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We have never been urban: Modernization, small schools and resilient rurality in Atlantic Canada
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-18, 06:53 authored by Michael CorbettThis article considers some educational implications of resilient rurality in Nova Scotia, a province in eastern Canada. By Statistics Canada definitions, the province contains more than double the national percentage of rural residents, a figure that has not changed very much since the 1950s when rural school consolidation and other “modernization” schemes began in earnest. This resilient rurality is typically constructed in a metrocentric deficit perspective as a marker of underdevelopment and inevitable population decline and decay. I argue that subsequent educational reform initiatives have generally supported the closure of rural schools and have not significantly considered their effectiveness and potential to support strength-based rural development policy and social justice
History
Publication title
Journal of rural and community developmentVolume
9Pagination
186-202ISSN
1712-8277Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
Brandon UniversityPlace of publication
CanadaRights statement
Copyright 2014 Journal of Rural and Community DevelopmentRepository Status
- Restricted