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SUMMARY:Creating Manitoba: The Emergence of a Provincial Community
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Gerald Friesen and guests \nThis course will discuss the history of some of Manitoba’s founding peoples and how they came to terms with evolving provincial\, national\, and global circumstances in the late nineteenth century. It will include (one in each of the six meetings)\, First Nations\, Selkirk settlers\, Michif/French-speaking Métis\, Orange Order Canadians\, first-wave Mennonites\, and Bungee/English-speaking people of mixed ancestry. In addition to a lecture\, the sessions will feature conversations with authors who have written about the groups\, including Jean Friesen\, Robert Lower\, Philippe Mailhot\, Tom Brodbeck\, and Roy Loewen. The last meeting will consider Manitoba as it appeared in 1887\, John Norquay’s last year as premier. \nDates and times:                 Location:\nTues Apr 9 9:30-11:30am       Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room\nTues Apr 16 9:30-11:30am     Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room\nTues Apr 23 9:30-11:30am     Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room\nTues Apr 30 9:30-11:30am     Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room\nTues May 7 9:30-11:30am       Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose room\nTues May 14 9:30-11:30am     Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room \nDr. Gerald Friesen\nGerald Friesen retired more than a decade ago from the Department of History at the University of Manitoba. He has written and edited books and articles\, including a history of the Canadian prairies and an essay on the social changes that accompanied revolutions in communication technology. A former president of the Canadian Historical Association\, he has lectured frequently in Canada and internationally and has given talks and classes to Manitoba union members and secondary school teachers. His new book\, The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier\, Canadian Statesmen\, will be published by University of Manitoba Press in April 2024. \nTo find out more about the 55 Plus Program\, click here. \nTo see University of Winnipeg campus and parking maps\, click here.  \nIf you have any questions\, or would like to be added to a waitlist for this class\, please email 55plus@uwinnipeg.ca.
URL:https://mcma.ca/program/creating-manitoba-the-emergence-of-a-provincial-community/
CATEGORIES:U of W 55+ classes
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SUMMARY:Poverty in Winnipeg: Causes\, Costs\, Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Dr. Jim Silver \nCourse description:\nThis course will examine poverty\, and in particular what is called “complex poverty\,” in Winnipeg. Winnipeg is home to a high incidence of complex poverty\, and this has become increasingly obvious in recent years\, so the course will have relevance to the daily experiences of students. \nIdeas and concepts that the course will address\, in addition to complex poverty\, include low-income rental housing and homelessness\, colonialism and racism\, the criminalization of poverty\, the social determinants of health\, the growth and consequences of inequality\, the “blaming the victim” phenomenon\, the high cost of allowing poverty to persist\, and community development\, employment strategies and universal social programs as means of solving poverty. \nDates and times:                               Location:\nWednesday\, Apr 10 9:30-11:30 am     Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room\nWednesday\, Apr 17 9:30-11:30 am      Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room\nWednesday\, Apr 24 9:30-11:30 am     Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room\nWednesday\, May 1 9:30-11:30 am       Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room\nWednesday\, May 8 9:30-11:30 am       3M64*\nWednesday\, May 15 9:30-11:30 am     Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room \n*Room 3M64 is located on the third floor of Manitoba Hall (see map). \nDr. Jim Silver\nJim Silver is Professor Emeritus at the University of Winnipeg\, where he has taught for more than 40 years. He has written extensively on poverty\, particularly poverty in Winnipeg\, and he has worked closely with community groups in Winnipeg’s inner city for about 30 years. He is a founding member and continues to be an active Board member of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-MB\, an independent public policy research institute with a particular interest in poverty and inequality. \nTo find out more about the 55 Plus Program\, click here. \nTo see University of Winnipeg campus and parking maps\, click here.  \nIf you have any questions\, or would like to be added to a waitlist for this class\, please email 55plus@uwinnipeg.ca.
URL:https://mcma.ca/program/poverty-in-winnipeg-causes-costs-solutions/
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