2012 State of the Inner City Report: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges

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 …

Losing Ground: How Canada’s Employment Insurance system undermines inner-city and Aboriginal workers

Marginalized workers, many of whom live in Winnipeg’s inner city and in Aboriginal communities throughout Manitoba, exist at the fringe of the labour market. Their marginalized status is entrenched by their inability to access programs such as Employme …

An Evaluation of Parental Perspectives on Children’s Education in Skownan First Nation

Exploring the impact of a culturally restorative post-secondary education program on Aboriginal adult learners: The Urban Circle Training Centre model

The educational attainment gap between Canada’s Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples both reflects and perpetuates a parallel disparity in socioeconomic conditions. Aboriginal peoples’ distrust of and disengagement from educational systems can be link …

Making Employment Work: Connecting multi-barriered Manitobans to good jobs

The general thrust of this report is the idea that the Labour Market Intermediary (LMI) is conceived of as a central manager of networks of CBOs, government and employers. It requires dedicated personnel. It must be highly visible and well connected to …