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Na-gah mo Waasbishkizi Ojijaak Bimise Keetwaatino: Singing White Crane Flying North
Gathering A Bundle for Indigenous Evaluation Download 4.08 MB44 pages In Winnipeg, a city with a high population of Indigenous peoples, incorporating Indigenous ways of…
“Here We’re At Home”
The WestEnd Commons Model of Subsidized Housing with Supports Download 2.2 MB 44 pages In the context of a severe housing shortage facing low-income renters…
Work Life: Government’s Directive is No Excuse
Labour Rights Prevail First published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 9 2018 On January 29, 2018, the Manitoba Labour Board issued its ruling in…
Work Life: Outsourcing Municipal Waste Kicking Workers to the Curb
Two new garbage and recycling contractors began operating across Winnipeg last October. The 7-year deal replaced Emterra and Progressive with Miller and GFL as the…
Trashed
How Outsourcing Municipal Solid Waste Collection Kicks Workers to the Curb Download 773.95 KB36 pages This research documents the impact that outsourcing has had on…
Work Life: Labour and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
35 Years of Experience In April 1982 the Constitution Act was proclaimed. It included the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter protects Canadians’…
Subsidized Housing With Supports Needs More Support
Lessons from WestEnd Commons Stable and affordable housing is a central component in improving people’s quality of life. In light of a severe housing shortage…
Why Protecting Public Housing is Important
Download 672.09 KB20 pages Public housing plays an essential role in Manitoba’s housing system. It provides a specific form of housing: decommodified housing that is…
The Inclusive Economy in Manitoba
Stories of Community Economic Development in Winnipeg
Fast Facts: Public housing plays an essential role in Manitoba’s housing system
Public housing plays an essential role in Manitoba’s housing system. It provides a specific form of housing: housing that has been removed from the market…
The Collapse of P3 Giant Carillion and Its Implications
Download 656.98 KB12 pages Carillion, a major global player in the promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) has gone into liquidation in the UK. The collapse…
Fast Facts: Should Manitobans trust nuclear burial plans?
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press January 23, 2018 There was a time when a plan to bury highly radioactive materials 500m from a…
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