Rural Prosperity and Optimism - Some Reflections on the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Conference
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"[Staffers at Canada's Rural and Cooperatives Secretariat (RCS)] also said that they were fighting barriers to transparency, and it was generally very hard to publish reports on the website. This makes me wonder how much of the research done in-house or by consultants, that nevertheless serves to inform national policy, is never made public. I am a proponent of open access as a basic democratic criterion and would like to see the day in which public access of research is made a requirement for accountability. This is especially important for many rural communities who can’t afford to pay for accessing, yet alone conducting their own research...."