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Published materials (selected)

  • Reimer, Bill (2010) “Rural-Urban Interdependence as an Opportunity for Rural Revitalization” Pp 10-21in Beesley, Kenneth B. The Rural-Urban Fringe in Canada: Conflict and Controversy, Brandon University: Rural Development Institute.
  • Reimer, Bill (2010) “Social Welfare Policies in Rural Canada” in Milbourne, Paul (ed.) Welfare Reform in Rural Places: Comparative Perspectives, volume 15 of Research in Rural Sociology and Development series, Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
  • Reimer, Bill (2010) “Space to Place: Bridging the Gap” Pp 263-274 in Halseth, Greg, Sean Markey and David Bruce (editors). The Next Rural Economies: Constructing Rural Place in a Global Economy, CABI International: Oxfordshire, UK .
  • Halseth, Greg, Sean Markey, Bill Reimer, and Don Manson (2010) “Introduction: The Next Rural Economies” Pp 1-16 in Halseth, Greg, Sean Markey and David Bruce (editors). The Next Rural Economies: Constructing Rural Place in a Global Economy, CABI International: Oxfordshire, UK .
  • Reimer, Bill and Ray Bollman (2010) “Understanding Rural Canada: Implications for Rural Development Policy and Rural Planning Policy” Pp 10-52 In Douglas, David, Rural Planning and Development in Canada, Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd. (select as free eChapter from Nelson Brain)
  • Halseth, Greg, Maureen Reed, and Bill Reimer (2010) Pp 256-280 “Inclusion in Rural Development Planning: Challenges and Opportunities” In Douglas, David, Rural Planning and Development in Canada, Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd. (select as eChapter from Nelson Brain)
  • Lyons, Tara and Bill Reimer (2009) “A Literature Review of Capacity Frameworks: Six Features of Comparison” In Godfrey Baldacchino, Rob Greenwood, Lawrence Felt (eds.) Remote Control: Lessons in Governance for/from Small and Remote Regions, St John's NL, ISER Press: 63-76.
  • Lipton, Becky, Hagens, Victoria, Reimer, Bill (2009) “The Rural Context of Municipal Autonomy” In Godfrey Baldacchino, Rob Greenwood, Lawrence Felt (eds.) Remote Control: Lessons in Governance for/from Small and Remote Regions, St John's NL, ISER Press: 137-147.
  • Reimer, Bill (2010) "Rural and Urban: Differences and Common Ground" In Hiller (Ed.), Urban Canada (2nd Ed.), Don Mills: Oxford U. Press: 62-84.)
  • Reimer, Bill (2009) Rural Canada: challenges and opportunities. Report prepared for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, May, 15pp.
  • Kulig, Judith, Dana Edge, Bill Reimer, Ivan Townshend, and Nancy Lightfoot (2009) “Levels of Risk: Perspectives from the Lost Creek Fire” Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 24:2, 33-39. www.ema.gov.au/ajem
  • Bollman, Ray D. and Reimer, William (2009) “Demographics, Employment, Income, and Networks: Differential Characteristics of Rural Populations” Journal of Agromedicine, 14:2, 132-141.
  • Reimer, Bill (2009) "Key Findings from 20 Years of Rural Research" - a paper and video clip presentation prepared for the Reversing the Tide: Strategies for Successful Rural Revitalization Project - BC 2009
  • Kulig, Judith C., Ambra Gullacher, Bill Reimer, Ivan Townsend, Dana S. Edge, Nancy Lightfoot, Katja Neves-Graca, Murray McKay, Dave Hutton, Michael Barnett, John Clague, and Andrew Coghlan (2008) Lost Creek Fire: Lessons Learned, Lethbridge University, http://www.ruralwildfire.ca.
  • Reimer, Bill and Sean Markey (2008) Place-based Policy: A Rural Perspective, Ottawa: Human Resources and Social Development Canada, November 7, 14 pages with 49-page Appendix.
  • Reimer, Bill and Masashi Tachikawa (2008) Capacity and Social Capital in Rural Communities, Chapter 6 in Apedaile, Peter and Nobuhiro Tsuboi, Revitalization: Fate and Choice, Brandon: Rural Development Institute, 15 pp.
  • Reimer, Bill and Mami Nagata (2008) Building Rural and Urban Common Interests, Chapter 10 in Apedaile, Peter and Nobuhiro Tsuboi, Revitalization: Fate and Choice, Brandon: Rural Development Institute, 13 pp.
  • Proposal for The Trajectories of Rural Communities in Canada. Submitted to SSHRC. Funding successful for April 2009 to March 2012.
