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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