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Together with partners from the University
of Guelph, Simon Fraser University and the
Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation, a
project team of three post-secondary student
researchers are undertaking work that ranges
from mapping out innovative examples from
across rural Canada to better understanding
challenges with existing funding programs
to doing a detailed analysis of all the barriers
rural communities face when it comes
to transit. Largely desktop work, the team is
compiling and analyzing existing information,
articles, reports and websites.
“Transit literature is often dominated by
rural places that are very close to large urban
centres, so we have a better understanding of
those places,” says Breen. “Our project team
wants to build that understanding to bring in
the full range of different rural communities
across Canada. Because the challenges and
needs here in the mountains of south-eastern
British Columbia can be very different from
coastal communities or from prairie farming
communities. It’s important that we don’t
treat rural communities like they’re the same
thing.”
The federal government’s focus of using
insight and evidence to support informed
policy making is the foundation of the
It is with great
sadness that
we announce
the passing of
our wonderful
mother,
Margaret Jane
Rota (née
Rooney.)
Margaret was
born April 21, 1923 in Grangecom, Downpatrick,
Northern Ireland. She immigrated to
Canada with her parents and three siblings on
the S.S. Regina in July 1927, settling on a farm
near Saltcoats, Saskatchewan.
During WWII, she installed windshields into
aircraft in Vancouver. After the war, she worked
at the Royal Bank and decided that she wanted
to work her way around the world. Her first
stop was Calgary where she met her future
husband, Sam Rota at a Calgary Stampede
dance. After a whirlwind two week courtship,
she agreed to marry him in November and
move to Creston, BC.
Margaret had many varied interests. She
was a voracious reader and could quote long
passages of poetry by memory. She knitted
project. Other topics being explored through
this round of knowledge synthesis grants at
post-secondary institutions across the country
include focus on e-bike infrastructure,
equity and justice in public transit, active
transportation, and more. The projects will
be compiled into reports that will be received
by policy and decision makers at federal, provincial
and local levels of government.
“From a rural economic development perspective,
transit and mobility are incredibly
important,” Breen says of the Selkirk College-lead
project. “The availability and functionality
of transit systems can create jobs,
help retain residents, improve access to goods
and services, as well as helping reduce greenhouse
gas emissions.”
Breen and her team will be presenting the
findings of the Navigating Rural: Place-Based
Transit Solutions for Rural Canada project at
a national conference this fall and the report
will be made available to the public by the end
of 2021.
Learn more about the BC Regional Innovation
Chair in Rural Economic Development
based out of Selkirk College’s Applied
Research & Innovation Centre at: https://selkirk.ca/research/ric
Margaret Jane Rota April 21, 1923—July 1, 2021
sweaters and socks and crocheted many beautiful
afghans that are treasured by her family.
Her children have paintings that she created in
her early years of retirement. Margaret canned
fruit for her family and was an excellent baker
of cinnamon buns, pies, fruitcake and whole
wheat bread. She was an original healthy
living advocate.
Margaret returned to Northern Ireland with
her sister Sally in 1977, visiting her McGouran
and Rooney cousins in Belfast and County
Down. In 1994, she toured Italy with Sam,
spending time in Calabria with his Curcio and
Rota cousins.
Margaret enjoyed contributing to her
community. She was a member of the CWL
and was the chairperson of the Kaslo PTA. She
was willing to lend a helping hand to anyone
in need. Her door was always open to her
children’s friends.
She was a loving, cherished mother. Each of
her children grew up secretly believing in her/
his heart, “I am Mom’s favourite.” It was well
into adulthood before they realized that they
all shared the same belief. When asked about
her advice for raising children, she said, “Just
love them.” ♥
Margaret is survived by her children: Debbie
(Ken), Gloria (Eckart), Mark, Sharon (Ken), Jim
and Connie. Her grandchildren loved and will
miss their loving and supportive Grandma:
Derek (Jenn), James (Leah), Kathleen (Leigh),
Greg (Katie), Kevin (Shelley), Erika (Alex),
Ryan (Jordi), Lauren (Matt), Heather, Angele,
Colette, Sheldon and 15 great-grandchildren.
Margaret was predeceased by her loving
husband of 63 years, Sam; young son Gregory;
parents Margaret Jane and John Rooney;
sisters Mary, Catherine, Ann, Susan, Sally, Josephine,
Bridget, Rosaline; brothers John, James,
Patrick, Nick; sisters-in-law Barbara, Joyce;
brothers-in-law Earl, Jimmy, Don, Art, Ross.
Margaret will be missed by her surviving
family: sisters Eileen and Sheila; sisters-in-law
Barbara, Paddy; brothers-in-law Gordie, Al and
the extended Rooney Family. Margaret will
also be missed by the Rota Family.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
the Swan Valley Lodge Recreation Department,
818 Vancouver St., Creston, BC V0B 1G4.
At Margaret’s request, there will be no service.
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