Rural Policy Learning Commons (RPLC-CAPR)

The Rural Policy Learning Commons(RPLC/CAPR) works with researchers, policymakers, and citizens to analyze and address rural issues across Canada and internationally. The RPLC/CAPR incorporates an iterative and cumulative design where lessons learned regarding rural policy insights, methods, design, and implementation are opened to further scrutiny. It integrates academic participants with rural policy practitioners and community stakeholders to exchange expertise and experiences that cross disciplinary, organizational, and sectoral lines. Adopting an “active policy entrepreneurship” approach (Stone 2001) we use collaboration to critically evaluate policy alternatives, expand the tools available to policy-analysts, and prepare policy-makers for a world where rural-urban interdependence is the norm. Major objectives of the RPLC are to build rural capacity and strengthen relationships to inform rural research and policy. Some members focus on provincial and regional research while others concentrate on international comparative analysis through working relationships among institutions and individual partners. We encourage you to join the rplc network, and learn more about how together we can enhance rural prosperity for all!