First Rung on the Ladder: Community-Based Literacy Programming in Public Housing Complexes

A wealth of evidence—both global and local—confirms the value of literacy, and the importance of programs that promote literacy. !is is especially the case for low-income individuals and communities, for whom gains in literacy can be transformative. Th …

We’re All in this Together: Factors that Influence and Support Success for Female Post-Secondary Students in Northern Manitoba, Canada

At the University College of the North, women make up approximately 80% of the student population in the Faculty of Arts and in the Nursing program (UCN, 2012). In the University of Manitoba’s Northern Social Work Program, 87% of students are female. T …

Every House Counts: First Nations Housing in Manitoba

A lot has been written about the housing crisis in Canada’s First Nation communities. Adequate housing is not available in many communities, resulting in high rates of overcrowding and long waitlists. The current housing crisis is embedded within a ser …

Tribulations and Tears: Stories from the Youth of Norway House Cree Nation

The nuances within the youth of the Norway House Cree Nation along with the escalation in drugs, gangs and violence have led to climbing incarceration rates within the youth population. This has resulted in social devastation in the community over the …

Street Gangs in Winnipeg: Inner-city Youth Prevention Programs as Sites of Resistance?

Drawing on both post-colonial literature and critical gang studies research, this Master’s thesis situates the advent and growth of Indigenous street gangs in the context of settler colonialism, global economic restructuring, and the turn to a New Righ …

Fast Facts: World Urban Forum 7 – Policy Lessons from Colombia

For one week in early April, Sara Swartz (Universitas Programme of the KIP International School), Shauna MacKinnon (Manitoba Research Alliance [MRA] and University of Winnipeg [UW]) and Lynne Fernandez (MRA and CCPA MB) visited Medellin, Colombia to ta …

Rooming Houses to Rooming Homes: A Documentary Short

Rooming Houses to Rooming Homes

In Winnipeg’s inner city, and especially in West Broadway and Spence neighbourhoods, older homes converted to rooming houses are an important type of housing for many people living on low incomes. However, rooming houses are fast disappearing due to an …

2013 State of the Inner City: A Youth Lens on Poverty in Winnipeg

Sixteen youth from North and West End Winnipeg were given an important assignment: tell the stories of their neighbourhoods to the rest of Winnipeg for this year’s State of the Inner City Report. The CCPA’s Manitoba office worked with two youth-serving …

A Family Living Wage for Manitoba: 2013 Calculation Guide

The purpose of this guide is to assist others in calculating a living wage for their own communities, using the method developed by the CCPA-BC and First Call to calculate Vancouver and Victoria living wages in 2008. This particular guide will be most …