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Mapping Colonial Harms: Social Emergencies in Northern Manitoba First Nations
December 2, 2024 | Authored by: Jonathan Meikle, Elizabeth Comack
Social emergencies relating to deaths caused by suicide, violence, drug misuse/poisoning, community fires, and/or health-care services have been declared in northern First Nations in Manitoba and, in some communities, multiple times. While the definiti …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Justice, Safety and Security
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Manitoba Government Cuts Undermine Safety and Justice
July 25, 2023 | Authored by: Elizabeth Comack, Amelia Curran
Previously Published in the Winnipeg Free Press July 5, 2023 Manitoba Government Cuts Undermine Safety and Justice As the Winnipeg Free Press reported on June 27, 2023, the Manitoba government has recently earmarked $3.4 million to add 19 Crown prosecu …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Justice, Safety and Security
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The Burden of Concern: The Healthy Environment, Healthy Neighbourhoods Project
March 21, 2023 | Authored by: Alexandra Caporale, Heather Fast
The Healthy Environment, Healthy Neighbourhoods project documented first-hand experiences of Winnipeg residents in inner city and mature neighbourhoods who live near industrial and contaminated sites, most notably in Point Douglas and St. Boniface. Th …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Justice, Safety and Security
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Grassroots & Anti-Oppressive Approaches to Safety
November 1, 2022 | Authored by: Dagen Perrott, Julie Chamberlain
What are anti-oppressive, grassroots approaches to talking about and acting on community safety? What evidence-informed strategies are appropriate at a neighbourhood level? Initiated by the South Valour Residents Association in Winnipeg, Manitoba, this …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Featured, Justice, Safety and Security
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Safer Schools Without Policing Indigenous and Black Lives In Winnipeg
October 5, 2022 | Authored by: Fadi Ennab
School safety is important for all students and families. Feeling safe in schools can provide the optimal learning space where students feel a sense of belonging and are able to thrive, academically and socially. Yet, for many Indigenous and Black stud …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Featured, Justice, Safety and Security
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West Broadway Methamphetamine Strategy
February 5, 2021 | Authored by: Erica Charron, Laura Canfield
The West Broadway Methamphetamine Strategy was born from the collaborative efforts and communal concerns of members who sit on the West Broadway Directors Network (WBDN), a committee spearheaded by the West Broadway Community Organization. In 2015, mem …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization, Justice, Safety and Security
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2020 State of the Inner City Report: The Changing State of the Inner-City
January 21, 2021 | Authored by: Shayna Plaut, Sarah Cooper, Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land, Justin Grift, Katharina Maier, Niigaan Sinclair
The acute and ongoing social, economic, cultural and political impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic cannot be overstated. Health and safety have required collective and social changes to everyday life affecting all members of society. That said, pre-pandem …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development, Justice, Safety and Security
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State of the Inner City Report 2019
April 15, 2020 | Authored by: Ellen Smirl
The 2019 State of the Inner City report “Forest for the Trees: Reducing Drug and Mental Health Harms in the Inner City” finds that there is no clear strategy in how the recommendations from the VIRGO Report and the Illicit Drug Task Force Report are be …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Community Economic Development, Justice, Safety and Security
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Indigenous Student Experiences with Racism in Winnipeg
April 15, 2020 | Authored by: Jacqueline Romanow
While racism in the United States receives a great deal of media attention, in Canada it is less so. Canadians like to see themselves — and are generally seen by nationals of other countries — as tolerant, multicultural and open minded, believing that …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Justice, Safety and Security
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Housing Needs of Indigenous Women Leaving Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Communities
August 22, 2019 | Authored by: Allison Groening, Colin Bonnycastle, Marleny M. Bonnycastle, Kendra Nixon, Judith Hughes
The problems of intimate partner violence and housing insecurity are independent issues and each worthy of discussion on their own. However, for women in northern communities these issues are often co-occurring. Violence is a major contributor to wome …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Justice, Safety and Security
