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Being involved in uninvolved contexts: Refugee parent involvement in children’s education
April 3, 2017 | Featured, News
The involvement of refugee parents in their children’s education is crucial for academic success and community development. Yet schools often struggle in promoting the involvement of newcomer parents, especially in … Read more
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New report – Finding Her Home
March 13, 2017 | Featured, News
This winter, a 53 year-old woman died overnight in minus 32-degree temperatures, frozen to death on the streets of downtown Winnipeg. This tragic and preventable loss serves as a reminder … Read more
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MRA Fall Events – All are welcome!
October 31, 2016 | Featured, News, Uncategorized
The Manitoba Research Alliance has two exciting fall events! Please join us – RSVP info is below. November 14 from 12-1:30, 510 Selkirk Avenue – Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are a … Read more
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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