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Joshua Barrett

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ID4192011
NAMEJoshua Barrett
GIVEN NAMESJoshua
FAMILY NAMEBarrett
SIGNATUREBARRETT J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Guelph
ORCID0000-0002-6370-422X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1
  • Funding Nurse Recruitment While Defunding Nurse Educators

    Open Access•Joshua Barrett, Zoey Kernodle•ARTICLE•JAMA Health Forum•2026

    This Viewpoint discusses US federal budget decisions to eliminate funding for nursing education while recruitment programs continue, leading to an emphasis on addressing immediate needs rather than long-term workforce sustainability

  • Revisiting rural economic development: New Localism’s potential in Canadian local government

    Open Access•Joshua Barrett, Ryan Gibson•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Political Science•2026•References: 22

    For decades, the role of local government has evolved, where the expectation has moved beyond the provision of local services towards developing innovative approaches to enhance the socioeconomic livelihoods of citizens. Devolution and downloading have exacerbated the growing expectations of local government, as local and regional governments are given new roles and responsibilities, including local economic development. Rural local governments a…

  • Reluctant entrepreneurs or embracing marketization: The governance of municipal entrepreneurialism for community development in rural Canada

    Sean Markey, Laura Ryser et al.•ARTICLE•Community Development•2025•References: 45

  • Breaking path dependency? Factors to enhance capacity for rural local governments in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    Joshua Barrett•ARTICLE•Community Development•2025•Cited by: 2•References: 28

    Path dependency, often coinciding with the downloading of various responsibilities with reduced funding from higher levels of governments during the neoliberal era, has led to capacity challenges for rural local governments to pursue sector diversification activities. Despite these challenges, research has indicated that, through entrepreneurial efforts, breaking path dependency is possible. Drawing from Staples Theory, Evolutionary Economic Geog…

  • Partnerships in place: Facilitating rural local government entrepreneurialism in Newfoundland and Labrador

    Open Access•Joshua Barrett, Kelly Vodden•ARTICLE•Canadian Geographies /…•2023•References: 22

    Rural local governments across Canada, including those in Newfoundland and Labrador, struggle with many of their day‐to‐day operational activities, including providing appropriate drinking water, wastewater, and garbage collection services, among other essential services, and rarely have capacity to facilitate local economic development activities. In recent times, entrepreneurialism has been noted as having potential for rural local governments,…

  • Routes and roots: Factors that drive labour mobility in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    Joshua Barrett•ARTICLE•Applied Mobilities•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 13

    In theory and practice, it has been noted that the length of daily commutes range from under 15 minutes to over one hour each way, often involving distances greater than 50 km. Both rural and urban residents make the decision to engage in extended daily commutes rather than relocate closer to their place of work. Using the Newfoundland and Labrador nickel processing sector as a case study, this paper identifies the factors that influence them to …

  • Breaking path dependency? Factors to enhance capacity for rural local governments in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    Joshua Barrett•ARTICLE•Community Development•2025•Cited by: 2•References: 28

    Path dependency, often coinciding with the downloading of various responsibilities with reduced funding from higher levels of governments during the neoliberal era, has led to capacity challenges for rural local governments to pursue sector diversification activities. Despite these challenges, research has indicated that, through entrepreneurial efforts, breaking path dependency is possible. Drawing from Staples Theory, Evolutionary Economic Geog…

  • Routes and roots: Factors that drive labour mobility in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    Joshua Barrett•ARTICLE•Applied Mobilities•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 13

    In theory and practice, it has been noted that the length of daily commutes range from under 15 minutes to over one hour each way, often involving distances greater than 50 km. Both rural and urban residents make the decision to engage in extended daily commutes rather than relocate closer to their place of work. Using the Newfoundland and Labrador nickel processing sector as a case study, this paper identifies the factors that influence them to …

  • Routes and roots: Factors that drive labour mobility in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    Joshua Barrett•ARTICLE•Applied Mobilities•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 13

    In theory and practice, it has been noted that the length of daily commutes range from under 15 minutes to over one hour each way, often involving distances greater than 50 km. Both rural and urban residents make the decision to engage in extended daily commutes rather than relocate closer to their place of work. Using the Newfoundland and Labrador nickel processing sector as a case study, this paper identifies the factors that influence them to …

  • Partnerships in place: Facilitating rural local government entrepreneurialism in Newfoundland and Labrador

    Open Access•Joshua Barrett, Kelly Vodden•ARTICLE•Canadian Geographies /…•2023•References: 22

    Rural local governments across Canada, including those in Newfoundland and Labrador, struggle with many of their day‐to‐day operational activities, including providing appropriate drinking water, wastewater, and garbage collection services, among other essential services, and rarely have capacity to facilitate local economic development activities. In recent times, entrepreneurialism has been noted as having potential for rural local governments,…

  • Reluctant entrepreneurs or embracing marketization: The governance of municipal entrepreneurialism for community development in rural Canada

    Sean Markey, Laura Ryser et al.•ARTICLE•Community Development•2025•References: 45

  • Breaking path dependency? Factors to enhance capacity for rural local governments in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    Joshua Barrett•ARTICLE•Community Development•2025•Cited by: 2•References: 28

    Path dependency, often coinciding with the downloading of various responsibilities with reduced funding from higher levels of governments during the neoliberal era, has led to capacity challenges for rural local governments to pursue sector diversification activities. Despite these challenges, research has indicated that, through entrepreneurial efforts, breaking path dependency is possible. Drawing from Staples Theory, Evolutionary Economic Geog…

  • Funding Nurse Recruitment While Defunding Nurse Educators

    Open Access•Joshua Barrett, Zoey Kernodle•ARTICLE•JAMA Health Forum•2026

    This Viewpoint discusses US federal budget decisions to eliminate funding for nursing education while recruitment programs continue, leading to an emphasis on addressing immediate needs rather than long-term workforce sustainability

  • Revisiting rural economic development: New Localism’s potential in Canadian local government

    Open Access•Joshua Barrett, Ryan Gibson•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Political Science•2026•References: 22

    For decades, the role of local government has evolved, where the expectation has moved beyond the provision of local services towards developing innovative approaches to enhance the socioeconomic livelihoods of citizens. Devolution and downloading have exacerbated the growing expectations of local government, as local and regional governments are given new roles and responsibilities, including local economic development. Rural local governments a…

Political science (4 works) · Rural development and sustainability (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Local government (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Local Economic Development and Planning (2 works)

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