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Community-based research
For over 20 years, the Manitoba Research Alliance (MRA) has produced community-based research in partnerships with academic and community partners. The CCPA’s Manitoba office, the host organization on our four successful SSHRC projects, has a solid reputation for working collaboratively and producing quality, policy-relevant research. The MRA’s work is interdisciplinary, widely accessible and facilitates the multi-directional flow of knowledge.
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2023 Living Wage for Regina and Saskatoon
The Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ living wage calculation for Regina and Saskatoon is a little different from past years. That’s…
Impact of the National Housing Strategy for Low-income Renters in Winnipeg and Manitoba
There is broad consensus among housing policy experts that the NHS has failed to live up to the commitment to create affordable housing for the…
BC Solutions Magazine
In this issue of BC Solutions Magazine: Annual Fundraising Gala featuring Dr. Vandana Shiva People in poverty need policy solutions, not a report card
Farmers are not bargaining chips in rail labour disputes
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Transnational activism in North America
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The Monitor – Fall 2024
In the early days of the CCPA, Canada’s free trade debate was a galvanizing force.
Finding joint answers to common problems with Carlos Heredia
Carlos Heredia is an influential Mexican civil society activist and academic who played an important role during the debates on NAFTA in the early 1990s.…
Migrant solidarity and transnationalism in the San Diego-Tijuana region
The border cities of San Diego and Tijuana have become a lightning rod for political debates about migration in both the United States and Mexico.…
Not just a train, and certainly not Mayan
Among the many Indigenous struggles taking place throughout North America, the high-profile resistance to a flagship project of the Mexican government shows how transnational alliances…
The CUSMA Rapid Response Labour Mechanism
Thanks to transnational worker organizing, the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) dramatically improves upon the weak labour protections in the original NAFTA. What’s more, the new agreement encourages deeper…
How domestic and transnational activism helped transform labour law in Mexico
During the last eight years, a monumental transformation of the labour justice system in Mexico has taken place. New labour reform legislation went into effect…
If Canada wanted reconciliation, it would stand with Palestine
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