ARDN originated in Alberta, created as a partnership of Alberta’s 21 public post secondary institutions.

History

ARDN began operations in 2009 with a grant from the Rural Alberta Development Fund (RADF) and in-kind commitments from its post-secondary members. Since its inception, ARDN has worked with several of Alberta's colleges, universities and organizations on projects, including Lakeland College and

Portage College Portage College is a public board-governed community college in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada. Portage has seven campus locations throughout northeastern Alberta. History In 1968, Alberta NewStart was established in Lac La Biche as part of the f ...

on a Regional Innovation Network in East Central Alberta,

Mount Royal University Mount Royal University (MRU) is a public university in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. History Mount Royal University was founded by Alberta provincial charter by the Arthur Sifton government on December 16, 1910 and officially opened on September 8, ...

on a Business Retention & Expansion Symposium, the Alberta Academy of Art and Design on the Company of Albertans, Pastor Tim Wray on the Young Adult Photovoice Project, and

Lethbridge College Lethbridge College (previously Lethbridge Community College) opened in 1957 as the first publicly funded community college in Canada. Over 4,000 students attend the Lethbridge, Alberta, institution. Lethbridge College is a member of the Albert ...

on Social in the South. More recently, ARDN administered the Homelessness Partnering Strategy's Rural and Remote Homelessness funding stream for Alberta.Higgins, Michael
"Alberta's Rural Homeless"
Alberta Primetime. Retrieved 25 June 2013. So far, this has resulted in the funding of seven rural homelessness projects, including projects in Drayton Valley, Chestermere, Fort Macleod and Cochrane.Edey, Noel
"Support for homeless youth"
Cochrane Times. Retrieved 9 July 2013

Members

* Athabasca University *

Grande Prairie Regional College Northwestern Polytechnic (NWP), formerly known as Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) is a community college in northwestern Alberta, Canada. The college's main campus is located in Grande Prairie, with a secondary campus in Fairview, and ma ...

Keyano College Keyano College is a post-secondary college located in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. It offers specialized training to more than 2,100 full-time students and over 4,000 part-time students. The main Clearwater Campus is located in downtown Fort ...

Medicine Hat College Medicine Hat College is a public, board governed, comprehensive college serving southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. The college is located in the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, and was founded in 1965. Almost 2,500 studen ...

Northern Lakes College Northern Lakes College is a publicly funded comprehensive community college in northern Alberta, Canada. Administrative offices are located in Slave Lake and Grouard, Alberta, with a staff of more than 275 working in more than 25 community campuse ...

University of Calgary The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being ins ...

University of Lethbridge , mottoeng = '' Let there be light'' , type = Public , established = , academic_affiliations = Universities Canada , endowment = $73 million (2019) , chancellor = Charles Wease ...

Media

ARDN publishes a newsletter. The ''RTAB'' is published at least once a month.

References

{{reflist Homelessness Affordable housing Rural community development Non-profit organizations based in Alberta