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Going Old School: Activism Reborn in Winnipeg's Inner City
(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 ...
Out of the Long Dark Hallway: Voices From Winnipeg’s Rooming Houses
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 ...
The Urban Aboriginal Strategy: Community Consultations
(2008-04-28)
The Urban Aboriginal Strategy (UAS) has three broad national priorities that touch on
life skills; promoting jobs, training, and entrepreneurship; and providing support for
women, children and families. This report ...
Sustainable Churchill Discussion Paper
(2009-08-24)
This Discussion Paper introduces the Sustainable Churchill initiative between the Town of Churchill and the University of Winnipeg. It provides an overview of major concepts, including what is meant by community sustainability, ...
Winnipeg Downtown Profile
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2017-07)
The Winnipeg Downtown Profile carries out an analysis of demographic and housing market factors that may influence the need for incentives in the downtown Winnipeg housing market. This report informs CentreVenture’s ...
Churchill Sustainability Planning Framework (CSPF)
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2011-02)
e current report is the Churchill Sustainability Planning Framework (CSPF) which sets out the
Vision, Values and Priorities for making Churchill a more sustainable community, and provides a
“toolkit” for moving these ...
Steinbach Public Transportation Study
(2006-01-01)
This document constitutes the final report for the Steinbach Transportation Project Steering
Committee (STPSC). This report includes a demographic profile of Steinbach; a literature review
dealing with many of the relevant ...
Downtown Winnipeg: Developments and Investments, 2005-2013
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2013-11-25)
Literature Review of Socio-Economic Trends Affecting Consumers and Housing Markets
(2014-10-21)
The purpose of the report is to review and consolidate existing research regarding the impact of
socio-economic trends on consumers and housing markets, discuss current thinking, identify
research gaps, and prioritze ...
Student Housing Overview: Assessing Issues and Potential Options
(2005-09-01)
This report sets out for the administration
of the University of Winnipeg some of the
contexts, considerations and principles
necessary when undertaking any future
housing-oriented development. The report
provides ...
Proceedings: Preventing Evictions and Managing Successful Tenancies
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2012-05-17)
On Nov.10 2011, the Institute of Urban Studies conducted a workshop on Managing for Successful Tenancies. The goal of this workshop was to develop an eviction prevention strategy for the Mental Health Commission of Canada's ...
Winnipeg’s Pandemic Response: Supporting Persons at Risk or Experiencing Homelessness
(Institute of Urban Studies, The University of Winnipeg, 2022-12)
First Nations/Metis/Inuit Mobility Study, Interim Report Two: Draft One
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 ...
Winnipeg's Vanishing Rooming Houses: Change in the West Broadway and Spence Neighbourhoods
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-06-24)
Aboriginal Housing Plan
(2001-01-01)
The recommendations and strategy advanced within this document are the
result of a series of consultations that included the Manitoba Urban Native
Housing Association membership, the general public, Canadian Aboriginal
housing ...
Wnnipeg Inner-City Research Alliance - Summer Institute, Course Assignment: "What Makes a Good Urban Neighbourhood?"
This is the outline for a course given as part of the 2004 WIRA Summer Institute. The assignment was to produce a 20-item annotated bibliography in APA format with introduction and conclusion on course-relevant readings.
Living in the Red: Exploring Winnipeg's Debt-scape
(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 ...
Eviction Prevention: Toolkit of Promising Practices
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2016-02)
This ‘toolkit and resource guide’ is intended to be a short, accessible guide for organizations wanting to help their tenants build long-term, stable tenancies. The toolkit provides an scan of tools used by organizations ...
Neighbourhoods Alive!: Community Outcomes Final Report
(2005-11-01)
The following evaluation of the Neighbourhoods Alive! strategy was undertaken in 2005. Neighbourhood outcomes—or present conditions in Neighbourhoods Alive!
neighbourhoods as expressed in both quantitative and qualitative ...
Beyond a Front Desk: The Residential Hotel as Home
This report is based on a comprehensive analysis of Winnipeg’s single room occupancy hotels. In developing and writing the report, an emphasis was placed on ensuring that the voices of SRO residents were heard and that ...