The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated person to research and develop a communications strategy and implementation plan. This position is funded by the Government of Canada. Applicants must currently be between the ages of 15 and 30, attending university or college full-time, and be returning to school in the fall of 2011.
DMSMCA is a non-profit community renewal organisation. We work with residents and stakeholders towards social, cultural, economic and environmentally sustainable renewal and revitalization of the Daniel McIntyre / St. Matthews neighbourhoods.
Objectives: To manage the Kid’s Garden program based at the DMSMCA Orioles Community Gardens
Tasks will include:
Spence Neighbourhood Association is looking for a Youth Program Supervisor for children and youth programming run out of the Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre. This is a full time position (37.5 hours a week).
Below is the final, member-approved set of Manitoba policy resolutions that was voted on at the CCEDNet Manitoba Policy Summit on November 16, 2010.
This package, titled Toward Strong, Fair, Sustainable Communities, articulates the reasons why each policy was required to make a difference in our CED activities, including a description of the current context, and a clearly stated position that CCEDNet could advance.
The document now becomes a tool for all of us to use in advancing our collective policy agenda with policy makers in 2011.
The Administrative Assistant will be responsible to the Executive Director of the PCRC and will work closely with the Community Facilitator. This position provides administrative support to PCRC staff and Board of Directors. Duties include general clerical, receptionist and project based work.
Hours: 14-18 hrs/week
The Red Tent Campaign is a coalition of housing advocacy organizations and individuals, including the Right to Housing Coalition in Manitoba. On April 19 there will be a Red Tent Day of Action to draw attention to the critical housing shortage in Canada. Actions will take place in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.
In Winnipeg the action will take the form of a March for Housing, culminating in a press release. The march will convene at the corner of Kennedy and York where there will be brief speeches pointing out a few of the issues that housing has to compete with for federal funding.
In its most recent periodic review of Canada’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights characterized the state of homelessness and inadequate housing in Canada as a “national emergency.” Darcie Bennett, campaign coordinator with Pivot Legal Society in Vancouver which founded the Red Tent Campaign, stated “Despite warnings from the U.N. in 2007 that our housing and homelessness situation had become a crisis, we have seen little to no action from the federal government in coming up with a solution. It is time that all the parties weighed in and told the Canadian public just what they will do if elected”.
For more information on the Red Tent Day of Action and election questionnaire contact:
Clark Brownlee - clark_brownlee@mts.net or 488-1786
Red Tent is a joint campaign effort of more than 20 housing and homelessne ss organizations, including: Pivot Legal Society, CWP Advocacy Network, ACORN Canada, Impact on Communities Coalition, the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario, Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa, et le Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU), Right to Housing Coalition Manitoba
