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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
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Impact of the National Housing Strategy for Low-Income Renters in Winnipeg and Manitoba
October 10, 2024 | Authored by: Shauna MacKinnon
In 2017, the Government of Canada launched its 10-year National Housing Strategy (NHS): A Place to Call Home. The strategy “sets out a long-term vision for housing and focuses on improving housing outcomes for those in greatest need.” Central to the NH …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Austerity in the Department of Economic Development, Investment and Trade, and in the Department of Agriculture
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Fletcher Barager
This chapter examines the effect of the austerity policies implemented by the Manitoba provincial government on work and workers in the province’s Department of Agriculture and Department of Economic Development, Investment and Trade (EDIT). The releva …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
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Something Needs to Change: Austerity in Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Jennifer Keith, Holly Scotland
In 2021, the Progressive Conservative (PC) Government in Manitoba was issued a stern warning: “continue on the path of austerity they had started when elected in 2016 and Manitobans and the public service would suffer.” The report, commissioned by the …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development
