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Housing Distress in Winnipeg: Implications for Policy Programs and Services
(2008-01-01)
This is the Final Report of the research project “Structural Causes of Housing Distress in Winnipeg: Implications for Policy Programs and Services” undertaken by the Institute of Urban Studies on behalf of the National ...
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 ...
Peguis First Nations TLE Selection. Acquisition and Development Background Report and Strategic Framework
(2011-12-20)
This report sets out a framework on which Peguis First Nation can build their land acquisition strategy. The purpose of the framework will be to provide the conceptual and analytical tools the TLE Advisory Committee needs ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Confronting the Illusion: Developing a Method to Identify Food Mirages and Food Deserts in Winnipeg
(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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Downtown Winnipeg: Developments and Investments, 2005-2013
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2013-11-25)
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 ...
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 ...
Winnipeg’s Pandemic Response: Supporting Persons at Risk or Experiencing Homelessness
(Institute of Urban Studies, The University of Winnipeg, 2022-12)
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 ...
At Home in Winnipeg: Localizing Housing First as a Culturally Responsive Approach to Understanding and Addressing Urban Indigenous Homelessness
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2018-08)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...