Poverty in Winnipeg: Causes, Costs, Solutions

Instructor: Dr. Jim Silver

Course description:
This 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.

Ideas 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.

Dates and times:                               Location:
Wednesday, Apr 10 9:30-11:30 am     Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room
Wednesday, Apr 17 9:30-11:30 am      Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room
Wednesday, Apr 24 9:30-11:30 am     Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room
Wednesday, May 1 9:30-11:30 am       Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room
Wednesday, May 8 9:30-11:30 am       3M64*
Wednesday, May 15 9:30-11:30 am     Thomas Sill Multi-Purpose Room

*Room 3M64 is located on the third floor of Manitoba Hall (see map).

Dr. Jim Silver
Jim 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.

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If you have any questions, or would like to be added to a waitlist for this class, please email 55plus@uwinnipeg.ca.