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Finding her home: A gender-based analysis of the homelessness crisis in Winnipeg
March 8, 2017 | Authored by: Jenna Drabble, Sadie McInnes
This gender-based analysis looks at the intersectionalities of gender, race, class, sexual identity and other factors. This is important since a “gender-blind” approach—of looking at men and women’s experiences together—just scratches the surface of wo …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Indigenous People, Wage Labour and Trade Unions: The historical experience in Canada
March 8, 2017 | Authored by: Lynne Fernandez, Jim Silver
Have Indigenous people in Canada been active as wage labourers and union members? If so, what have been the circumstances? When and where and for what reasons have Indigenous people worked for wages and been union members and how have they fared in the …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Community Economic Development
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“A Bit of Shame and Remorse May Go a Long Way”: Exploring the Social Impact of Discriminatory Practises in Thompson, Manitoba
February 28, 2017 | Authored by: Delia Chartrand, Chris Bignell
The community of Thompson is a regional hub which provides services to a number of surrounding communities in northern Manitoba. Demographically Thompson presents an intersection of diverse cultures and is unique in that it has the highest population p …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Community Economic Development
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What Does it Take to House a Syrian Refugee? Supporting refugee housing and resettlement beyond the Syrian refugee crisis
January 31, 2017 | Authored by: Ray Silvius, Hani Ataan Al-Ubeady, Emily Halldorson, Dylan Chyz-Lund, Carlos Colorado
This report on the settlement of Syrian refugees in Winnipeg finds that public policy played an important role, particularly when it comes to an often-overlooked area of settlement: housing refugees. What Does it Take to House a Syrian Refugee? Support …
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: State of the Inner City Report 2016: Reconciliation Lives Here
December 13, 2016 | Authored by: Niigaan Sinclair, Tamara Margaret Dicks, Timothy Maton
This year’s State of the Inner City Report tackles arguably the most important issue of our time: healing and reconciling Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples. A year and a half after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 94 Calls to A …
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 2016: Reconciliation Lives Here
December 13, 2016 | Authored by: Niigaan Sinclair, Timothy Maton, Tamara Margaret Dicks
Reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada is arguably the most important issue Canada faces today. While the urgency may have emerged due to a heightened awareness of the legacies of residential schools via the work of 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: Newcomer Families: The role of housing and wrap-around supports in Winnipeg
November 22, 2016 | Authored by: Jill Bucklaschuk
As housing advocates across the country recognize National Housing Day on November 22nd, we must continue to acknowledge the central role of housing in building inclusive communities and seek ways to ensure that all low-income families have access to …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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The IRCOM Model: Housing and wrap-around supports for newcomers in Winnipeg
November 22, 2016 | Authored by: Jill Bucklaschuk
The successful settlement and integration of immigrants and refugees is a multifaceted, complex, and long-term process that requires the dedication and involvement of both newcomers and the community in which they settle. Arriving to a new home is ov …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Anti-colonial Methodologies and Practices for Settler Colonial Studies
October 21, 2016 | Authored by: Elizabeth Carlson
Indigenous scholars have called on settler people to engage in processes of decolonization. To investigate how white settler individuals living on Indigenous lands occupied by the Canadian state are responding to that call, it was necessary to articula …
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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Refugee Parental Involvement in Children’s Education in Winnipeg
October 17, 2016 | Authored by: Fadi Ennab
A presentation by Fadi Ennab at the Strangers in New Homelands Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba on October 13, 2016.
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
