Sara Riel wants to improve organizational support to newcomers to Manitoba with their mental health needs. “Past studies suggest that immigrants, generally, arrive in Canada with better self-perceived mental health than Canadians, but it declines after a period of time (Salami, 2017).” This has deteriorated further during the Pandemic. (Stats Can). There are linguistic and […]

This a research proposal for the project I will be doing at The Immigration Center. By the end of my internship, I would have completed a Settlement Package and Settlement Outreach Project that would be used by new comers and the organisation to reach as many new comers.

This project was developed to attend to Merchant’s Corner Inc. (MCI) needs. MCI is a non-profit organization situated in Winnipeg’s Inner-city area that opened in 2018 to support and empower the North End community through housing, community development, and education opportunities. The building was a 20-year in the making community hub that was re-developed and […]

North End Community Renewal Corporation (NECRC) serves the community within the geographic area north of the CP tracks, south of Carruthers Avenue., east of McPhillips Street, and west of the Red River. The mandate of the corporation is to promote the social, economic, and cultural renewal of the North End of Winnipeg. It does this […]

Newcomers Employment and Education Development Services (N.E.E.D.S.) Inc. is a non-profit, charitable organization. The agency was established in 1999 by immigrant and refugee women for newcomers to Canada. The organization enhances the integration of newcomers into Canadian society by providing employment, mentorship, education, and social recreational programs as a means to support clients in the […]

Career Trek is a non-profit organization that seeks to connect kids to oppurtunities and experiences that can develop life long interests and passions. Through school and post-secondary partnerships Career Trek introduces children from ages 10 to 12 to different experiences simulating possible career paths and oppurtunities. The Wonders of Work camp focuses specifically on exposing […]

The project that Wolseley Family Place is working on is called Communication Enhancement Project. Wolseley Family Place will be embarking on some re-branding, and streamlining their communication content (brochures, posters, signage in the resource centre, website, facebook). This project will look at venues of communicating to the wider community to enhance their program promotion and […]

This project will assist both West Central Women’s Resource Centre and North End Women’s Centre in identifying community needs as they transition out of the pandemic and towards sustainable and responsive programming through arts-based programming and outreach. The objective of this project will be to plan and implement arts-based programming within the centres an support […]

Interns will be assisting current staff in creating the Summer Schedule for Programming for the children who live with their mothers at the IWHC, which will begin once they are done school at the end of June. Once the Summer Programming Schedule is approved, interns will help staff implement the summer programming with the women […]

The objectives of the proposed research are to develop fully compostable and biodegradable beverage cups in Manitoba, using paper made from “waste” biomass (canola straw, cattail biomass) biodegradable polymers.

Women with elevated cardiovascular disease risk can improve their health by participating in interventions that encourage health promoting behaviours, such as physical activity. However, although a person may know that they will benefit from participating in a health promotion program, there are many reasons why people do not adopt healthier lifestyles. Patients with lived experience […]

This Project is a partnership between 1JustCity and WestEnd Commons. 1JustCity is an organization committed to strengthening and sustaining social justice work throughout Winnipeg by backing member organizations and community partners. WestEnd Commons also known as St. Matthews Non-Profit Housing Inc. (SMNPH) is a unique newly renovated church building with 26 residential units upstairs and […]