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Mapping Colonial Harms: Social Emergencies in Northern Manitoba First Nations
December 2, 2024 | Authored by: Jonathan Meikle, Elizabeth Comack
Social emergencies relating to deaths caused by suicide, violence, drug misuse/poisoning, community fires, and/or health-care services have been declared in northern First Nations in Manitoba and, in some communities, multiple times. While the definiti …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Justice, Safety and Security
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Examining the Collective Impact Model in Winnipeg’s Non-Profit Homeless-Serving Sector
November 21, 2024 | Authored by: Erica Charron
The seeds of this study were sowed by a group of executive directors from community-based organizations (CBOs), both Indigenous and non-Indigenous agencies, in Winnipeg’s inner city who raised concerns about the systemic barriers impeding their work to …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Minosin Kikiwa – “A Good Home”: Indigenous Older Adults in Winnipeg
October 29, 2024 | Authored by: Indigenous Seniors Research Committee
A growing segment of Indigenous populations in Canada are over 55. In urban areas like Winnipeg, this includes many long-time city residents. The later life situations of Indigenous older adults, though by no means identical, can differ in important wa …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Supporting Community-Led Development in Manitoba: Policy Alternatives for Inclusive and Participatory Community Renewal
October 22, 2024 | Authored by: Jesse Hajer, Michael Barkman, Holly Scotland
Despite the current challenges facing communities and research supporting the benefits of community-led development (CLD), Manitoba hasn’t had a functioning, comprehensive CLD strategy or dedicated funding to support community development organizations …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
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Understanding Manitoba’s Social Housing Transformation
October 21, 2024 | Authored by: Olusewa Olanubi, Christina Maes-Nino
This report documents the process of Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation’s (hereafter called MHRC) devolution of public housing that took place from 2016–2021. In 2019, the Government of Manitoba announced the province would start devolving respon …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization