Human Resource Development The H.R. Response

The Basic Issue

A second response to the pressures and changes in the rural sector of Canada is the Human Resource response. The development of human resources takes several forms and is carried out for a variety of reasons:

The explosion of on-line courses and distance education resources, particularly through the Internet is astounding. Many universities are putting their course notes on line for free, and huge databases of articles and library resources are now available anywhere in the world. The opportunities for human resource development in any field are accessible to most rural citizens, and the government is moving rapidly to make high speed internet access available to at least 85% of Canada's population by 2005.

A third response to rural change concerns the activities of government itself, resulting in a heightened interest in civic change.

Aspects of Human Resource Development

           

Rural Development Institute Research Studies

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