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In September 2023, the Alberta government released the LifeWorks report detailing the possibility of a withdrawal from the Canada Pension Plan. Since then, a number of questions have been raised about the content of the original report, the implications of adoption, the process for decision-making, and both the politics and optics of the proposal. As the province rolls out telephone town halls on this report and potential referendum, the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy hosted an online panel on the report, the implications, the politics, and the realities of the possible change to Alberta's (and Canada's) pension system. Featuring Dr. Jared Wesley, Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta; Dr. Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary; and Dr. Trevor Harrison, recently retired Professor of Sociology at the University of Lethbridge. The panel was moderated by Dr. Lars Hallstrom, Director of the Prentice Institute.

Adebiyi G. Boco, Lars K. Hallstrom, Samuel M. Ofori Dei, Ogochukwu K. Onyeso, Eileen Sowunmi, Lisa-Marie Swanepoel, Brie Wilson,

Principal investigator Adebiyi Boco, PhD – Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and
Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy, University of Lethbridge

Md Kamrul Islam, Lars K. Hallstrom
Abstract: This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on three aspects of health among Canadians living with a disability: (1) perceived physical health, (2) perceived mental health, and (3) unmet healthcare needs during the pandemic. We utilized crowdsourcing data from Statistics Canada’s Impacts of COVID-19 on Canadians Living with Long-term Conditions and Disabilities, 2020 Survey. The total sample size for our study was 8,872 and included males and females who were 15 years and older. To examine the health impacts of the pandemic, we calibrated a multivariable logistic regression. We found that respondents living with a disability had higher odds of experiencing negative impacts from the pandemic on their physical and mental health and have more unmet healthcare needs than those without a disability. Youth (15–24 years) living with a disability had 4.11 times higher odds of experiencing poor physical health during the pandemic than older adults (65 years and older) without a disability. Similarly, respondents aged 25-44 years and 45-64 years living with a disability also had higher odds of experiencing poor physical health (5.34 times and 5.68 times respectively) during the pandemic than older adults without a disability. The health impacts of the pandemic among those living with disabilities were found to differ significantly by age cohorts.

Adandom, Henrietha Chibuzor MSc; Ofori-Dei, Samuel Mantey PhD; Hallstrom, Lars K. PhD
Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine 28(3):p 123-130, Jul–Sep 2023. | DOI:

Stacey Haugen, Rachel McNally, Lars Hallstrom

Stacey Haugen, Rachel McNally, Lars Hallstrom
Summary Report to the IRCC

Abstract:
Refugees in Canada and beyond are largely destined for resettlement in large cities. However, through sponsorship, dispersal policies, and more informal mechanisms, more rural communities and smaller cities are welcoming refugees. Despite the increasing diversity of resettlement communities, research remains concentrated on large cities, leaving a gap in knowledge about resettlement in rural regions, towns, villages, and small cities. This report presents the results from three research activities: (1) a Scoping Literature Review; (2) Virtual Focus Groups & Interviews; and (3) a National Bilingual Survey

Stacey Haugen, Rachel McNally, Lars Hallstrom

Résumé:
Les réfugiés au Canada et ailleurs sont en grande partie destinés à être réinstallés dans les grandes villes. Cependant, grâce au parrainage, aux politiques de dispersion et à des mécanismes informels, un plus grand nombre de collectivités rurales et de petites villes accueillent des réfugiés. Malgré la diversité croissante des collectivités de réinstallation, la recherche demeure axée sur les grandes villes, ce qui entraîne des lacunes dans les connaissances sur la réinstallation dans les régions rurales, les municipalités, les villages et les petites villes. Le rapport présente les résultats de trois activités de recherche:
(1) Examen de la littérature; (2) Entrevues et groupes de discussion virtuels; (3) Sondage national bilingue.

Adebiyi G. Boco, Lars K. Hallstrom, Samuel Mantey Ofori Dei, Lisa-Marie Swanepoel, Brie Wilson

Adebiyi G. Boco, PhD.

Hannah Laberge & Brie Wilson

Kianna Turner, Amy Cran, Isabella Lee

Peter Gorombey

Kirsten Hironaka

Taylor Manns and Kianna Turner

Pascal L. Ghazalian, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Lethbridge

Ekediegwu, Ezinne Chika, Chigbogu Earnest Akpaenyi, Ifeoma Blessing Nwosu, and Ogochukwu Kelechi Onyeso. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 23, no. 1, (2022).

