Homelessness

Posted: August 15, 2024

It’s time to move on from the Houston Model

Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press August 1, 2024. By Shauna MacKinnon Manitoba politicians are fixated on the “Houston model” as the solution to homelessness. The obsession began prior to the recent provincial election when then opposition …

Category: Homelessness, housing Tags: Manitoba, Shauna MacKinnon

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Posted: April 29, 2024

Six Questions About the Future of Portage Place

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Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 29, 2024

Category: City of Winnipeg, city planning, Homelessness, housing, Indigenous, inequality, infrastructure, Inner City, Manitoba, Right to Housing, Social Housing Tags: Manitoba, Owen Toews

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Posted: August 24, 2023

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August 25, 2023 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba research, published in 2017 in collaboration with Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, suggests that the costs of the landfill search for Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are dwarfed by …

Category: Aboriginal issues, Child Welfare, colonialism, Harm Reduction, Homelessness, Indigenous, inequality, Landfill, MMIWGTS+, Press Release, racism, safety, Uncategorized, violence, women

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Last Updated: March 30, 2023

Why Don’t We Just Care?

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Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 30, 2023 By Elizabeth Comack In “A Tale of Two Sentences” (March 18, 2023 Winnipeg Free Press) Dean Pritchard reports on the stories of two men who were facing similar …

Category: Aboriginal issues, colonialism, Crime, Harm Reduction, Homelessness, Incarceration, Indigenous, inequality, Manitoba, Mental Health Tags: Elizabeth Comack