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A Betrayal of Trust: Exploring the Financialization of Lions Place in Winnipeg as a Case of Organizational Elder Abuse
May 7, 2024 | Authored by: Laura Funk, Rachel Dunsmore
The case of the sale of Lions Place represents both a major net loss of affordable housing and an example of the targeted dismantling of community for older adults in …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Thinking Inside the Box: Rediscovering How to Build Social Housing in Manitoba
March 6, 2024 | Authored by: Lynne Fernandez
Despite years of advocacy by Manitoba’s Right to Housing Coalition urging government to increase the supply of social housing, politicians seem convinced that the social housing crisis is an unsolvable …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Featured, Housing and Neighbourhood Revitalization
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Art as Medicine: Utilizing Creative Arts and the Medicine Wheel as a Tool to Wellness
March 4, 2024 | Authored by: Nyla Comeau
Art as Medicine: Utilizing Creative Arts and the Medicine Wheel as a Tool to Wellness comprised of a six-week workshop with focus on self-love, self-worth, and self-esteem from an Indigenous …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Balancing Act: Card-Check, Anti-Scab, and the Case for Rebalancing Manitoba’s Labour Relations
January 26, 2024 | Authored by: Niall Harney
The evidence presented in this report runs counter to arguments that card-check and anti-scab legislation give excessive power to workers over employers. Rather, card-check certification and a replacement worker ban …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Community Economic Development
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Falling Behind: What Explains a Wave of Strikes in Rural Manitoba School Divisions
December 22, 2023 | Authored by: Niall Harney
This report calls on the provincial government to work with school divisions, unions, and the ministry of education to equalize wages for educational support staff across the province. Pay disparities …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Community Economic Development, Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Manitoba’s Living Wage Update 2023
December 12, 2023 | Authored by: Niall Harney, Jesse Hajer, Natalie Dandeneault
In Winnipeg, the living wage has risen to $19.21 per hour, in Brandon to $15.69 per hour, and in Thompson to $17.48 per hour. In Winnipeg, this is an increase …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Community Economic Development
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Funding Our Way: Rebalancing Revenues and Spending for a Fair and Prosperous Manitoba
November 20, 2023 | Authored by: Jesse Hajer, Niall Harney, David Macdonald
The last few years have been quite the ride. Navigating the ups and downs of the COVID-19 pandemic, government support, and the cost of living has been a social and …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Community Economic Development
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Austerity Hurts
November 15, 2023 | Authored by: Julie Guard
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press November 13, 2023 ON Oct. 3, Manitobans elected a new government which, like its predecessors, has promised to balance the provincial budget. The …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Stream: Community Economic Development
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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