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Manitoba Living Wage Update 2022
September 23, 2022 | Authored by: Michael Apata, Jesse Hajer, Niall Harney
The 2022 living wage update comes alongside the fastest increases to the cost of living seen since the early 1980s. These increases are placing financial pressure on low-wage workers, amplifying calls …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Community Economic Development, Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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An Exploration of Long- Term Outcomes Following Graduation from the Ndinawe Child and Youth Care Certificate Program
July 15, 2022 | Authored by: Ginelle Giacomin, Samantha Hupé-Wells
The Ndinawe Child and Youth Care Certificate Program (NCYCCP) is a post-secondary education program for formerly sexually exploited individuals in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The program is delivered in partnership between RRC …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Alternative Municipal Budget 2022: Winnipeg at a Crossroads
May 27, 2022 | Authored by: | Edited by: Niall Harney
The 2022 Winnipeg Alternative Municipal Budget is a community effort co-written by 27 authors from 18 community organizations. After two decades of austerity and two pandemic years, the City of Winnipeg …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Featured
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“It’s A Scary Place to Come Out”: Exploring How Shelters in Westman Can Be Safer and More Welcoming for Transgender People
May 19, 2022 | Authored by: Matt Paterson
This project looks at what organizations that provide temporary housing in Westman can do to make transitional housing safe, accessible, and comfortable for transgender people. Starting from anecdotal evidence that …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Understanding and Responding to the Rising Cost of Living in Manitoba
March 14, 2022 | Authored by: Jesse Hajer
Media headlines and price tags alike are sending the message loud and clear: The cost of living is increasing, with price inflation being higher than we’ve seen in decades. The …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Featured
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State of the Inner City: Placing Community at the Heart of Recovery from COVID
February 24, 2022 | Authored by: Lila Asher, Sarah Cooper, Shauna MacKinnon, Owen Toews, Kayla Villebrun-Normand
Since the 2020 State of the Inner City report, which looked at the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the inner city, we’ve had second, third …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Featured
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Unearth this Buried Treasure: Adult Education in Manitoba
January 25, 2022 | Authored by: Jim Silver
New report finds Adult Education struggling to meet demand. Underfunded adult education programs in Manitoba are struggling to meet the demand for literacy and grade twelve equivalency in the province. …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Hard Infrastructure, Hard Times: Workers Perspectives on Privatization and Contracting out of Manitoba Infrastructure
September 3, 2021 | Authored by: Jennifer Keith, Jesse Hajer, Michael Conway
For several years, the Manitoba government led by the Progressive Conservatives has been pushing hard to reduce the number of government workers, while transferring work and contracts to the private …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Community Economic Development, Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Putting Home at the Heart of Refugee Resettlement
July 8, 2021 | Authored by: Ray Silvius, Emily Halldorson, Hani Ataan Al-Ubeady
The culmination of a 5-year study based on interviews with recently arrived former refugees finds that securing good housing is a key part of successful settlement. However, a tight rental …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Stream: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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COVID-19, Austerity and an Alternative Social and Economic Policy Path for Manitoba
April 6, 2021 | Authored by: Jesse Hajer, Lynne Fernandez
This report provides context and presents Manitoba-specific policy alternatives to austerity that could form part of an advocacy agenda. Section 1 sets the stage by reviewing the economic and political …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Featured