Lee, Bonnie K., and Samuel M. Ofori Dei. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment. January 2022. doi:10.1177/11782218221088875

Dr. Lars Hallstrom, Stacey Haugen, Payton Grant

Presented at Canadian Rural Revitalization Conference (CRRF) May 25 - May 27, 2022

Abstract: In 2019 the province returned to its conservative roots with an overwhelming vote for the United Conservative Party (UCP) led by Premier Jason Kenney. They formed the Government of Alberta on April 30, 2019 with 62 of 87 seats, winning over 70% of the vote in a number of ridings. Electoral support for the NDP was largely limited to urban centers. Voter turnout in the 2019 election was the highest recorded since 1982 at 64%.

At the local level, many of the challenges faced by rural municipalities are long-standing, but increasingly compounded by economic decline, provincial fiscal policy, deteriorating infrastructure, increasing urbanization, aging populations, and diminishing services. The province is home to 356 municipal units, of which 260 are recognized as urban municipalities, meaning they are defined as a city, town, village, or summer village under the Municipal Government Act.

Dr. Lars Hallstrom, Stacey Haugen, Payton Grant

Presented at Canadian Rural Revitalization Conference (CRRF) May 25 - May 27, 2022

Abstract- Automated technologies, increased digitalization, and international events, such as COVID-19, are putting pressure on national and local economies to adapt or face rising unemployment and economic downturn. Rural communities are particularly impacted by these pressures as their economies are often built around a common industry, and the lack of access to training opportunities and reliable broadband create significant barriers.

Kamrul, Md. Islam, and Peter Kellett. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2022.

Dr. Lars Hallstrom, Stacey Haugen, Payton Grant

Presented at the Western Political Science Association (WPSA) - Portland, Oregon, March 10-12, 2022

Abstract- The Measurement Challenge for Environmental Policy: The Discursive Framing, Development and Usages of Data for Sustainability: Accounting for human/environment relationship requires data, indicators, and frameworks that include relationships between: social, economic, health, and ecological systems. While the scope, volume, and availability of data has increased, challenges remain.

Stacey Haugen, with Lars K. Hallström, PhD

Haugen, Stacey. The Right to Be Rural, February 2022, pp.289.

Reid-Musson, E., MacEachen, E., Beckie, M., & Hallström, L. (2022). Agriculture and Human Values. doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10302-9

Dr. Lars Hallstrom, Nick Yarmey

Presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting from February 25 - March 1, 2022

Abstract- ECHO Screen: A spatial assessment tool for quantifying cumulative effects to environment, community, and health.

A Health in the Watershed Atlas of the Battle River and Sounding Creek Watersheds

Dr. Lars Hallstrom, Stacey Haugen, Payton Grant

Western Political Science Association Conference, Portland OR, 2022

Explore 47 short videos from the Environment Community Health Observatory Network Alberta's "Taking Notice to Take Action: Integrating Environment, Community, and Health" watershed atlas.

Yu, Li and Wei Xu. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. 2022; 54(3): 508-532. doi:10.1177/0308518X211061400

Discussion with Dr. Lars Hallstrom, one of the authors of the State of Rural Canada 2021: Opportunities, Recovery, and Resilience in Changing Times.

Hallstrom, Lars, Stacey Haugen, Payton Grant, and Timi Emiloju.

Haugen, Stacey, Lars Hallstrom, Payton Grant, Justine Cha, and Patricia MacQuarrie. Journal of Rural and Community Development 16, no. 2 (2021).

Haugen, Stacey, Lars Hallstrom, Payton Grant, Justine Cha, and Patricia MacQuarrie

Hallstrom, Lars, and Glen T. Hvenegaard

Hallstrom, Lars, Stacey Haugen, Payton Grant, and Timi Emiloju

Stacey Haugen, Lars K. Hallstrom, Payton Grant

International Conference on Sustainable Development, Virtual, 2021

Hallstrom, Lars K., Stacey Haugen

Morris, Stéfanie, Patti Tamara Lenard, and Stacey Haugen. Journal of Refugee Studies 34, no. 1 (2020): pp.130–48.

Haugen, Stacey, Patti Tamara Lenard, and Emily Regan Wills. Canadian Journal of Political Science 53, no. 3 (2020): pp.560–76.

Islam, Md. Kamrul, Md. Rabiul Haque, and Prianka Sultana Hema. PLOS ONE 15, no. 3 (2020).

Haugen, Stacey. Refuge 35, no. 2 (2019): pp.53–63.