Bill Reimer is a Professor of Sociology at Concordia University in Montréal. For the past 10 years he has directed a national research project on the New Rural Economy (http://nre.concordia.ca). It includes 15 researchers and 32 rural communities in a research and education network from all parts of Canada (plus 2 in Japan). His publications deal with the impact of technology on rural communities, the economy and the household, Aboriginal communities, the informal economy, social support networks, social capital, social cohesion, municipal finances, community capacity-building, and rural immigration.