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Austerity v. Manitoba Women
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Mara Fridell
When governments look to cut spending, women are often disproportionately impacted. It has been no different in Manitoba under the austerity agenda of the Progressive Conservatives (PCs) since forming government in 2016. This agenda consisted of mandat …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Social Inclusion
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Adult Basic Education in Manitoba: “It’s Like, Life Changing!”
June 26, 2024 | Authored by:
What could lead people to say such things as, “I can physically, like on every level, physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, feel myself changing and transforming,” and “my peers, they see a difference, they see me more open and, you know, thi …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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A Betrayal of Trust: Exploring the Financialization of Lions Place in Winnipeg as a Case of Organizational Elder Abuse
May 7, 2024 | Authored by: Laura Funk, Rachel Dunsmore
The case of the sale of Lions Place represents both a major net loss of affordable housing and an example of the targeted dismantling of community for older adults in Winnipeg. We conclude that it can also be conceptualized as organizational elder neg …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Thinking Inside the Box: Rediscovering How to Build Social Housing in Manitoba
March 6, 2024 | Authored by: Lynne Fernandez
Despite years of advocacy by Manitoba’s Right to Housing Coalition urging government to increase the supply of social housing, politicians seem convinced that the social housing crisis is an unsolvable problem that can only be tinkered with using priva …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Featured, Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Art as Medicine: Utilizing Creative Arts and the Medicine Wheel as a Tool to Wellness
March 4, 2024 | Authored by: Nyla Comeau
Art as Medicine: Utilizing Creative Arts and the Medicine Wheel as a Tool to Wellness comprised of a six-week workshop with focus on self-love, self-worth, and self-esteem from an Indigenous perspective; self-worth being derived from a place of wholene …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
