2010 KIS Showcase

The 2010 KIS Showcase highlighted Eastern Ontario's economic development priorities. Click here for details and downloads.

Seminars
Creative Economy Seminar Series PDF Print E-mail

Ontario's economy is undergoing a transformation as businesses rely less on physical and routinized tasks, and compete increasingly using talent and technology.  In winter/spring 2010, The Monieson Centre presents a public lecture series exploring how rural businesses and communities can thrive in this new economy.

Topics include:

  • The Creative Economy: Fact and Fiction
  • The Rural Creative Economy: Issues and Challenges
  • The Creative Economy in Ontario: A Prince Edward County Case Example
  • The Creative Economy: Rural Policy Implications
  • The Rural Creative Economy: Agenda for Research

Featuring an impressive cadre of speakers drawn from industry, government and top Ontario universities, you won't want to miss this series!  Up-to-date details, including registration information are available on The Monieson Centre website.

This seminar series is graciously sponsored by the Prince Edward/Lennox & Addington Community Futures Development Corporation and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
 
The Green Phoenix PDF Print E-mail

Susan ChristophersonOn Nov. 24, 2009, Dr. Susan Christopherson, gave a lecture at Queen's School of Business hosted by The Monieson Centre entitled, "The Green Phoenix: How Green Energy Investments can Renew Old Manufacturing Regions."  The lecture explores how the green economy “push” provides an unusual opportunity to target and build both the capacity and markets for advanced manufacturing industries in the U.S. and Canada, potentially expanding high value exports and renewing old industrial regions.  Professor Christopherson is J. Thomas Clark Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University who has published over 50 articles in professional journals and books and 24 policy reports over the course of her career.

Download the lecture in audio mp3 format (right click and select "Save Target As..." to download) as well as the presentation slides.

DVDs of the lecture are available for loan upon request.
 
Knowledge Exchange Seminars PDF Print E-mail

The Monieson Centre hosts periodic hour-long lunchtime sessions to present research ideas, research in progress, and business problems to researchers, faculty, students and community practitioners.  The sessions are interactive and the topics diverse.

In Nov. 2008, Dr. Robert Greenwood, Director of the Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development, Memorial University, led a series of seminars on his centre's work on rural economic development.  With his gracious permission, we are pleased to offer his presentation slides, as well as other related information:

For more information on Knowledge Exchange Seminars, please visit The Monieson Centre's website.