Browsing In-Brief Series by Author "Distasio, Jino"
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Confronting the Illusion: Developing a Method to Identify Food Mirages and Food Deserts in Winnipeg
Wiebe, Kyle; Distasio, Jino; Shirtliffe, Ryan (Institute of Urban Studies, 2016-06)This In-Brief develops a new method to identify both food deserts and food mirages to broaden the understanding of barriers individuals face in accessing food. We find that while food deserts exist in Winnipeg, food mirages ... -
Downtown Winnipeg: Developments and Investments, 2005-2013
Distasio, Jino; McCullough, Scott (Institute of Urban Studies, 2013-11-25) -
Going Old School: Activism Reborn in Winnipeg's Inner City
Maunder, Mike; Distasio, Jino (2014-09-26)In our first In-Brief discussion, IUS and Mike Maunder team up to explore a longstanding issue facing a local Winnipeg high school trying to secure much needed green space. In this brief discussion, what emerges is a story ... -
Living in the Red: Exploring Winnipeg's Debt-scape
Werner, Adrian; Distasio, Jino; McCullough, Scott (Institute of Urban Studies, 2015-04-02)Canadian households are now deeper in debt than at any time since Statistics Canada began collecting debtor data in 1961. Debt, payment delinquency, and bankruptcy are increasingly a part of the lives of the young, the ... -
Winnipeg's Vanishing Rooming Houses: Change in the West Broadway and Spence Neighbourhoods
Kaufman, Andrew; Distasio, Jino (Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-06-24)