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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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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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Creating Opportunities with Green Jobs: The story of BUILD and BEEP
January 6, 2013 | Authored by: Kirsten Bernas, Blair Hamilton
Social enterprises have emerged as viable business models that create a blended return on investment as a result of the multiple economic, social, and environmental benefits they bring to local communities. They contribute to more inclusive and stronge …
Grant: Transforming Inner-city and Aboriginal Communities - 2007-2012
Category: Community Economic Development
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Measuring Off-Reserve Poverty and Income Inequality in Canada
July 6, 2012 | Authored by: Ahmed Tazmeen
Though there has been substantial research on poverty and inequality in Canada, the issue of Aboriginal poverty and inequality has not yet been examined in a systematic manner. The issue has been discussed, in some cases, as a part of the overall pover …
Grant: Transforming Inner-city and Aboriginal Communities - 2007-2012
Category: Community Economic Development
