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Minosin Kikiwa – “A Good Home”: Indigenous Older Adults in Winnipeg
A growing segment of Indigenous populations in Canada are over 55.In urban areas like Winnipeg, this includes many long-time city residents.The later life situations of…
Supporting Community-Led Development in Manitoba
Despite the current challenges facing communities and research supporting the benefits of community-led development (CLD), Manitoba hasn’t had a functioning, comprehensive CLD strategy or dedicated…
Understanding Manitoba’s Social Housing Transformation
This report documents the process of Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation’s (hereafter called MHRC) devolution of public housing that took place from 2016–2021. In 2019,…
Connecting Communities
This paper includes an exploration of the positive outcomes of inter-community transportation demonstrated in Manitoba and in other jurisdictions; an overview of current Manitoba provincial…
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…
Struggling To Get Ahead
New analysis finds that 171,072 workers earn less than the living wage in Manitoba ($19.21 per hour), which is approximately 25% of all workers in…
Manitoba Builds Green
This report investigates the potential to scale up a deep energy retrofit (DER) industry in Manitoba to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create good jobs, spur…
Questions and Answers: Pay Equity in Manitoba
A primer on Pay Equity in Manitoba The gender pay gap is the amount of money earned by women for every dollar earned by men.…
State of the Inner City 2024: Visioning a Just Transformation in Winnipeg’s Inner City
In response to the persistent lack of public funding to address poverty, trauma, and addictions, Winnipeg inner-city leaders are calling on the City of Winnipeg,…
The Cost of Poverty in Manitoba
Health costs $347 million Crime $197 million Opportunity Costs $1.6 billion Intergenerational $324 million Total cost of poverty in Manitoba $2.5 billion Cost per Manitoban $1,952 Poverty cost as a percent of Manitoba’s GDP…
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