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Fast Facts: Lessons from Syrian refugee resettlement in Winnipeg
October 13, 2016 | Authored by: Ray Silvius, Hani Al-Ubeady, Emily Halldorson
As the Syrian refugee crisis continues, so do Canada’s — and Manitoba’s — obligations toward refugee resettlement. With a reported 900 Syrians to arrive in Manitoba before the end of this year, what have we learned since last autumn?
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Social Housing with Supports: The case of WestEnd Commons
July 12, 2016 | Authored by: Jess Klassen
Since late 2014, twenty-six families in Winnipeg’s inner city have been living in a new, supportive social and affordable housing complex called WestEnd Commons. The innovative development was retrofitted in the 100-year-old St. Matthew’s Anglican Chur …
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 – The Next Step: Literacy Programming in Manitoba
January 27, 2016 | Authored by: Jim Silver
Low levels of adult literacy in Manitoba are a barrier to full participation in our society. Easily accessible supports, located in low-income communities are needed to address this challenge, a new study finds.
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building, Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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The Next Step: Literacy Programming in Manitoba
January 27, 2016 | Authored by: Jim Silver
Economists have estimated that low literacy levels cost the Canadian economy billions of dollars annually (Gulati 2013; McCracken and Murray 2010; Sharpe et al. 2009). Those with low literacy skills suffer poorer health and add disporportionately to t …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building, Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Fast Facts: National Housing Day – A Profile of WestEnd Commons
November 23, 2015 | Authored by: Jess Klassen
This past weekend marked Canada’s National Housing Day. In recent history, housing in Canada hasn’t been a hopeful topic. In 1993 federal funds for new social housing development were cut and responsibility for social housing was devolved to the provin …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
