A Healing Garden for North End Women’s Centre

A Healing Garden for North End Women’s Centre

The North End Women’s Centre has been improving the lives of women in Winnipeg’s North End for over 30 years. There have been many changes in that time, including to a once-loved community garden area that now only exists as a few small raised garden...
Human Resources expertise for the MLPD

Human Resources expertise for the MLPD

The Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities has a long history of working for positive individual and systemic change for people who face barriers to inclusion due to disability. As an example, they successfully advocated for the creation of Winnipeg’s...
Sharing construction industry expertise through mentorship

Sharing construction industry expertise through mentorship

BUILD is a social enterprise based in Winnipeg’s North End. It is both a training program and a place of employment for people who face barriers to entering the work force. BUILD’s crews do apartment turnovers and retrofit homes with insulation. Through...
Transition Planning for Right to Housing Coalition

Transition Planning for Right to Housing Coalition

Ten years ago Clark Brownlee and other concerned citizens began the work of the Right to Housing Coalition. Great things have been accomplished under the leadership of Brownlee, who dedicated his time entirely as a volunteer to lead one of Canada’s most...