Rural Ontario Institute

The Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Employment

Date: May 12, 2020

A special issue of Focus on Rural Ontario entitled COVID-19 Impact on Rural Employment: Ontario in the Canadian context highlights the impact on rural Ontario with a comparison to the impact on rural employment in other provinces from February to April, 2020.

Importance of Community Attachment on Willingness to Return to Hometown after Graduation

Date: May 4, 2020

Newly published research examined the factors influencing students’ desire to return to their hometowns to live and work after graduation. The researchers concluded that the strongest predictor of willingness to return to one's hometown was community attachment.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Employment

Importance of Community Attachment on Willingness to Return to Hometown after Graduation