The Research

As a research and development project, the documentation of our work is an important step in our knowledge mobilization process. Our research has been compiled in a number of documents and formats that are available for download in order to help inform the work of others in these areas and influence policy and systems change.

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Health & Wellness Planning – Support for Families Involved with the Child Welfare System

Prototyping for Change
February 2022

North End Housing Lab – Supporting Access to Safe Affordable, and Appropriate Housing

Protoype for Change
February 2022

Housing

North End Housing Lab Report

North End Wellbeing Measure

Knowledge Transfer Tools

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North End Wellbeing Measure- Prototype Report

Prototype Implementation and Learning

Hub of Strength: Building Community Capacity and Leadership

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Hub of Strength- Prototype

Prototype Implementation and Learning
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Supports for Dads: Increasing Family Togetherness

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Supports for Dads – Prototype Report

Prototype Implementation and Learning
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Health & Wellness Planning: Pregnancy & Family Support

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Baby Basket: Supporting New Parents

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Health & Wellness Planning – Prototype Report

Prototype Implementation and Learning

Indigenous Doula Initiative: Pre and Post Pregnancy Care

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Canada Learning Bond: Building Bridges to Further Education

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Participation in the Arts: Providing Inclusive Opportunities for Skill Building

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Ways of Knowing, Being, Doing and Feeling: A Wholistic Early Childhood Development Model

The Child Centred Model Report – November 2017
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Strengthening a Foundation for Success and Wellbeing: Reflecting Back in Order to Journey Forward

Completed by: Gladys Rowe, MSW, PhD

Year One: 2014-2015
Year Two: 2015-2016

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Working with the Child Centred Model

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Baby Basket – Prototype Report

Prototype Implementation and Learning
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Participation in the Arts – Prototype Report

Prototype Implementation and Learning
Completed by: Gladys Rowe, MSW, PhD Student
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Sacred Moon Circle – Prototype Report

Prototype Learning & Possibilities
Completed by: Gladys Rowe, MSW, PhD Student
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Indigenous Doula Initiative – Prototype Report

Prototype Implementation and Learning
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Canada Learning Bond – Prototype Report

Prototype Implementation and Learning
Completed by: Gladys Rowe, MSW, PhD Student
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Promising Practices in Community Driven Research and Development

The Winnipeg Boldness Project Parent Guide Group

Completed by: Gladys Rowe, MSW, PhD

Land Acknowledgement

The Winnipeg Boldness Project resides in and works on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe), Anishinabewaki (Oji-Cree), Dené, Michif Piyii (Métis), Nêhiyawak (Cree), and Očhéthi Sakowin (Dakota). We recognize that we have benefited from and continue to benefit from colonization on the Treaty 1, Treaty 3, and Treaty 5 Territories.

It is important to also acknowledge how we benefit in this territory at the cost to Indigenous Peoples. Winnipeg has been drinking clean water for over a century via an aqueduct from Shoal Lake. In 1917, 3000 acres of Treaty 3 was declared property of the city of Winnipeg to build the aqueduct. This aqueduct was built over ancestral burial ground, to build these structures, the ancestors were disinterred and reburied. Construction of the aqueduct changed the waters significantly, causing the peninsula to become a man-made island. This now isolated Nation faced many challenges as a direct result from this aqueduct; Necessities like water, groceries, schools, and mail were only accessible via the dangerous trek to the mainland. Lives of adults and children were lost crossing to and from the mainland. Freedom Road, an all-weather road access finally opened summer 2019, over a century after displacement. This road, a testament to the success of Indigenous-led solutions, helps bring materials to build schools and a water treatment plant.

“I always think of it, even when I turn on the tap I’m like this comes from our community and this water probably contains our ancestors and the spirits of our ancestor. I think about the hardships of the people from Shoal Lake 40 who have gone through so many things for the benefit of Winnipeg’s drinking water,” says Angelina McLeod.¹

Another benefit we reap in Winnipeg at a cost to Indigenous Peoples and land is the Hydro Electricity Development in Treaty 5. To optimize water movement for greatest power production the Province of Manitoba increased waterflow by creating the Churchill River Diversion in 1976. The modification of the waterflow caused flooding, shoreline erosion, and changes to water quality. This destruction of habitat has caused disruption to waterway travel, fishing, and hunting.

https://www.aptnnews.ca/facetoface/spirits-of-our-ancestor-shoal-lake-40-is-rectifying-a-century-of-hardships/