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Defining effective supports for students with emotional and behavioural disorders: The wraparound approach in the context of a community school
February 1, 2016 | Authored by: Nadine Bartlett
Children and youth with emotional and behavioural disorders [EBD] have complex needs that span an array of service providers (Stroul & Friedman, 1994; VanDenBerg, 2008) and given the paucity of supports for this population they may not receive the …
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 – The Next Step: Literacy Programming in Manitoba
January 27, 2016 | Authored by: Jim Silver
Low levels of adult literacy in Manitoba are a barrier to full participation in our society. Easily accessible supports, located in low-income communities are needed to address this challenge, a new study finds.
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building, Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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The Next Step: Literacy Programming in Manitoba
January 27, 2016 | Authored by: Jim Silver
Economists have estimated that low literacy levels cost the Canadian economy billions of dollars annually (Gulati 2013; McCracken and Murray 2010; Sharpe et al. 2009). Those with low literacy skills suffer poorer health and add disporportionately to t …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building, Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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How Government Support for Social Enterprise can Reduce Poverty and Green House Gases
January 8, 2016 | Authored by: Lynne Fernandez
A new Errol Black Chair paper explains how a combination of governmental policies and initiatives in Manitoba allows social enterprises to reduce Manitoba’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while training and employing Inner City workers. The provincial …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Community Economic Development
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Work Life: Investing in Social Enterprise to Reduce Poverty and Green House Gases
January 8, 2016 | Authored by: Lynne Fernandez
A new Errol Black Chair paper explains how a combination of governmental policies and initiatives in Manitoba allows social enterprises to reduce Manitoba’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while training and employing Inner City workers. The provincial …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Community Economic Development
