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Research
Latest funding
- $42,726
Impact of federal and provincial policies on the survival of shortline freight railways serving Canada's rural enterprises and communities
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $177,200
An ecosystem approach to understanding rural social enterprises: the impact of context on organizational development and operations
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
- $238,250
Economic and community development: examining the causes and consequence of change in sparsely populated areas of Northern Canada
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
Impact of federal and provincial policies on the survival of shortline freight railways serving Canada's rural enterprises and communities
Principal investigators: Ensign, Prescott C.
Keywords: Canadian shortline railway innovation and sustainability; entrepreneurship and rural economic development; federal and provincial government policy; business model; abandonment of rural community rail lines; public and private infrastructure support
An ecosystem approach to understanding rural social enterprises: the impact of context on organizational development and operations
Principal investigators: Ensign, Prescott C.
Keywords: social enterprises; rural and northern communities; economic and community development; ecosystem; social needs; sustainability
Economic and community development: examining the causes and consequence of change in sparsely populated areas of Northern Canada
Principal investigators: Ensign, Prescott C.
Keywords: economic and community development; social cohesion/networks; individual; family and community prosperity; intergenerational coalescing; community innovation and individual entrepreneurship; capacity/knowledge building; migration to/from remote places
Entrepreneurial experiences of Aboriginal Canadians: listening to and learning from others
Principal investigators: Ensign, Prescott C.
Keywords: educational aids; written case studies; video/dvd suitable for classroom or podcast; and interactive (web); instruction/training for students entrepreneurs
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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