Ken Bessant, Brandon University

Research

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Latest funding

Rural policy learning commons: building rural policy through international comparative analysis
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000

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Rural policy learning commons: building rural policy through international comparative analysis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Partnership Grants

Keywords: international comparative analysis; rural and northern policy; regional analysis; economic and social development; community learning; indigenous peoples; governance; food; labour; natural resources; communication

$2,500,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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