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    • Male Reading Teachers: Effects on Inner-city Boys 

      Sokal, Laura; Katz, Herb; Sych-Yereniuk, Anastasia; Chochinov-Harder, Lori; Adkins, Matthew; Grills, Tannis; Stewart, Crystal; Priddle, Greg
      Eighteen inner-city first and second grade boys participated in a pilot study on the effect of sex of reading teacher on boys’ attitudes toward and performance in reading. Each boy participated with either a male or a ...

    • Out of the Long Dark Hallway: Voices From Winnipeg’s Rooming Houses 

      Distasio, Jino; Dudley, Michael; Maunder, Mike
      The purpose of this study is to critically examine rooming houses from a community-based “people and place” perspective. This approach includes surveys, in-depth interviews and a workshop. The instruments used in the study ...

    • Planning [E]mergence: The Convergence of Theory and Practice Through the Collaborative Efforts of the Winnipeg Inner-City Research Alliance 

      Granger, Jason; Carter, Tom; Friesen, Anita
      An evaluation of an innovative collaborative urban research organization that builds partnerships between academics, researchers, and communities. This case study investigates the Winnipeg Inner-City Research Alliance ...

    • A Profile of Income Assistance Recipients in Winnipeg’s Inner City 

      Sheldrick, Byron M.; Dyck, Harold; Myers, Troy; Michell, Claudette
      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 ...

    • Rooming House: Tenant-Landlord and Community Cooperation, Spence Neighbourhood 

      Distasio, Jino; Mulligan, Susan (Institute of Urban Studies, 2005-03-01)
      This project examined the potential for adapting the existing West Broadway TLC principles and practices to the rooming house stock in the Spence neighbourhood.

    • The Rooming Houses of Furby Street 

      Maunder, Mike; Burley, David (Institute of Urban Studies, 2008)
      This magazine is part of a much larger historical study, Living on Furby, Narratives ofHome. The larger study is a detailed history of one block of Furby, between Portage and Broadway, from its beginnings to the present ...

    • Shared Responsibility: Building Healthy Communities in Winnipeg's North End 

      Brown, Jason; Higgitt, Nancy; Wingert, Susan; Miller, Christine; Williams, Mary; Morrissette, Larry
      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 ...

    • Sustainable Financing for the Social Economy, Phases 1 and 2 

      Wuttunee, Wanda; Gray, Lois (2008-01-01)
      This 2 phase project intends to assist organizations involved in financing social enterprises to develop and deliver financial products and services that meet the various long- and short-term financing needs of this client group.

    • “There Are No Banks Here” Financial & Insurance Exclusion in Winnipeg’s North End 

      Buckland, Jerry; Guenther, Bruce; Boichev, Georgi; Geddie, Heather; Mutch, Maryanne
      Financial exclusion is a matter of growing concern in Canada considering the decline in the number of mainstream bank branches in some inner-cities and the concurrent rise in the number of fringe banks. This study reports ...

    • Urban Dakota: Quality of Life Indicators Project, Phase 1 Final Report 

      Keely, Ten Fingers
      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 – ...

    • Voices from the Margins: Experiences of Street-Involved Youth In Winnipeg 

      Higgitt, Nancy; Wingert, Susan; Ristock, Janice; Brown, Mellisa; Ballantyne, Melvina; Caett, Sammy; Coy, Kristin; Quoquat, Rachel
      In this study we sought to hear the voices of street-involved youth. We wanted to give them a forum through which to tell their stories. We wanted to know: 1) How they came to be involved with the street? 2) What their ...

    • What Makes a Good Urban Neighbourhood, Final Report 

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      The Summer Institute is the main component of WIRA’s educational mandate, and targets university students and community practitioners. It builds knowledge and capacity at the community level and adopts a practical, hands-on ...

    • Winnipeg Inner-City Research Alliance - Summer Institute, Course Outline: "What Makes a Good Urban Neighbourhood" 

      Distasio, Jino
      This is the outline for a course given as part of the 2005 WIRA Summer Institute. Course content is organized around a number of broad thematic areas related to neighbourhood studies. Themes include: defining the inner ...

    • Winnipeg Quality of Life Project Phase One Report 

      Leslie, L. Roos; Shirley, Forsyth; Gary, Wilson; Jennifer, Bodnarchuk; Dan, Chateau
      This project addresses the lack of neighbourhood statistical data and survey information on the quality of life in the inner city available to community groups. Many organizations and individuals in Winnipeg’s inner city ...