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 …

The Effectiveness of Neo-Liberal Labour Market Policy as a Response to the Poverty and Social Exclusion of Aboriginal Second-Chance Learners

This dissertation examines the political economy of labour market policy in Canada and its effectiveness in addressing the social and economic exclusion of Aboriginal people. For many Aboriginal people, the colonial experience has left a legacy of dest …

Fast Facts: Connecting the Dots – The OECD report on poverty and Winnipeg’s inner city

2011 State of the Inner City Report: Neoliberalism – What a Difference a Theory Makes

Transformative Writing Among Inner-city Adults: A case study evaluation of the Open Roads, Life Learning pilot program

Adult Refugees and Newcomers in the Inner-city of Winnipeg: Promising pathways for transformative learning

This paper focuses on EAL for adult newcomers and draws from the experiences and voices of 118 adult refugees and immigrant learners, settlement service providers, adult educators, and administrators who work either in school divisions or community age …

Pimicikamak Okimawin Onasowewin – A step towards decolonization?

2010 State of the Inner City Report – We’re In It For The Long Haul

2009 State of the Inner City Report – It Takes All Day to be Poor

Alternative Access to Support, Resources, and Resistance: The role of newcomer communities

Focusing on inner-city Winnipeg – and using data from twelve semi-structured interviews conducted with Muslim newcomers who arrived in Winnipeg within the past five years – this paper will examine the role of the diaspora and community networks as a so …