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A Family Living Wage for Manitoba: 2013 Update
November 22, 2013 | Authored by: Scott Jarosiewicz, Lynne Fernandez
With approximately 38,600 Manitobans earning minimum wage ($10.45/hour) and fully 73,700 Manitobans making only 10% more, we need to ask if the minimum wage provides sufficient income to raise a family. Low-income families – many working more than one …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Community Economic Development
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Preserving Aboriginal Institutional History in Winnipeg
October 22, 2013 | Authored by: John Loxley, Darrell Chippeway, Darryl Nepinak
Darrell Chippeway together with film maker Darryl Nepinak interview key Aboriginal leaders regarding the formation of many key Aboriginal organizations in Winnipeg.
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Community Economic Development
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It’s Getting Great: Government Investment in Gilbert Park and Lord Selkirk Park
June 1, 2013 | Authored by: Sarah Cooper
Over the last few years, the Province of Manitoba has invested millions of dollars in renovating and providing resources in two public housing complexes in Winnipeg, Lord Selkirk Park and Gilbert Park. Anecdotal changes resulting from these investments …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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They have stood by me: Fast Facts
May 17, 2013 | Authored by: Lindsay Larios
As Manitoba has welcomed many newcomers over the last few years, it has developed services to help these individuals and families adapt. Refugee families and individuals struggle with multiple challenges such as language, literacy and trauma-related me …
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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They Have Stood By Me: Supporting Refugee Families in Winnipeg
May 17, 2013 | Authored by: Lindsay Larios
The Family Centre of Winnipeg approached the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives–Manitoba (CCPA-mb) to do a qualitative study on their Family Supports for Refugees Program to better understand the needs and challenges of settled refugee families in …
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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Social Impact Bonds
January 30, 2013 | Authored by: John Loxley
Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are a relatively new method of funding and delivering social services. Under this approach the private or social sector finances and delivers services under contract to the public sector, against a bond issued by the public s …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Community Economic Development
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Breaking Barriers / Building Bridges
December 15, 2012 | Authored by: Shauna MacKinnon
On October 13th, 2012, CCPA’s Manitoba Office facilitated an intergenerational learning and youth exchange at Thunderbird House in Winnipeg. In attendance were four elders and 30 students from Community Education Development Association’s (CEDA) Pathwa …
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: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
December 15, 2012 | Authored by: Shauna MacKinnon
The 2012 State of the Inner City Report is titled Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges. We called it this because we believe it captures the essence of the two chapters included this year. The first chapter, titled Who’s Accountable to the Community?, s …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
