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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: About the divide: It’s complicated
Previously published by the Winnipeg Free Press online edition, November 1, 2014. Winnipeg’s divide is far more complex than Bartley Kives suggests in his article…
Work Life: “We asked for workers; we got people instead”
The above quote, by one of Swiss author Max Frisch’s characters, succinctly captures the inherent conflict between employers and workers. Employers want results; they want…
Fast Facts: Further poverty reduction efforts needed in Manitoba
There is some good news in the Province’s recently released second annual All Aboard report, which tracks poverty and social exclusion in Manitoba. However, it’s…
Supporting Refugees with High Needs to Settle in Manitoba
Download 1.16 MB40 pages Family Dynamics approached the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives — Manitoba (CCPA-MB) to undertake a study of the Family Dynamics Family…
Fast Facts: Grassroots women’s mayoral forum sheds light on key issues
On October 8th, over 60 women gathered at the Circle of Life Thunderbird House on Treaty One territory to share their views on municipal issues…
Fast Facts: Fixing our Divided City – Lessons from Youth and Elders
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Oct 9, 2014 The Winnipeg Free Press headline “A City Divided” (Oct. 7) and the revelation that “75…
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…
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…
Work Life: A living wage lifts workers and the economy
As first published in the Winnipeg Free Press Oct 2, 2014. As of October 1st, minimum wage earners in Manitoba will earn $10.70 per hour…
Work Life: Terminally ill professor pleads for asbestos ban
University of Manitoba professor Patricia Martens has one more mission as an epidemiologist as she confronts her final days with a terminal disease. She wants…
Fast Fasts: CEO Sleep Out – Charity not Change
Last night several dozen business leaders, politicians and high profile Winnipeggers spent a night at Portage and Main in the annual CEO Sleep Out to…
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