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Posted: March 16, 2023

Manitoba releases a long-awaited homelessness strategy: It must be election time

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By Kirsten Bernas and Shauna MacKinnon

Category: Homelessness, housing, Right to Housing, Social Housing Tags: ,

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Posted: October 19, 2022

Lions Place Housing Crisis: What the Manitoba Government can and must do

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By Shauna McKinnon

Category: housing, privatization, Right to Housing, Seniors, Uncategorized Tags: ,

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Posted: April 27, 2022

Low-cost housing in Winnipeg

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Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 27, 2022 By Shauna MacKinnon

Category: housing, Winnipeg Tags: ,

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Last Updated: December 9, 2021

Winnipeg poverty reduction plan needs financial commitment

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By Shauna MacKinnon and Desiree McIvor

Category: budgets, city planning, parks and recreation, poverty, Right to Housing, Winnipeg Tags: ,

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Last Updated: September 28, 2020

New Principal Investigator continues legacy of John Loxley with the Manitoba Research Alliance

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Press release

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Posted: January 9, 2020

Taking Stock of Manitoba’s Social Housing Plan

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Category: housing, Manitoba, Manitoba Research Alliance, Rent Assist, Urban Development, Winnipeg Tags: ,

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Posted: June 12, 2017

The Pallister Government and the Path to Reconciliation Act

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By Shauna MacKinnon On Friday May 26, I attended an impromptu event organized by supporters of the North Point Douglas Women’s Centre.  The event was held to show support for the Centre, which was reeling from the news …

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Category: Aboriginal issues, colonialism, inequality, Inner City, poverty, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Tags: ,

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Last Updated: March 22, 2017

Funding non-profit organizations gives good value for money

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By Shauna MacKinnon, Several small non-profit organizations (NPOs) are nervously awaiting Manitoba’s 2017 budget. Funding sources they’ve come to rely on have been ‘on pause’ for months and its beginning to affect the services they provide. Many organizations …

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Category: Aboriginal issues, austerity, budgets, inequality, Manitoba, non profit, poverty, social exclusion Tags: ,

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Last Updated: February 9, 2017

62 Recommendations and the Legacy of Phoenix Sinclair

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By Shauna MacKinnon “ the social and economic conditions that render children vulnerable to abuse and neglect are well beyond the scope of the child welfare system” (Hon. Ted Hughes, Commissioner, The Legacy of Phoenix Sinclair: Achieving the …

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Category: Aboriginal issues, Child Welfare, Fast Facts, inequality, Manitoba, Uncategorized Tags: ,

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Last Updated: February 10, 2017

Mainstream media, reconciliation and Wab Kinew

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By Tina Keeper and Shauna MacKinnon Winnipeg Free Press columnist Gordon Sinclair’s depiction of Wab Kinew is offensive with damaging implications that reach beyond the election (WFP March 12th and 26th, 2016). Sinclair uses his privileged position as …

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Category: Aboriginal issues, colonialism, racism, Uncategorized Tags: , ,

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