Fast Facts: Meeting the Housing Needs of Aboriginal People Moving to Winnipeg

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.

Moving to the City: Housing and Aboriginal Migration to Winnipeg

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.

A Terrific Loss: The Expiring Social Housing Operating Agreements in Manitoba

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 …

Fast Facts: Federal Withdrawal Results in Loss of Social Housing

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 …

About Canada: Poverty

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 …

Fast Facts: First Rung on the Ladder

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 …

First Rung on the Ladder: Community-Based Literacy Programming in Public Housing Complexes

A wealth of evidence—both global and local—confirms the value of literacy, and the importance of programs that promote literacy. !is is especially the case for low-income individuals and communities, for whom gains in literacy can be transformative. Th …

Every House Counts: First Nations Housing in Manitoba

A lot has been written about the housing crisis in Canada’s First Nation communities. Adequate housing is not available in many communities, resulting in high rates of overcrowding and long waitlists. The current housing crisis is embedded within a ser …

Rooming Houses to Rooming Homes: A Documentary Short

Rooming Houses to Rooming Homes

In Winnipeg’s inner city, and especially in West Broadway and Spence neighbourhoods, older homes converted to rooming houses are an important type of housing for many people living on low incomes. However, rooming houses are fast disappearing due to an …