March 8, 2025 (Toronto) – As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2025, it is a historic moment for municipal leadership in Ontario. For the first time, all major municipal associations in the province are chaired by women, demonstrating the strength,…
Engage and Energize – Empowering Teeny Tiny Places
Engage and Energize – Empowering Teeny Tiny Places
The 2025 Teeny Tiny Summits were to be held in the rural communities of Manitouwadge, Picton and Strathroy-Caradoc. The Teeny Tiny…
Municipalities understand their communities best and need a collaborative provincial partner who does not overreach into municipal jurisdiction
The provincial government is increasingly making unilateral decisions that should either be left up to…
Homelessness is a social, economic and health crisis reaching disastrous proportions. While most homeless Ontarians live in urban centres in southern Ontario, homelessness is growing at a faster rate in rural and northern areas.
Homelessness in…
Provincial support for housing-enabling infrastructure
In response to Ontario’s rapid population growth, the province has set a goal to build 1.5 million homes by 2031. Rural municipalities play a crucial role in achieving this goal, with a shared…
Continued advocacy for rural access to primary healthcare
Over the past few years, ROMA has undertaken research to examine the gap in primary healthcare and mental health support services in rural Ontario.
This research was presented at the 2023…
