Dr. John Loxley Honoured by Government of Canada
December 7, 2020 The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced its set of Impact Awards, which recognize Canada’s top leaders, thinkers and researchers in the social sciences and humanities. One of these awards was bestowed on Dr. John Loxley,...
Coming Back to Jail Book Launch
Elizabeth Comack is a professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Manitoba and a CCPA–MB research associate. Her book, Coming Back to Jail: Women, Trauma, and Criminalization, will be launched at McNally Robinson Booksellers Grant Park on...
Winnipeg’s rooming house challenge: What we can learn from Toronto
One year after a rooming house fire in Winnipeg’s St. Boniface neighbourhood killed an elderly man and injured several other tenants, what can the city and province do to ensure rooming houses remain safe, affordable places to live? One year after a rooming house fire...
Winnipeg’s Inner City Reversing Decades of Decline, Report Says
By: Jacques Marcoux, CBC News After nearly five decades of gradual decline, Winnipeg's inner city is showing signs of a newfound vitality. The area has reversed a trending decline in population, home ownership is up 10 per cent and income levels are rising faster than...
Help Needed for Newcomers and Aboriginal People: Youth Face Barriers to Jobs
By: Carol Sanders, Winnipeg Free Press The fast-growing newcomer and indigenous youth population Manitoba is relying on for economic growth needs help removing the barriers of racism and poverty, a researcher says. Their experiences are written about by Keely Ten...
You Don’t Have to Live Like a Refugee
By: Ray Silvius, University of Winnipeg Published in: Winnipeg Free Press Having fled their home countries to escape violence and war, refugees in Canada find their full inclusion in society delayed, threatened or obstructed. With all due respect to Tom Petty...