Research and Working Papers Series: Recent submissions
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Investigating the Social Capital and Capacity of Older Adults in Rural Manitoba
(2008-01-01)The report is composed of a review of the literature as well as key findings and recommendations illustrating how seniors are contributing to their communities, the factors that affect their involvement and the barriers ... -
The Urban Aboriginal Strategy: Community Consultations
(2008-04-28)The Urban Aboriginal Strategy (UAS) has three broad national priorities that touch on life skills; promoting jobs, training, and entrepreneurship; and providing support for women, children and families. This report ... -
Manitoba Older Worker Project
(2014-10-16)To explore the role of older workers in Manitoba and in a broader context, The Manitoba Older Worker Project (MOWP) explores the trends in the literature and the experiences of both employers and employees. A key component ... -
The Evolution of Urban Canada: An Analysis of Approaches and Interpretations
This report attempts to analyze the main trends and the most significant work in the field of urban historiography and it is organized around four key themes. The report is, in part, a historiographical essay. But it is, ... -
Coping Strategies and Street Life: The Ethnography of Winnipeg's Skid Row
(Institute of Urban Studies, 1985-01-01)This paper provides an overview of life on Skid Row in Winnipeg. The focus is on social and economic phenomena, and, to a lesser degree, the rules of behaviour that are specific to Skid Row subculture. -
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 ... -
How Well Are Poor People Served by Canadian Banks? Testing Consumer Treatment Using Mystery Shopping
(2012-02-14)This study reports on results from a mystery shopping method that was designed to see how lowincome people were treated by banks in a simple shopping event. Banks that were shopped include mainstream and fringe banks. ... -
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 ... -
Sex Work and City Planning: Winnipeg’s Red Light District Committee and the Regulation of Prostitution
In November of 1999, a Manitoba Provincial Court decision called into question the City of Winnipeg’s ability to regulate off-street prostitution through its municipal licencing by-law for escort services. The result was ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Major Suburban Shopping Nodes in Winnipeg
This report examines structural and business sector attributes of eight major suburban shopping nodes in Winnipeg. It is based on data assembled during August and September 2001. -
The Geography of Income Within Manitoba's Capital Region
The City of Winnipeg and 15 surrounding urban and rural municipalities form the Capital Region of Manitoba (see Figure 1). Between 1996 and 2001, these surrounding municipalities captured a large majority of the region’s ... -
Growth Beyond the Perimeter: Population Change in Manitoba's Capital Region
This report highlights aspects of the current spatial distribution of population in the Capital Region and how that distribution has changed over the past five years, with emphasis placed on outlying municipalities. Based ... -
Big Boxes, Power Centres and the Evolving Retail Landscape of Winnipeg: A Geographical Perspective
This report offers a geographical perspective on a wave of big box store and power centre development that Winnipeg experienced between 1998 and 2001. Analysis reveals that new retail development has gravitated to existing ...