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Fast Facts: Indigenous language revitalization and child care
Indigenous peoples have a troubled relationship with the systems that have been imposed by settler colonial populations. The imposition of education through the residential school…
Hope on the horizon?
What the new federal poverty plan means for Manitoba The federal government released its national poverty reduction strategy “Opportunities for All” last month. The plan…
The Monitor, September/October 2018
Fragile Recovery Download 9.57 MB A decade after the worst financial crash since the Great Depression, a fragile recovery is obscuring threats—some new, some as…
Image: What do the two largest mining disasters in Canada’s and Brazil’s histories have in common?
The Mount Polley disaster took place in August 2014, when the dam holding toxic waste from the copper and gold mine collapsed, creating the largest…
Tailings dam spills at Mount Polley and Mariana
Chronicles of disasters foretold Download 7.07 MB64 pages This paper explores the many parallels between the tailings dam spills at the Mount Polley mine in…
Poverty Measures: Opportunity or Distraction?
Download 421.87 KB 17 pages Starting in 2004, almost all provinces and territories, several regions and municipalities, and the federal government have released poverty reduction…
Born to Win
Wealth concentration in Canada since 1999 Download 719.37 KB29 pages There has been plenty of concern in Canada and around the world about income inequality,…
Living in the City
Documenting the Lived Experiences of the Island Lake Anishininew People Download 943.76 KB19 pages For First Nations peoples living in rural and remote areas, accessing…
Fast Facts: As wealthiest speed past the rest of us
Manitoba needs to fight income inequality First published on CBC online July 8th, 2018 A Ferrari cruises down Portage Avenue past people lining the streets…
Provincial Support for CED in Manitoba
The Experience of CED Practitioners Download 756.92 KB 32 pages This is a study of the previous provincial government’s policy approach to Community Economic Development…
CCPA-BC Submission to the BC Rental Housing Task Force
Download 1.92 MB 8 pages This submission was made to the BC government Rental Housing Task Force to recommend controlling rental costs in British Columbia and specific measures…
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