It has recently been claimed in the media that nothing is working in the fight against poverty. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ State of the Inner City Report 2015: Drawing on Our Strengths, shows that this is not the case. Important poverty-related...
By: Carol Sanders, Winnipeg Free Press The fast-growing newcomer and indigenous youth population Manitoba is relying on for economic growth needs help removing the barriers of racism and poverty, a researcher says. Their experiences are written about by Keely Ten...
Poor Housing: A Silent Crisis is a compilation of essays edited by Josh Brandon and Jim Silver, co-published by Fernwood Publishing and CCPA Manitoba. It was launched at McNally Robinson on October 21 and a community symposium on October 22 at WestEnd Commons....
Crime rates in Canada have been steadily dropping for over a decade, while prison populations have been increasing in recent years. Commentators have attributed this disconnection between falling crime rates and increasing incarceration numbers to the Harper...
By: Ray Silvius, University of Winnipeg Published in: Winnipeg Free Press Having fled their home countries to escape violence and war, refugees in Canada find their full inclusion in society delayed, threatened or obstructed. With all due respect to Tom Petty...
