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Winnipeg Inner-City Research Alliance - Summer Institute, Course Outline: "What Makes a Good Urban Neighbourhood"
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 ...
Provincial and Territorial Interests in Land Use Planning and Development
(2002-11-01)
Land use planning in Canada is in the process of undergoing a radical shift as legislation, much of
which dates from the 1980s or even the 1970s, is less and less able to cope with the increasing
complexity of land use ...
Community Distress Towards a National Measure
(Policy Research and Coordination Directorate, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2008-01)
This report developed and tested a proposed Canadian Distress Index (CDI) model capable of exploring distress across and within Canadian cities. The proposed index is discussed in terms of its ability to inform policy ...
Holding On!: Supporting Successful Tenancies for the Hard to House
(2014-10-27)
The following report assembles a preliminary examination of eviction prevention approaches used across Canada (also known as housing retention practices). The particular focus was to better understanding how persons ...
Housing in the East Interlake: A Regional Perspective
(2009-01-01)
In the fall of 2008, the Institute of Urban Studies was approached by Community
Futures East Interlake to complete a report concerning housing issues in the East
Interlake region. The purpose of the report was to examine ...
Localized Approaches to Ending Homelessness: Indigenizing Housing First.
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2019-08)
Final Report: First Nations/Metis/Inuit Mobility Study
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 ...
Rooming House: Tenant-Landlord and Community Cooperation, Spence Neighbourhood
(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 Divided Prairie City: Income Inequality Among Winnipeg's Neighbourhoods, 1970-2010
(2015-05-20)
This book brings twelve experts on Winnipeg to talk about the people, places, and spaces, impacted by a growing gap between rich and poor neighbourhoods. We add a geographic perspective to the recent conversations about ...
Home is Where the Heart is and Right now that is Nowhere: An Examination of Hidden Homelessness Among Aboriginal People's in Prairies Cities
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 ...