• Housing and Affordability: A snapshot of the Challenges and Successes for Winnipeg's African Community 

      Ervick-Knote, Holly; Garang, Ruben (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 ...
    • The Divided Prairie City: Income Inequality Among Winnipeg's Neighbourhoods, 1970-2010 

      Distasio, Jino; Kaufman, Andrew; Carter, Tom; Galston, Robert; Leeson-Klym, Sarah; Leo, Christopher; Maunder, Mike; Lorch, Brian; Peters, Evelyn; Reimer, Brendan; Sandhurst, Martin; Sylvestre, Gina (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 ...
    • Rooming Houses Community Update 

      Auteur inconnu (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 ...
    • Observer-Rated Housing Quality Scale (OHQS) 

      Institute of Urban Studies (Institute of Urban Studies, 2015-12-03)
      In partnership with the West Broadway Community Organization, the Institute of Urban Studies is proud to launch the Observer-Rated Housing Quality Scale (OHQS) - Rooming house and Single Room Occupancy Hotel Edition. This ...
    • Home is Where the Heart is and Right now that is Nowhere: An Examination of Hidden Homelessness Among Aboriginal People's in Prairies Cities 

      Distasio, Jino; Sylvester, Gina; Mulligan, Susan
      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 ...
    • Enhancing Delivery Models and New Partnerships 

      Polevychok, Mechyslava; Carter, Tom
      Recent years have witnessed a shift in the nature of models to deliver housing and support services for low income and marginalized groups in society. This shift has been prompted in part by a change in the role governments ...
    • Literature Review on Issues and Needs of Aboriginal People 

      Carter, Tom
      This literature review identifies the needs, issues and service gaps facing Aboriginal people1 living in, or moving to, urban municipalities, and helps municipal governments develop strategies to address these needs, forge ...
    • Final Report: First Nations/Metis/Inuit Mobility Study 

      Distasio, Jino; Sylvester, Gina; Jaccubucci, Christa; Sargent, Kurt; Mulligan, Susan
      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 ...