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Youth Voices: Supporting refugee youth through through community connections
I recently finished my Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Winnipeg in Politics and International Development Studies, which included a practicum placement with…
Youth Voices: Poverty and the alternatives uses of shopping carts
Last summer, Gabrielle Giroday wrote an article for the Winnipeg Free Press called “Stores can’t stop carts vanishing: Shoppers wheeling thousands away.” This article raised…
Fast Facts: Manitoba’s Silent Spring
Our disappearing birds Almost every source of data, from the volunteer-based Breeding Bird Survey to university-lead research, as well as broad-based summary documents such as…
Fast Facts: Raise the Minimum Wage
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and the Winnipeg Free Press recently called on the Manitoba government to abandon a policy established in 1999…
Fast Facts: Augmentation du salaire minimum
La Fédération canadienne de l’entreprise indépendante (FCEI) et le Winnipeg Free Press (WFP) ont demandé dernièrement au gouvernement manitobain de renoncer à la politique de 1999…
FastFacts: Putting the spirit of giving in context
“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” —Martin Luther King Jr.…
Fast Facts: It takes all day to be poor
The State of the Inner City Report 2009 For the past five years, CCPA Manitoba has conducted inner-city research in collaboration with community-based organizations. The…
State of the Inner City 2009
It takes all day to be poor Download 2.46 MB51 pages “What most people just don’t get,” she stated, “is that it takes all day…
CED Food Initiatives in Inner City Saskatoon and Winnipeg
Very Much Alive at Twenty Year Mark Download 711.86 KB 21 pages Food insecurity is a serious concern in Canadian inner-cities. This is a challenge…
Winnipeg’s Best-Kept Secret
A Community Development Vision For Sherbrook Pool Download 1.49 MB39 pages This paper examines the benefits of recreation for communities, with a specific focus on…
State of the Inner City 2009
It takes all day to be poor
Fast Facts: The case for a national strategy on low income energy and water efficiency
The vast majority of Canada’s low-income families live in older houses, with inadequate insulation in attics, walls and basements. While these houses may offer cheaper-than-average…
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