Welcome to Nova Scotia Agricultural College’s Rural Research Centre – or “RRC” - as we like to call it.

The RRC is a small research institute focused on rural research and making connections between research and the people who shape rural life.

We do this through multi-disciplinary rural research, and a variety of endeavours and activities rooted in 'the rural' - whether that rural reality is in Atlantic Canada, or elsewhere in the world.

With a mandate to serve the rural community of Atlantic Canada, first and foremost, the RRC conducts or facilitates rurally-focused Atlantic research and outreach on a variety of subjects, including agrarian movements (and present-day cooperatives and policy); rural disaster resilience; health knowledge and home remedies; rural women’s volunteerism; wool value chain development.

Our central research programme, Changing Paradigms in Atlantic Agriculture, funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, has been examining the changing (local to global) state of Atlantic agriculture.

Click here for an overview of the Changing Paradigms research initiative.

Click here for a copy of the Terms of Reference for the Rural Research Centre.