  • Jacob, Benoy, Lipton, Becky, Hagens, Victoria, and Reimer, Bill (2008) “Re-thinking local autonomy: perceptions from four rural municipalities” Canadian Public Administration, 51:3 (Sept) 407-427.
  • Alasia, Alessandro, Ray Bollman, John Parkins, and Bill Reimer, (2008) “An Index of Community Vulnerability: Conceptual Framework and Application to Population and Employment Changes, 1981-2001” Statistics Canada: Agriculture and Rural Working Paper Series, Catalogue no. 21-601-MIE – No. 88.
  • Reimer, Bill, Lyons, Tara, Ferguson, Nelson, and Polanco, Geraldina, (2008) “Social capital as social relations: the contribution of normative structures” Sociological Review, 56:2, pp 256-274.
  • Reimer, Bill (2008) “Rural Vitality – From Surviving to Thriving: Insights from the New Rural Economy Project” Invited presented at the Rural Vitality Conference, Kingston, ON (Monieson Centre – Queens University and Prince Edward/Lennox & Addington Community Futures Development Corporation), May 22. (video; powerpoint slides)
  • Reimer, Bill (2007) “The Eastern Townships in the New Rural Economy: Lessons from Pan-Canadian Research” Journal of Eastern Townships Studies, No. 29-30, Fall/Spring 2006-07: 27-44.
  • Reimer, Bill (2007) “Learning for the Future” Rural Councillor, 42:3 Aug-Sept: 12-13.
  • CBC All In a Weekend (August 19, 2007): Audio20070819
  • Reimer, Bill (Ed.) (2007) Our Diverse Cities: Rural Communities Toronto: Metropolis, Number 3, Summer.
  • Reimer, Bill (2007) “Immigration in the New Rural Economy” Pp. 3-8 in Reimer, Bill (Ed.) Our Diverse Cities: Rural Communities, Toronto : Metropolis, Number 3, Summer.
  • Reimer, Bill, Mike Burns, and Paul Gareau (2007) “Ethnic and cultural diversity in rural Canada: its relationship to immigration” Pp. 30-35 in Reimer, Bill (Ed.) Our Diverse Cities: Rural Communities, Toronto : Metropolis, Number 3, Summer.
  • Proposal for the Canadian Rural Research Network (SSHRC)
  • Proposal for Concordia Centre for Rural Research and Education ProposalCCRRE08.pdf (375KB)
  • PPT and PDF for May 30, 2007 Plenary (note: pdf is much smaller)
  • PPT for Presentation to SSHRC-INE Workshop (May 31, 2007)
  • Reimer, Bill (2006) A Comparative Overview: the Canadian/Australian Experience, Pp 14-25 in Rogers, Maureen (Ed.) The Changing Nature of Australia’s Country Towns, Bendigo: Victorian University Regional Research Network
  • Reimer, Bill and Bollman, Ray (2006) “The New Rural Economy: Key Observations for Research and Policy in the Canadian Context” Pp 236-255 in Rogers, Maureen (Ed.) The Changing Nature of Australia’s Country Towns, Bendigo: Victorian University Regional Research Network.
  • Hagens, Victoria, Lipton, Becky, Jacob, Benoy, and Reimer, Bill (2006) “Autonomy and Discretion in Local Governance: A Rural and Small Town Perspective.” Municipal World, (April):19-22, 68.
  • Reimer, Bill (Ed.) The New Rural Economy, Special Issue of the Journal of Rural and Community Development, 1(2) 2006.
  • Reimer, Bill (2006) “The Historical Context of Rural Research”, Journal of Rural and Community Development, 1(2)50-55, www.jrcd.ca.
  • Reimer, Bill (2006) “The Rural Context of Community Development in Canada”, Journal of Rural and Community Development, 1(2)155-175.
  • Reimer, Bill (2006) “The Informal Economy in Non-Metropolitan Canada” The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 43:1(Feb)23-49.
  • NRE Capacity Framework - a Paper presented with Tara Lyons at the CRRF/NRRN Conference, Twillingate, NF June 8, 2006 (pdf, 75KB)
  • Files for World Congress of Rural Sociology
  • Tiepoh, M. Geepu Nah, and Bill Reimer (2004) “Social Capital, Information Flows, and Income Creation in Rural Canada: A Cross-Community Analysis” Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol 33(4)427-448.
  • CBC Radio Noon Phone-in (June 14, 2004): Audio20040614
  • ReimerSocialCapitalJCDS.pdf - "Social Capital as Social Relations: Implications for Community Development" (December, 2003)

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