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Fast Facts: Community plays an important role in poverty reduction
Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on December 4th, 2015. I teach in the Department of Urban and Inner City Studies at the University 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: A Real Energy Strategy Can Create Jobs and Save Government Money
The energy strategy debate thus far in the federal election has focussed on the future of the oil sands and pipeline politics. The Federal Tories…
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.…
Communities impacted by resource development are fighting back: government should take notice
Whether it’s mining, logging, dams or pipelines, the people living closest to resource industry developments typically face the highest health, economic and environmental risks. Such…
Fast Facts: Thunderbird House has potential to unite
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 9th, 2015 When award winning author Joseph Boyden announced he would donate half of his One Summit…
The Impact of the Harper Government’s “Tough on Crime” Strategy
Hearing from Frontline Workers Download 521.95 KB37 pages Crime rates in Canada have been steadily dropping for over a decade, while prison populations have been…
Fast Facts: The Tough on Crime Strategy Has Not Made Our Communities Safer
Crime rates in Canada have been steadily declining for more than a decade, yet prison populations have been increasing in recent years. Commentators have attributed…
Focus on Food to Take Pressure off Health Care System
By some estimates, health care expenditures will account for about 80 percent of provincial program spending by 2030. This means fewer dollars for other priorities. …
5 reasons we can’t ignore Indigenous families and children this election
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Work Life: People Want to Work
Are you willing to do physically demanding work for $12.50 -$13.50/hour, for a 1 month contract? One hundred and four inner-city young men and women…
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