We’re committed to small communities
ERA’s Culture of Outports program evolved into a broader initiative under the name of Culture of Small. Its focus remained on understanding the economic challenges and opportunities facing rural communities, but it expanded beyond outport communities in Eastern Canada to include rural communities across the country.
Ultimately, Culture of Small helped establish and support regional collaborative networks of entrepreneurs looking to leverage natural and cultural local resources — it helped connect unique places with unique people to support diversified cultural economies in rural communities.
Key Objectives
To support the development of innovative programmatic and policy solutions that address the demographic and economic challenges of Canadian rural communities.
To change the conversation about Canadian rural communities, creating broad awareness about the value of these communities and elevating the collective sense of self-worth among rural populations.
To work with academics, researchers and practitioners to deepen our understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing Canadian rural communities.
