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Social Impact Bonds: An Update
January 22, 2015 | Authored by: John Loxley, Marina Puzyreva
In an earlier paper (Loxley, 2013) it was argued that Social Impact Bonds are a recent innovation in the financing of social services and are becoming more popular with governments, service agencies and private and charitable financing bodies. It is di …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Community Economic Development
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Fast Facts: Community, Research and Social Change
December 16, 2014 | Authored by: Molly McCracken
The State of the Inner City Report is an annual research collaboration between the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba and community organizations based in the inner city of Winnipeg. This year marks its tenth year anniversary. Since the b …
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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State of the Inner City Report 2014: Community, Research and Social Change
December 16, 2014 | Authored by: Shauna MacKinnon, Julia Higgins
The State of the Inner City Report is an annual research collaboration between the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Manitoba and community organizations based in the inner city of Winnipeg. This year marks its tenth year anniversary. Since the b …
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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2012 State of the Inner City Report: Fast Facts
December 15, 2014 | Authored by: Shauna MacKinnon
This State of the Inner City Report adds to the mounting knowledge we now have about what works in the inner city and what doesn’t. This year’s report also reminds us that we have a lot more to learn from each other, and more work to do as a community …
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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Fast Facts: Meeting the Housing Needs of Aboriginal People Moving to Winnipeg
December 5, 2014 | Authored by: Josh Brandon, Evelyn Peters
Winnipeg can only succeed if the Aboriginal people of this city find success. Ensuring that equal access to housing is available for Aboriginal people should be a priority for all levels of government and all citizens in Winnipeg.
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Moving to the City: Housing and Aboriginal Migration to Winnipeg
December 5, 2014 | Authored by: Josh Brandon , Evelyn Peters
Winnipeg can only succeed if the Aboriginal people of this city find success. Ensuring that equal access to housing is available for Aboriginal people should be a priority for all levels of government and all citizens in Winnipeg.
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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A Terrific Loss: The Expiring Social Housing Operating Agreements in Manitoba
November 21, 2014 | Authored by: Sarah Cooper
For decades, social housing has been an integral part of Canadian housing and social policy. Between the 1950s and 1990s, the federal government played a leading role in housing policy by entering into long-term operating agreements with social housing …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Fast Facts: Federal Withdrawal Results in Loss of Social Housing
November 21, 2014 | Authored by: Sarah Cooper
Manitoba is losing subsidized rental housing units—a delayed result of the federal government’s withdrawal from funding social housing in the 1990s. As operating agreements between the federal government and housing providers expire, the subsidies expi …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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About Canada: Poverty
October 12, 2014 | Authored by: Jim Silver
For a country as wealthy as Canada, poverty is utterly unnecessary. In About Canada: Poverty, Jim Silver illustrates that poverty is about more than a shortage of money: it is complex and multifaceted and can profoundly damage the human spirit. At the …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Fast Facts: First Rung on the Ladder
October 8, 2014 | Authored by: Jim Silver
Westgrove Literacy is a grassroots, community-based literacy program operated by Family Dynamics. This type of literacy programming serves the crucial function of being the first rung on the literacy and education ladder for many of the members of this …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
