Heather M. Hall

• Local economic development, policy, and planning

• Regional economic development

• Regional planning

• Regional innovation systems – mining sector

• Rural and northern development

• Technology adoption and the future of work – mining and agricultural sectors

• Employment-related geographical mobility (ERGM)/fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) work - community impacts and responses

• Doctor of Philosophy - Geography, Queen's University

• Master of Arts - Planning, University of Waterloo

• Bachelor of Arts - Geography, Laurentian University

• ECDEV 601 - Economic Development: Theories and Frameworks
  • Taught in 2023, 2025, 2026
• ENBUS 203 - Green Entrepreneurship
  • Taught in 2021
• GEOG 613 - Innovation and Economic Development in Cities and Regions
  • Taught in 2022, 2026
• GEOG 685 - Economic Development: Theories and Frameworks
  • Taught in 2023, 2025, 2026
• PLAN 613 - Innovation and Economic Development in Cities and Regions
  • Taught in 2022, 2026

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• Crabbe, M., Leader, J., Hall, H. M., & Burdett, M. 2025. Technology adoption in the Canadian mining sector: A systematic scoping review. Resources Policy, 103: 105566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105566

• Hall, H.M. 2024. Northern Ontario: Shaping Regional Development For the North, By the North. In Vandermale, E., Brouder, P., & Leader, J. State of Rural Canada 2024: Inclusive and Sustainable Futures for Rural and Northern Communities. Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation. Available at: https://sorc.crrf.ca/sorc-2024/

• Walsh, J. and Hall, H.M. 2022. Entrepreneurs as change agents in small communities: A multi-case study analysis in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 46(4): 435-449. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESB.2022.124788

• Carter, K., Hall, H.M. and Greenwood, R. 2022. Missed opportunities and glimmers of hope: An analysis of the forces driving Science, Technology and Innovation policy in Newfoundland and Labrador. In P.W.B Philips and D. Castle, Science, Technology and Innovation Policy in the Canadian Provinces and Territories (pp.115-140). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

• Hall, H.M. and Vinodrai, T. 2021. COVID-19 and Rural Economic Development in Canada: Insights on Impacts, Responses, and Recovery. Submitted to the Special Issue on Rural Canada and COVID-19, Journal of Rural and Community Development. 16(4), 141-158.

• Rich, K., Hall, H.M., and Nelson, G. (Eds.) 2021. State of Rural Canada 2021: Opportunities, Recovery, and Resiliency in Changing Times. Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (151 pages). Available at: https://sorc.crrf.ca/sorc2021/

• Storey, K. and Hall, H.M. 2018. Dependence at a distance: The new single-industry community and the implications for policy. The Canadian Geographer, 62(2): 225-237. https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12390

• Hodge, G., Hall, H.M., and Robinson, I.M. 2017. Planning Canadian Regions 2nd Edition. Vancouver: UBC Press.

• Hall, H.M. 2017. Exploring Innovation in Northern Canada with Insights from Greater Sudbury. The Northern Review, 45: 33-56

• Hall, H.M., Vodden, K, and Greenwood, R. 2017. From Dysfunctional to Destitute: The Governance of Regional Economic Development in Newfoundland and Labrador. International Planning Studies, 22(2): 49-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2016.1167585