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Ending or Obscuring Homelessness? Applying the White Racial Frame to Homeless Literature in Canada
(Institute of urban Studies, 2019-07-22)
This paper summarizes existing literature on homelessness throughout Canada and then applies the White Racial Frame (WRF) to analyze homeless literature collected as part of two research projects to answer two questions: ...
Senior-Friendly Public Transportation in Winnipeg: Towards a Comprehensive Strategy
(2014-10-16)
Healthy aging requires a safe and convenient method of connecting to life outside of
the home. Public transportation can fulfill this essential role in assisting people to
conduct both instrumental activities of daily ...
A Preliminary Analysis of a Pedestrian Walkway Connection between the University of Winnipeg and the Downtown
(2014-09-26)
This report focuses attention on the potential of connecting the University of Winnipeg
into the downtown skywalk system through 491 Portage Avenue (the Rice Building),
which has been named the AnX1. The main purpose is ...
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 ...
Downtown Winnipeg: Demographics, Population Density, and Grocery Store Locations
(2013-03-03)
This map presents an overview of demographics and population density and compares it to the location of downtown grocery stores.
Rooming Houses Community Update
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2015-11-03)
In May 2014, five concerned organizations partnered to talk about the state of Rooming Houses in Winnipeg's Inner-City. Together we released two reports: Winnipeg's Vanishing Rooming Houses and Rooming Houses to Rooming ...
Shopping for a change: Using GIS to Measure the Food Security Impact of a New Downtown Grocery Store
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2015-05-13)
This is presentation was given at the Association of Assessing Officers of Manitoba: Sympo15 on Thursday May 13 2015. The overall purpose was to illustrate how GIS can be used to measure the food security impact of a ...
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 ...
New Uses for Old Buildings: Organic Renewal in the West Exchange District, 1975-2010
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-09-26)
Since 1975, the Exchange District west of Main Street has emerged as downtown Winnipeg’s
most successful and interesting neighbourhoods. Built up as a wholesale warehouse district in
the late 19th and early 20th century, ...
Supporting Successful Tenancies
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2016)
Presentation on Supporting Successful Tenancies: Promising Practices for the Hard to House