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UNSPUN: Poverty Policy Choices and Winnipeg’s Inner City
Provincial government policy can be designed to punish those in poverty, or to reduce poverty. Both approaches have been tried in Manitoba, the first in…
The Next Step
Literacy Programming in Manitoba Download 342.69 KB20 pages Economists have estimated that low literacy levels cost the Canadian economy billions of dollars annually (Gulati 2013;…
State of the Inner City Report 2015
Drawing on our strengths Download 1.57 MB76 pages Poverty is deeply-rooted, spatially-concentrated, complex, often racialized, and not quickly solved. It damages, and in some cases…
Fast Facts: Gains are being made – State of the Inner City Report 2015
It has recently been claimed in the media that nothing is working in the fight against poverty. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives State of…
Fast Facts: Kathy Mallett – Inner City Builder
There are unsung heroes in Winnipeg’s inner city, especially in the Aboriginal community, and few of them have a list of accomplishments as long and…
Fast Facts: Poverty – not present in this election campaign
First published by CBC online, October 8th, 2015 If you’re following the federal election campaign you would think that poverty in Canada has been eliminated.…
The Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba
2nd Edition “This 2nd Edition of the Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba is a timely reminder that the health of people is determined more…
Fast Facts: Make Homelessness History
Homelessness has recently been much in the news, because of the tragic deaths of three homeless people in Winnipeg and also because of the Canadian…
Fast Facts: Winnipeg’s Racism Challenge
The Maclean’s article citing Winnipeg as Canada’s most racist city has prompted a public conversation that may prove to be useful. It is important that…
Fast Facts: What we Need in the Throne Speech
An issue that needs to be addressed in the forthcoming Throne Speech on November 20th, is the persistence in Manitoba of a deep, complex and…
Fast Facts The First Rung on the Ladder: community-based literacy programming in public housing complexes
A wealth of evidence—both global and local—confirms the value of literacy and the importance of programs that promote literacy. This is especially the case for…
The First Rung on the Ladder: Community-based Literacy Programming in Public Housing Complexes
Download 859.53 KB18 pages A wealth of evidence—both global and local—confirms the value of literacy, and the importance of programs that promote literacy. This is…
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