Shooting for the stars: Inner city basketball program has big impact

Alicia and Rachelle Dunsford with their AAA Junior Varsity Championship banner. They are now at the Collegiate. Young people from inner city Winnipeg made their neighbourhood proud on Monday night. Six youth who grew up playing basketball at …

Stagnant wages for over 80 percent of Canadian workers

Are wages in Canada stagnant or growing? The short answer is another question: do you live in an oil boom province? There’s a fairly common meme that Canadian wages are no longer stagnating, as opposed to US wages. …

Low response in National Housing Survey lead to bias

When the Government of Canada decided to cancel the long form cencus for 2011 and replace it with the voluntary National Household Survey (NHS) many expressed concern NHS data would be less reliable and vulnerable populations would be …

Researcher needed: Aboriginal people and homelessness literature review

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Manitoba office (CCPA–MB) is an independent, non-partisan research institute concerned with issues of social, economic and environmental justice. Founded in 1980, the CCPA is one of Canada’s leading progressive voices in public …

Counting women in: a gender-based analysis of homelessness

International Women’s Day (IWD) will be celebrated this weekend. Although progress has been made regarding women’s rights and equality, the basic right to a safe and affordable home will be out of reach for too many women across …