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Social and Economic Trends: Taking Stock of Manitoba’s Social Housing Plan
In 2017 the federal government announced a 10-year, $40 billion National Housing Strategy (NHS) to “help reduce homelessness and improve the availability and quality of…
Fast Facts: Upholding the Legacy of Joseph Zuken: Roz Usiskin Citizen Activist
In 2017, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba (CCPA-MB) assumed responsibility for the Joseph Zuken Citizen Activist Award, which was established in 1987. Joe Zuken…
State of the Inner City Report 2019
Forest For The Trees: Reducing Drug and Mental Health Harms in the Inner City of Winnipeg Download 1.37 MB 60 pages The 2019 State of…
Fast Facts: Reducing drug and mental health harms:
State of the Inner City Report 2019 Since 2005, the State of the Inner City research project has collaborated with Winnipeg community-based organizations (CBOs) working…
Reducing Poverty to Improve Educational Outcomes
What a School Division and a Local Community Can do Together Download 906.23 KB36 pages Many Manitobans express concern when international ratings of students’ educational…
Fast Facts: Poverty and Education in a Winnipeg Suburb
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press December 5, 2019 The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores were released this week, and once again…
Fast Facts: From the Throne to the Kitchen Table
Are the priorities of the Manitoba government in line with Manitobans’ more broadly? This is the question asked last week by a diverse group of…
Fast Facts: Ending Poverty, Our Collective Responsibility: 2019 Manitoba Throne Speech
Yesterday, Manitoba released its Speech from the Throne – the provincial government’s plan for the next couple of months while they’re in the Legislature making…
Work Life: A tribute to John Loxley
Economist, Educator, Social Justice Advocate Dr. John Loxley will be honoured at the 8th Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues Brunch on November 3, 2019.…
The High Cost of Free-Riding and How We Fix It
Examining the Implementation of Commuter Fees in Winnipeg Download 3.47 MB30 pages Every year, the City of Winnipeg’s infrastructure deficit grows like the number of…
Fast Facts: All talk and little action
Climate today in Manitoba First published by the Winnipeg Free Press October 8, 2019 “What do we want? Climate Action! When do we want it?…
Fast Facts: Winnipeg Police Board not fullfilling its mandate
Submission to the Standing Policy Committee on Protection, Community Services and Parks made October 2, 2019 For a number of reasons that I would like…
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