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Since forming in 1997, the Manitoba Office has established a reputation for working in collaboration with the community to conduct quality research that advances social justice and environmental sustainability.
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Mosquito Wars: Politics, Economics or Science?
Heated debates are going on again in Brandon and Winnipeg about the most effective way to deal with mosquitoes. In thinking about this issue it…
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Fast Facts: Health Care – A Timely Reminder
Last month the Commonwealth Fund – a United States organization promoting evidence-based quality health care in that country – published a study comparing the U.S.…
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Protesting the G20: A Waste of Time?
During the G20 ministerial meetings in Toronto, the sensational images of burning police cruiser cars and broken shop windows dominated the newspaper headlines. This is…
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Un-equal access to opportunity between suburban and inner-city youth
Three weeks ago, a 19-year-old from Winnipeg’s inner city shot two teenagers. Our city government’s response was to send in more police officers. But incarceration…
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Fast Facts: Child welfare devolution in Manitoba
A bumpy but necessary road to justice For the past ten years Manitoba has been mapping unchartered territory in an effort to transform a child…
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Fast Facts: Poor No More?
The long hard climb back to economic justice Imagine a Canada where we all have a roof over our heads, childcare for our children, access…
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The Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba
This book examines the social and economic conditions that contribute to health inequities in our province. The purpose of this book is to make the…
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Fast Facts: The Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba
What we know about health inequity in Manitoba and what we can do about it Why are some people, and more particularly some groupings of…
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Fast Facts: Contract with Veolia for waste-water treatment does not pass the smell test
On May 12 EPC unanimously voted to accept a report prepared by Winnipeg Public Services. The Report recommends that the City award a contract to…
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Fast Facts: Steeling the NDP’s resolve
Migrant farm workers need access to public healthcare As spring unfolds in southern Manitoba, we will soon see more than migratory birds arriving. Over 400…
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Les opposants au salaire minimum font fausse route
tous profiteront de l’augmentation Récemment, le Sun de Brandon publiait un article et deux éditoriaux en réaction à l’annonce de la ministre du Travail et…
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Fast Facts: Opponents of minimum wage have got it all wrong
Everyone benefits from increase Recently the Brandon Sun published an article and two editorials relating to Labour Minister Jennifer Howard’s announcement that the minimum wage…
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