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  • Putting Home at the Heart of Refugee Resettlement

    July 8, 2021 | Authored by: Ray Silvius, Emily Halldorson, Hani Ataan Al-Ubeady

    The culmination of a 5-year study based on interviews with recently arrived former refugees finds that securing good housing is a key part of successful settlement. However, a tight rental housing market, insufficient financial support and limited supp …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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  • Staffing the Crisis: The Capacity of Eleven Municipal Housing Departments Across Canada

    February 17, 2021 | Authored by: Stefan Hodges

    This research turned to ten other Canadian cities to ask how municipal housing departments supported the creation of affordable rental housing, and how much staff capacity was dedicated to that effort.  It was surprising to find that every surveyed cit …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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  • West Broadway Methamphetamine Strategy

    February 5, 2021 | Authored by: Erica Charron, Laura Canfield

    The West Broadway Methamphetamine Strategy was born from the collaborative efforts and communal concerns of members who sit on the West Broadway Directors Network (WBDN), a committee spearheaded by the West Broadway Community Organization. In 2015, mem …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization, Justice, Safety and Security
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  • Displacement, Housing and Homelessness in Northern Manitoba Communities

    November 5, 2020 | Authored by: C. Lee Anne Deegan, Marleny M. Bonnycastle

    Displacement, Housing and Homelessness in Northern Manitoba Communities by Lee Anne Deegan and and Marleny Bonnycastle was developed in two communities, Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) and Thompson from 2018-2020. Community-Based Participatory Resear …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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  • Communities are Partners

    Communities are Partners: Workers Occupational Health and Safety Rights with Newcomers

    October 23, 2020 | Authored by: Dorothy Wigmore

    For the past 20 years, newcomer and migrant workers in Manitoba have learned about occupational health, safety and compensation rights thanks to the Cross Cultural Com­munity Development Program at the MFL Occupational Health Centre. Community Trainers …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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  • Indigenizing the Co-operative Model

    October 15, 2020 | Authored by: Mark Intertas, Jim Thunder

    Indigenizing the Co-operative Model by James Thunder and Mark Intertas begins with a delineation of the diversity and complexity of Indigenous peoples and their distinct cultures and history. The authors summarize four broad stages of Indigenous histor …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Community Economic Development
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  • State of the Inner City Report 2019

    April 15, 2020 | Authored by: Ellen Smirl

    The 2019 State of the Inner City report “Forest for the Trees: Reducing Drug and Mental Health Harms in the Inner City” finds that there is no clear strategy in how the recommendations from the VIRGO Report and the Illicit Drug Task Force Report are be …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Community Economic Development, Justice, Safety and Security
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  • Nisichawayasihk: A Future Net-Zero First Nation?

    April 15, 2020 | Authored by: Lawrence Deane

    Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) (Nelson House, MB), has embarked on a comprehensive program of economic development that addresses employment, training, healing from trauma, infrastructure development, and energy self-reliance.  The First Nation is v …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Community Economic Development
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  • Indigenous Student Experiences with Racism in Winnipeg

    April 15, 2020 | Authored by: Jacqueline Romanow

    While racism in the United States receives a great deal of media attention, in Canada it is less so. Canadians like to see themselves — and are generally seen by nationals of other countries — as tolerant, multicultural and open minded, believing that …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Justice, Safety and Security
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  • Old Grace A History of the Organization and Construction of the Old Grace Not-for-Profit Housing Co-operative

    April 15, 2020 | Authored by: Doug Smith

    In June 2019, Old Grace Not-for-Profit Housing Co-operative (OGHC) held its grand opening. The first members of the 64-unit co-op in Winnipeg’s downtown Wolseley neighbourhood had moved in a little more than a year before, and the opening was the culmi …


    Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
    Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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