New Principal Investigator Shauna MacKinnon Continues John Loxley’s Legacy

September 21, 2020 | Featured, News

Tagged as: Leadership, Principal Investigator, Shauna MacKinnon, University of Winnipeg

The sudden passing of Dr. John Loxley made necessary the appointment of a new Principal Investigator for the Manitoba Research Alliance’s (MRA) project, Community-based Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities. … Read more

Coming Back to Jail Book Launch

June 6, 2018 | Media, News, Uncategorized

Elizabeth Comack is a professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Manitoba and a CCPA–MB research associate. Her book, Coming Back to Jail: Women, Trauma, and Criminalization, will be … Read more

Being Involved in Uninvolved Contexts: Refugee Parent Involvement in Children’s Education

January 22, 2018 | News

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New report – Indigenous People, Wage Labour and Trade Unions

April 6, 2017 | Featured, News

Have Indigenous people in Canada been active as wage labourers and union members? If so, what have been the circumstances? When and where and for what reasons have Indigenous people … Read more

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

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