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Sheila Downer

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Group:SmartLabrador
Location:Forteau, NL, Canada
Email:sdowner@smartlabrador.ca
Biography:

Sheila is a very strong advocate for the development of rural communities.  She is originally from Central Newfoundland and moved to Labrador to assume a one-year contract with the provincial government of Newfoundland in 1984.  She has since, adopted an extremely strong allegiance to Labrador, its issues, its people, and its potential. 

 

Sheila currently serves as the Managing Director of SmartLabrador Inc. and has worked for the past twenty eight years in Labrador, in many facets of community development.  She has served as a catalyst for the development of information technology in Labrador and has led the planning and management of several major IT projects for Labrador communities.

 

 Sheila’s education and 30 year background in community economic development has provided a strong foundation and appreciation of the needs of rural and northern communities. Her work in these communities has provided a strong background in understanding and addressing challenges of regional development and has supported her experience in providing project partnership, regional network development and ICT services internationally. 

 

She has been recognized as one of Atlantic Canada’s Top 50 CEO’s, has served as a member of the Hemispheric Advisory Board for the Institute of Connecting the Americas (International Development Research Centre) and is the current Chair of Memorial University’s Harris Centre Advisory Board.

Contributions

ItemTypeDate Added
Coastal Heritage Experience ProjectProjectOct 10, 2011
North Atlantic Knowledge Network
Storing and Sharing Community-Based Knowledge
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