The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of inner-city residents and service providers and represent their ideas about building healthy communities. The term “inner city” is often associated with a variety ...

The First Nations/Métis/Inuit Mobility Study examines the mobility patterns of Aboriginal persons moving into the city of Winnipeg. The intent is to interview the same persons, over successive periods, in order to examine ...

The study Community Pathways of Aboriginal Youth Leaders focuses upon twelve young Aboriginal men and women who have been identified as leaders and role models by their communities. The research emerged out of a desire to ...

The Aboriginal Youth Research Learning Circle, a Centre of Excellence- sponsored project involved community members, ages 16-29 years of age in a cooperative learning process utilizing participatory action research methods. ...

The objective of this study is to examine the experiences of welfare recipients with the welfare bureaucracy in the city of Winnipeg. For many inner city residents some form of income assistance is a vital part of their ...

This project encompassed three pertinent social issues: the lack of safe, affordable, available and accessible inner city Winnipeg housing; the lack of supports available for people living in the core area experiencing end ...

This research examined hidden homelessness among Aboriginal persons in prairie cities. In particular, data were gathered in Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Regina that focused on better understanding the shelter circumstances of ...

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) Research and Policy Development (RPD) Unit applied to the Winnipeg Inner-City Research Alliance (WIRA) to examine the urban experience of two of the First Peoples in central Canada – ...

This volume presents the results of field observation of panhandling activity throughout the study area in Winnipeg. Maps in this section indicate the distribution of panhandlers as observed throughout the study area, ...

This study investigates "the educational circumstances of Aboriginal students in Winnipeg inner city high schools... Responses by Aboriginal people to our questions about their experiences in school reveal the existence ...