community Outreach" Archived 2013-05-29 at the Wayback Machine. Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities. Retrieved 25 June 2013. http://www.augustana.ualberta.ca/research/centres/acsrc/outreach.html ↩

3. "Alberta Rural Development Network". Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20140110001625/http://www.radf.ca/projects/alberta_rural_development_network/ ↩

4. Staff. "Lakeland and Portage partner to build East Central Alberta Regional Innovation Network". Lakeland College - Applied Research & Innovation. Retrieved 8 July 2013. http://www.lakelandcollege.ca/applied-research/newsroom/_articles/news10021101.aspx ↩

5. Staff. "Keeping rural business strong". Mount Royal University. Retrieved 8 July 2013. http://www.mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/FacultiesSchoolsCentres/Business/NewsAnnouncements/bresymposium2012.htm ↩

6. Staff. "The Company of Albertans" Archived 2013-08-09 at the Wayback Machine. ACAD. Retrieved 8 July 2013. http://www.acad.ca/wh_2013_04_ikg_company_of_albertans.html ↩

7. Wray, Tim. "What Matters in Small Towns?" Archived 2013-05-16 at the Wayback Machine. Farm On. Retrieved 8 July 2013. http://farmon.com/pages/workshops/guides/tim-wray/free-content/free-content/what-matters-in-small-towns.aspx ↩

8. Staff. "Social in the South 2012: Social Media Strategies for Business" Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine. Lethbridge College. Retrieved 8 July 2013. http://www.lethbridgecollege.ca/news/all/social-south-2012-social-media-strategies-business ↩

9. Higgins, Michael. "Alberta's Rural Homeless". Alberta Primetime. Retrieved 25 June 2013. http://www.albertaprimetime.com/Stories.aspx?pd=5156 ↩

10. Whalen, Courtney. "Drayton Valley receives homelessness partnership money" Drayton Valley Western Review. Retrieved 9 July 2013 http://www.draytonvalleywesternreview.com/2013/05/06/drayton-valley-receives-homelessness-partnership-money ↩

11. Chorney, Allison. "Chestermere receives $57,000 to help prevent homelessness in community" Archived 2016-07-10 at the Wayback Machine Rocky View Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2013 http://www.rockyviewweekly.com/article/20130610/RVW0801/306109996/0/rvw ↩

12. Staff. "Fort Macleod get funding for housing support program" Macleod Gazette. Retrieved 9 July 2013 http://www.fortmacleodgazette.com/2013/fort-macleod-get-funding-for-housing-support-program/ ↩

13. Edey, Noel. "Support for homeless youth" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Cochrane Times. Retrieved 9 July 2013 http://www.cochranetimes.com/2013/05/01/support-for-homeless-youth ↩