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Child Care Also an Austerity Victim
September 13, 2023 | Authored by: Susan Prentice, Jesse Hajer
Manitoba billboards promoting $10/day childcare create the perception that the Province of Manitoba has increased funding and support for childcare. The reality is quite different. Despite provincial ELCC spending being …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Austerity in Public Education Hurts
September 13, 2023 | Authored by: Ee-Seul Yoon
As educators and children are heading back to the classroom next week, it’s worth reviewing what they’re returning to after seven years of funding shortfalls and cuts. Teachers are doing …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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A Social Housing Action Plan for Manitoba
September 6, 2023 | Authored by: Kirsten Bernas, Shauna MacKinnon, Yutaka Dirks, Lynne Fernandez, Christina Maes Nino, Sarah Cooper
The Right to Housing Coalition has put forward a social housing action plan for Manitoba that pulls together solutions based on decades of research and consultation. The coalition is calling …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Right to Housing Coalition Social Housing Action Plan for Manitoba – 5 Pillars
September 5, 2023 | Authored by: The Right to Housing Coalition
-Click ‘View Publication’ to see the full backgrounder- The Right to Housing Coalition has put forward a social housing action plan for Manitoba that pulls together solutions based on decades …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Manitoba can’t afford cuts to parks, environmental protection
August 29, 2023 | Authored by: Mark Hudson
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 15, 2023 Manitobans, like much of the rest of the world, are increasingly concerned with the state of the planet—including our own …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Cutting straight to the bone: Austerity and Manitoba crown corporations
August 29, 2023 | Authored by: Niall Harney, Lynne Fernandez
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press on August 5, 2023 On July 19, workers at Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries (MBLL) began rotating strike action after contract negotiations between Manitoba …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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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 …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Education, Training, and Capacity Building, Social Inclusion
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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 …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Justice, Safety and Security
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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 …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: 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 …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Community Economic Development, Social Inclusion
