By: Hani Al-Ubeady and Ray Silvius As the Syrian refugee crisis continues, so do Canada’s — and Manitoba’s — obligations toward refugee resettlement. With a reported 900 Syrians to arrive in Manitoba before the end of this year, what have we learned since last autumn?...
A new Errol Black Chair report by Lynne Fernandez examines how events are unfolding in Churchill and The Pas. It puts these events in the context of the entire Northern region and urges government to consider the needs and aspirations of Manitoba’s Northerners...
One year after a rooming house fire in Winnipeg’s St. Boniface neighbourhood killed an elderly man and injured several other tenants, what can the city and province do to ensure rooming houses remain safe, affordable places to live? One year after a rooming house fire...
Decolonizing Employment: Aboriginal Inclusion in Canada’s Labour Market by Shauna MacKinnon, published by University of Manitoba Press, has been nominated for the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction. About the book: Indigenous North Americans continue to...
By: Jacques Marcoux, CBC News After nearly five decades of gradual decline, Winnipeg’s inner city is showing signs of a newfound vitality. The area has reversed a trending decline in population, home ownership is up 10 per cent and income levels are rising...
