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Stories of Decolonization – Documentary Premiere Screening
October 17, 2016 | News
All are welcome to attend the premiere screening of the MRA-supported documentary Stories of Decolonization: Land Dispossession and Settlement. Directed and produced by Gladys Rowe, Teddy Zegeye-Gebrehiwot, Sarah Story and Liz … Read more
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Refugee Resettlement Must Continue
October 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
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 … Read more
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It’s Time to Give Back to Manitoba’s North
September 12, 2016 | Featured, News
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 … Read more
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Winnipeg’s rooming house challenge: What we can learn from Toronto
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 … Read more
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Manitoba Book Award Nomination for Shauna MacKinnon’s “Decolonizing Employment”
April 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
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: … Read more
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Winnipeg’s Inner City Reversing Decades of Decline, Report Says
March 30, 2016 | Media
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 … Read more
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State of the Inner City Report 2015: Drawing on our Strengths
December 10, 2015 | Featured, Reports
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: … Read more
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Help Needed for Newcomers and Aboriginal People: Youth Face Barriers to Jobs
December 10, 2015 | Media
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 … Read more
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Poor Housing: A Silent Crisis
October 21, 2015 | Featured
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 … Read more
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The Impact of the Harper Government’s ‘Tough on Crime’ Strategy
September 30, 2015 | Featured, Reports
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 … Read more
