Fast Facts: The Tough on Crime Strategy has not made our Community Safer

Frontline workers characterize the tough on crime strategy as “one size fits all” designed with the dangerous few in mind but applied to everyone. Workers believe the strategy sets the community up for danger by keeping people in prison longer in overc …

Street Gangs in Winnipeg: Inner-city Youth Prevention Programs as Sites of Resistance?

Drawing on both post-colonial literature and critical gang studies research, this Master’s thesis situates the advent and growth of Indigenous street gangs in the context of settler colonialism, global economic restructuring, and the turn to a New Righ …

Racialized Communities and Police Services Project 2005-2012

Bill C-10: The truth about consequences

Meeting the Needs of Youth: Perspectives from youth-serving agencies

What Happens When the Bed Bugs Do Bite? The Social Impacts of a Bed Bug Infestation on Winnipeg’s Inner-City Residents

Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are making an international comeback, to the point where a global “bed bug pandemic” is being predicted. The City of Winnipeg has not been exempted from this scourge, with one local extermination company reporting 2,800 bed …

If You Want to Change Violence in the ‘Hood, You Have to Change the ‘Hood: Violence and Street Gangs in Winnipeg’s Inner-city

There is growing concern about the level of violence in Winnipeg’s North End. The media regularly feature headline reports about gun violence, and street gang activity has become a focus of attention in the effort to “get tough on crime.” Against this …