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Housing and Affordability: A snapshot of the Challenges and Successes for Winnipeg's African Community
(2015-02-18)
The purpose of this study was to examine the housing experiences and related challenges of settlement of African immigrants and refugees located in Winnipeg. This included immigrant and refugee perceptions of housing, the ...
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 ...
Report on Proposal Development At the Winnipeg Site
(Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2010-09)
This document reports on the efforts of the Winnipeg Site in developing its proposal and coming
together as a Site. It is based on a series of interviews and focus groups utilizing a common
research protocol developed ...
Mixed-Income Housing Developments: Separating Myth from Reality
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2016-02-01)
Mixed-income housing has long been promoted as a panacea to the largely-failed social
housing experiments of the mid-twentieth century. However, more often than not, the social mix philosophy leads to more problems than ...
Winnipeg's Vanishing Rooming Houses: Change in the West Broadway and Spence Neighbourhoods
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-06-24)
The Downtown Residents Survey
(2010-01-01)
The Downtown Residents Survey was completed by 1583 respondents and was intended to gather information regarding the habits and perceptions of downtown residents.
The survey consisted of nine sections, including downtown ...
Passing the Buck? Examining Canadian Banks Approaches to Financial Exclusion
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2012-02-14)
The purpose of this report is to examine what Canadian banks say they are doing to address
financial exclusion by identifying what banks understand about its causes,
consequences, and solutions. Relevant bank-related ...
Panhandlers and Winnipeg’s by-law: Perceptions and realities
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2013-02-15)
This exploratory qualitative research examines the impact of panhandling by-laws on panhandlers in downtown Winnipeg. Panhandlers' descriptions of their experiences make it clear that Winnipeg's Obstructive Solicitation ...
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 ...
The Lived Experience Circle: An Advisory Committee of the At Home/Chez Soi Project's Winnipeg Site
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2014-10-24)
The Lived Experience Circle (LEC) was formed in 2010
as an advisory group to the Winnipeg site of the At
Home/Chez Soi study. At Home/Chez Soi is a study on
homelessness and mental illness, and is the largest of its
kind ...