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Posted: December 3, 2024

Mapping colonial harms – new report

Released December 3, 2024 Social emergencies relating to deaths caused by suicide, violence, drug misuse/poisoning, community fires, and/or health-care services have been declared in northern First Nations in Manitoba and, in some communities, multiple times. While the definition …

Category: Aboriginal issues, Child Welfare, colonialism, economic well-being, Harm Reduction, Manitoba Research Alliance, Mental Health, MMIWGTS+, racism, Rural Health, social exclusion, women, youth Tags: Elizabeth Comack, Jonathan Meikle

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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: April 6, 2023

Response to Chief Smyth’s citation of CCPA MB published research

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Category: education, Manitoba Research Alliance, Police, racism

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Last Updated: October 11, 2022

Report Launch: Safer Schools Without Policing Indigenous and Black Lives in Winnipeg

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This event will launch Fadi Ennab’s report, Safer Schools Without Policing Indigenous and Black Lives in Winnipeg in partnership with Police-Free Schools Winnipeg. Register for the event by clicking here.

Category: education, Manitoba Research Alliance, Police, racism, Winnipeg, youth

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Last Updated: December 8, 2021

Land Back:

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Unsettling the original injustice By Andrée Forest. First published in The Monitor Nov/Dec issue Land back. Two words simple in premise and profound in meaning. These two words get at the essence of the original injustice between our …

Category: colonialism, Indigenous, inequality, Land Back, Manitoba, privilege, racism, social exclusion Tags: Andrée Forest

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Last Updated: March 13, 2019

Black Lives Matter in Canada, as well

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By Robyn Maynard It is not too soon to express the view that the police killing of Machuar Madut, 43 year old father of three, living with mental health issues, and facing possible eviction – was unjustifiable and …

Category: Mental Health, Police, racism, Uncategorized, violence Tags: Robyn Maynard

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Last Updated: June 19, 2018

Our City’s Undocumented: A case for Access Without Fear

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By Karen Hamilton, Reports about refugees walking across the Canada-US border beginning in the spring of 2017 renewed concerns about immigration policy and undocumented migrants in Winnipeg. In fact, the vast majority of migrants to Canada enter legally, …

Category: racism, Refugees, social exclusion, Undocumented citizens Tags: Karen Hamilton, Manitoba

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Last Updated: April 10, 2018

He Had a Dream

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By Jim Silver Fifty years ago, April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. James Earl Ray was convicted, but as Angela Davis said, “racism was Martin Luther King’s assassin.”

Category: poverty, racism Tags: Jim Silver, Manitoba

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Posted: May 4, 2017

Angela Y. Davis – a primer

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By Bronwyn-Dobchuck Land On Saturday, May 6, 2017, Dr. Angela Y. Davis will deliver a talk in Winnipeg at Knox United Church titled Race, Resistance, and Revolution: Freedom is a Constant Struggle. She will be hosted by the …

Category: Incarceration, racism, violence Tags: Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land, Winnipeg

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Last Updated: March 13, 2017

Winnipeg Women speak out on Homelessness

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Artwork by Jackie Traverse By Jenna Drabble This winter, a 53 year-old woman died overnight in minus 32-degree temperatures, frozen to death on the streets of downtown Winnipeg. This tragic and preventable loss serves as a reminder of …

Category: housing, racism, social exclusion, violence, Winnipeg, women Tags: Jenna Drabble, Winnipeg

Response to Chief Smyth’s citation of CCPA MB published research

Report Launch: Safer Schools Without Policing Indigenous and Black Lives in Winnipeg

Black Lives Matter in Canada, as well

He Had a Dream

Angela Y. Davis – a primer

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