IUS News

2021

July

CJUR Summer 2021 Volume 30 Issue - Summer 2021 Released

Fri. Jul. 23, 2021 10:00 AM
Vol. 30 No. 1 (2021): Canadian Journal of Urban Research - Summer 2021 Issue Read More

February

CJUR Summer 2020 Volume 29 Issue 2 Released - Winter 2020 Issue

Wed. Feb. 10, 2021 10:00 AM
Vol. 29 No. 2 (2020): Canadian Journal of Urban Research - Winter 2020 Issue Read More

2020

September

CJUR Summer 2020 Volume 29 Issue 1 Released

Tue. Sep. 8, 2020 11:00 AM
The Canadian Journal of Urban Research (CJUR) has released Summer 2020 Volume 29, Issue 1. CJUR is available to read online free of charge.... Read More

2019

June

CJUR Summer 2019 Volume 28 Issue 1 Released

Fri. Jun. 14, 2019 12:00 AM
CJUR Summer 2019 Volume 28 Issue 1 Special Issue - Public Spaces CJUR Winter 2019 Volume 28 Issue 2 Special Issue - Climate Change Read More

2018

July

CJUR Summer 2018 Volume 27 Issue 1 Released

Tue. Jul. 10, 2018 12:00 AM
The Canadian Journal of Urban Research (CJUR) has released Summer 2018 Volume 27, Issue 1. CJUR is available to read online free of charge.... Read More

January

CJUR Winter 2017, Volume 26, Issue 2 Released

Mon. Jan. 22, 2018 1:00 PM
The Canadian Journal of Urban Research (CJUR) has released Winter 2017, Volume 26, Issue 2. CJUR is available to read online free of charge. Please... Read More

2016

December

CJUR Volume 25, Issue 2 Released

Fri. Dec. 2, 2016 12:00 AM
The Canadian Journal of Urban Research (CJUR) has released Winter 2016 Volume 25, Issue 2. CJUR is available to read online free of charge. Please... Read More

September

CJUR Article Nominated for Toronto Heritage Award

Wed. Sep. 28, 2016 12:00 AM
The Canadian Journal of Urban Research (CJUR) article titled A Historical Assessment of the World's First Business Improvement Area (BIA): The... Read More

June

IUS Releases Report on Food Mirages and Deserts in Winnipeg

Wed. Jun. 22, 2016 12:00 AM
WINNIPEG, MB – A new study released today shows that 85,000 Winnipeggers live in inner-city neighbourhoods that have poor access to... Read More

Distasio Discusses Housing First's Effectiveness

Fri. Jun. 3, 2016 12:00 AM
Housing First is and effective solution designed to help homeless people struggling with mental illness. Dr. Jino Distasio, Director of the... Read More

May

IUS Releases Eviction Prevention Toolkit

Mon. May. 30, 2016 12:00 AM
The Institute of Urban Studies released a new report: Eviction Prevention: Toolkit of Promising Practices. This ‘toolkit and... Read More

March

CJUR Volume 25, Issue 1 Released

Fri. Sep. 2, 2016 12:00 AM
The Canadian Journal of Urban Research (CJUR) has released the Summer 2016 issue. CJUR is now available to read online free of charge at this... Read More

Congratulations to the 2015 student paper winner

Mon. Mar. 14, 2016 12:00 AM
Congratulations to Steven Coutts, winner of the 2015 student paper competition. Steven's paper Mixed-income Housing Developments:... Read More

2016 Student paper competition

Mon. Mar. 14, 2016 12:00 AM
The Institute of Urban Studies is now accepting submissions for the 2016 Student Paper Competition. The IUS calls for papers from University of... Read More

February

OHQS resources now available on IUS website

Tue. Feb. 9, 2016 12:00 AM
The Institute of Urban Studies has a long history of working with tenants, landlords, and community organizations on housing issues. Our latest... Read More

January

Winnipeg Street Census Final Report Released

Fri. Jan. 15, 2016 12:00 AM
The Institute of Urban Studies and the Lived Experience Circle were both involved in the Winnipeg Street Census 2015. The census was conducted on... Read More

2015

December

Rooming House Community Update

Tue. Dec. 1, 2015 12:00 AM
Rooming House Community Forum Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 Convocation Hall, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue 8:30 am – 11:00... Read More

November

Initial Findings of Winnipeg Street Census Released

Wed. Nov. 25, 2015 12:00 AM
The Winnipeg Street Census initial findngs were released today at Thunderbird House. The 2015 Winnipeg Street Census marks the first attempt at a... Read More

The Downtown Decade - Downtown Development Report Update

Tue. Nov. 10, 2015 12:00 AM
Today the Institute of Urban Studies at The University of Winnipeg released an update on Winnipeg’s downtown development over the past... Read More

May

IUS Releases The Divided Prairie City

Sat. Jun. 20, 2015 12:00 AM
Join us for a night of thought-provoking discussion.The Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Winnipeg is proud to announce the release... Read More

April

Living in the Red - IUS looks at debt

Mon. Apr. 6, 2015 12:00 AM
The Institute of Urban Studies looks at non-mortgage debt in Winnipeg to find areas at risk of bankruptcy. Since Canadians are now deeper in debt... Read More

March

2014 IUS Student Paper Winner Announced

Sun. Mar. 1, 2015 12:00 AM
Congratulations to Rachel Ward, winner of the 2014 IUS student paper competition! Her paper titled "By Any Other Name: The Street Sex Workers... Read More

Scott McCullough Contributes to a Paper on Housing First Implementation

Sun. Mar. 1, 2015 12:00 AM
The IUS's Scott McCullough contributes to a paper titled: "Implementing Housing First Across Sites and Over Time: Later Fidelity and... Read More

Submit a Paper to the 2015 IUS Student Paper Competition

Sun. Mar. 1, 2015 12:00 AM
The Institute of Urban Studies has been holding the student paper competition since 1991. In that time it has published 31 exceptional papers on... Read More

February

Housing and Affordability for Winnipeg's African Community

Wed. Feb. 18, 2015 12:00 AM
The purpose of this study was to examine the housing experiences and related challenges of settlement of African immigrants and refugees located... Read More

Dr. Evelyn Peters Launches the Atlas Of Urban Aboriginal People

Thu. Feb. 12, 2015 12:00 AM
Dr. Evelyn Peters launched the Atlas of Urban Aboriginal People. It attempts to make some information about Aboriginal people in urban... Read More

2014

July

Joe Hatch interviewed for Deseret News article on the At Home/Chez Soi project

Thu. Jul. 17, 2014 12:00 AM
"We're not homeless people, we are just people who happen to be homeless," says Joe Hatch, community liaison coordinator at the IUS,... Read More

May

IUS Releases Report on Winnipeg's Vanishing Rooming Houses

Tue. May. 27, 2014 12:00 AM
The Institute of Urban Studies released a report doccumenting the disappearance of rooming houses from two inner-city neighbourhoods.... Read More

2013

October

IUS Releases New Downtown Development Map

Mon. Sep. 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Jino Distasio, Director of the Institute of Urban Studies announced the release of its new Downtown Development map on Monday... Read More

CJUR Summer 2018, Volume 27, Issue 1 Released