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Stoking the Fire to Make Change: Supporting Policy Advocacy by Community-based Organizations and the Communities They Serve in Winnipeg
February 24, 2025 | Authored by: Sarah Cooper, Yutaka Dirks
This study examines how community based organizations in Winnipeg support community and grassroots policy advocacy to address the needs of their participants. Results from a survey and interviews with staff working at CBOs show that Winnipeg’s non-prof …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building, Social Inclusion
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Child Welfare and Austerity in Manitoba
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Shauna MacKinnon
In 2022 we surveyed Manitoba Government Employee Union (MGEU) and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) members employed in the Manitoba child welfare system. We wanted to learn from people working on the front lines if the Manitoba government’s au …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Social Inclusion
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Austerity v. Manitoba Women
October 4, 2024 | Authored by: Mara Fridell
When governments look to cut spending, women are often disproportionately impacted. It has been no different in Manitoba under the austerity agenda of the Progressive Conservatives (PCs) since forming government in 2016. This agenda consisted of mandat …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Social Inclusion
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North End Connect: A community network in the heart of Winnipeg
August 4, 2023 | Authored by: Joel Templeman
Most urban centers in North America have access to quality high-speed Internet connectivity. However, often in low-income pockets of these same cities there are neighbourhoods where residents cannot afford or have other barriers to accessing technology …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building, Social Inclusion
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A “Made in Manitoba” Crisis
July 25, 2023 | Authored by: Katherine Burley, Robert Chernomas, Ian Hudson
Previously Published in the Winnipeg Free Press July 14, 2023 A “Made in Manitoba” Crisis On July 11 a rally to “ Save Public Health Care” took place, timed to coincide with the meetings of the Canadian premiers in Winnipeg. While provinces across the …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Social Inclusion
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The Chasm Widens: Inequality in Manitoba Update
May 25, 2023 | Authored by: Ian Hudson
Income inequality is getting worse in Manitoba: the market income of the bottom 20 percent of Manitoba families declined while the top 20 percent of Manitoba families received greater income increases than the national average. The Chasm Widens: Inequa …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development, Social Inclusion
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The Transition to Adulthood for Young Adults with Disabilities in Manitoba: A “Winding Up-Hill Road”
May 9, 2023 | Authored by: Nadine Bartlett, Anne Kresta, Eefa Khan, Rebeca Heringer
There is mounting evidence that a formal process for supports in the transition from youth to adult, and access to person-centred care play a critical role in improving life outcomes for persons with disabilities (PwDs). This research reveals that, dur …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Featured, Social Inclusion
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Building Stronger Boards: A Study on the Diversity of Settlement Organizations in Winnipeg
November 25, 2022 | Authored by: Marleny Bonnycastle, Jessica Praznik, Kathleen Vyauren, Robert Daudet
Boards of directors are ubiquitous in Winnipeg’s social service sector, including in newcomer and refugee settlement organizations. Existing research shows that representative boards are more connected with community issues, better adapt to challenges, …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Social Inclusion
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Impact of COVID-19 on Refugee Families in Winnipeg
November 10, 2022 | Authored by: Fadi Ennab
In Winnipeg, the COVID-19 crisis worsened existing social and educational inequities for refugee families. The findings show that refugee families found it difficult to navigate school closures and remote learning. Refugee families, having limited or n …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Social Inclusion
