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City of God and Elite Squad: From Fatalistic Violence to Agency
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-09-19)
Brazilian favelas (slums)have become cityscapes of exclusion, with their precarious housing on unpaved pathways, overcrowded places stigmatized as shelter for the urban poor and for criminals. This paper analyzes how ...
Housing and Affordability: A snapshot of the Challenges and Successes for Winnipeg's African Community
(2015-02-18)
The purpose of this study was to examine the housing experiences and related challenges of settlement of African immigrants and refugees located in Winnipeg. This included immigrant and refugee perceptions of housing, the ...
Sustaining a Living, Inclusive and Creative City
(2010-01-01)
This project linked the Institute of Urban Studies with the broader community in Winnipeg and Saskatoon for the purpose of participating in the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, the theme of which is "Better City, Better Life." ...
Report on Proposal Development At the Winnipeg Site
(Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2010-09)
This document reports on the efforts of the Winnipeg Site in developing its proposal and coming
together as a Site. It is based on a series of interviews and focus groups utilizing a common
research protocol developed ...
Mixed-Income Housing Developments: Separating Myth from Reality
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2016-02-01)
Mixed-income housing has long been promoted as a panacea to the largely-failed social
housing experiments of the mid-twentieth century. However, more often than not, the social mix philosophy leads to more problems than ...
The Management of Co-operatives: Developing a Postsecondary Course
(2010-01-01)
This research project aims to design a course outline, syllabus, and reading package for a “Management of Cooperatives” course that will be offered at the University of Winnipeg (Faculty of Business and Economics) in the ...
Downtown Winnipeg: Demographics, Population Density, and Grocery Store Locations
(2013-03-03)
This map presents an overview of demographics and population density and compares it to the location of downtown grocery stores.
Rooming Houses Community Update
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2015-11-03)
In May 2014, five concerned organizations partnered to talk about the state of Rooming Houses in Winnipeg's Inner-City. Together we released two reports: Winnipeg's Vanishing Rooming Houses and Rooming Houses to Rooming ...
Senior-Friendly Public Transportation in Winnipeg: Towards a Comprehensive Strategy
(2014-10-16)
Healthy aging requires a safe and convenient method of connecting to life outside of
the home. Public transportation can fulfill this essential role in assisting people to
conduct both instrumental activities of daily ...
Downtown Trends: Downtown Winnipeg Market Research 2014
(2014)
The Downtown BIZ authored the final report and website. As the website is no longer active, a PDF version of the report is temporarily available