Welcome
Welcome to the Atlantic RURAL Centre. The mission of the RURAL Centre is to enhance our understanding of the physical and socioeconomic environmental influences on health and the capacity of rural Atlantic Canadians to respond to these challenges.
Formed in 2004 and funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Atlantic RURAL Centre promotes research development, collaboration, and knowledge translation between researchers, government agencies, concerned citizens and rural Atlantic Canadians.
Jan 21
We would like to wish a fond farewell and congratulations to Angeline Quek. We thank her for her dedication and hard work during her time with the Centre, and she will be greatly missed. We wish her all the best and continued success for her future endeavors with Frito-Lay Canada.
At this time, we would like to give a warm welcome to Read Guernsey who has joined our team as Angeline’s replacement. Read comes to us from Dalhousie University, graduating with a Bachelor of Management. He has experience in the hospitality sector, and worked with our Centre on the Farmedic project. He is thrilled to be a part of the team. He can be reached at read.guernsey@dal.ca.
Jan 12
The Atlantic RURAL Centre will be holding its monthly lunch seminar series on Friday, January 29, 2010, at the Tupper Medical Building Basement (5850 College Street). This month we are pleased to have Dr. GodFrey Baldacchino. His presentation is entitled “Bridging Two Solitudes? The Contribution of Island Studies to Rural Studies”
RSVP to Martha Paynter (902 494 8846, Martha.paynter@dal.ca)
Jan 06
The RURAL Centre is pleased to announce that Tara Isenor has joined the Atlantic RURAL Centre as our Centre Manager. She will be replacing Jenn Tuttle.
Tara holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and a Masters in Health Care Management (MHCM) from the University of Phoenix. Additionally, she holds a Financial Counseling Designation (PFC) from the Institute of Canadian Bankers. Tara comes to us from Capital Health (CH) in Halifax, NS where she was mentored by the CEO in Executive Leadership while she fulfilled various management roles. Recently, she completed a secondment from CH to Nova Scotia’s Department of Health as the Project Manager for the Research and Evaluation Unit of the Health Transformation Division. Tara brings extensive managerial experience from the Health and Financial sectors to the Atlantic RURAL Center. Tara is a freelance writer and is in the process of getting her Children’s Book Series published. Tara is married and has one son and is very excited to be a member of this great team.
Tara can be reached at tara.isenor@dal.ca (902) 494-7446
