UIC Faculty
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Jim Silver, Professor
and Chair - Urban and Inner-City Studies
Jim teaches Introduction to Urban & Inner-City Studies, Theories of Urban
Poverty, and Inner City Seminar.
Phone: 204.988.7195
Expertise/Publications: Jim has published extensively on inner-city issues. Some of his recent books include: In Their Own Voices: Building Urban Aboriginal Communities (Fernwood 2006); Doing Community Economic Development (Fernwood 2007); The Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 2010), and Good Places to Live: Poverty and Public Housing in Canada (Fernwood 2011).
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Judith Harris, (Ph.D) Associate Professor - Urban and Inner-City Studies
Associate Professor: Introduction to Urban and Inner-City Studies - UIC
1001(3), Urban and Inner-City Studies Practicum - UIC 3001(6), Urban and
Community Planning - UIC 3030(3), Issues in Urban and Inner-City
Studies - UIC 3100(3)
Phone: 204.988.7197
Expertise/Publications: Ph.D in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Waterloo.
Judith's background is in planning and economics, with a
particular interest in social learning and social mobilization approaches to
planning. Judith notes: Integral education recognizes the wealth of informal
knowledge that exists at the community level. By promoting a learning society,
the university contributes to a more equitable, more inclusive world; societies
in which gatekeepers and professionals erect barriers to participation by the
majority of people will not be prepared to address the complex issues that are
emerging in the 21st century.
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Evelyn Peters, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Inner City Issues, Community Learning and Engagement
Evelyn teaches UIC 4210/3-001 New Urban Worlds and UIC 4445/3-001 Urban Aboriginal Seminar.
Phone: 204.982.1148
Office: 3RC77
Expertise/Publications: Urban Geography, Urban Aboriginal Issues, Inner City Issues
Peters, E.J. and Andersen, C. (eds.), Accepted. Indigenous Identities and Urbanization in International Perspective: Cultural Resilience and Innovation in Four Settler Nations. Vancouver: UBC Press.
Peters, E.J. (ed.) 2011. Urban Aboriginal Policy Making in Canadian Municipalities. Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
Peters, E.J., R. Maaka and R. Laliberte (accepted) I'm sweating with Cree culture not Saulteaux culture and there goes the beginning of Pan Indianism. In: Aboriginal Populations---Social, Demographic, and Epidemiological Dimensions, Frank Trovato and Anatole Romaniuc (eds.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Peters, E.J. 2011. Aboriginal Public Policy in Urban Areas: An Introduction. In: UrbanAboriginal Policy Making in Canadian Municipalities, ed. E. J. Peters, 1-32. Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
Peters, E.J. 2010. Aboriginal People in Canadian Cities. In: Canadian Cities in Transition: New Directions in the Twenty-First Century. 4th edition. Trudi Bunting, Pierre Filion, and Ryan Walker (eds.) Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press (375-390).
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Contract Faculty
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Inonge Aliaga, Project and Policy Analyst - Urban Development Branch, Province of Manitoba
Instructor: Community Leadership: Human Resource Management - UIC 3035(3)
Phone: 204.988.7196 (message)
Expertise/Publications: MA in Landscape Architecture - University of Manitoba
Inonge has created and managed budgets for a non-profit organization with an annual budget of $650,000. Some of her skill strengths include: understanding diverse cultures, coalition building, and proposal writing. Former, Executive Director of an inner city organization, Inonge contributed to the creation for a five-year plan for a local inner city neighbourhood.
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Rebecca Blaikie, Co-director – Community Education Development Association (CEDA)
Instructor: Introduction to Urban and Inner-City Studies - UIC 1001(3)
Phone: 204.582.5800 ext.13
Expertise/Publications: MA in Community Economic Development – Concordia University
Rebecca was formerly the Special Assistant to the Minister of Labour and Immigration and the Minister of Housing and Community Development. She has volunteer experience supporting education and literacy advocacy for newcomer children and their parents, was involved with the Peoples Commission on (In) Security, and has been engaged in the movement for social and economic justice in a variety of capacities. She has served on a variety of community boards both here in Winnipeg and in Montreal.
Rebecca was the Director of the Quebec NDP, and organized the development of the movement in that province over several years. She has worked as an organizer on many political and community campaigns, including the Obama campaign in Philadelphia where she was able to participate in the Obama Organizer Training, an experience which reinforced her belief in the power of narrative to strengthen movements and communities.
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Neil Cohen, Executive Director - Community Unemployed Help Centre
Instructor: Introduction to Community Advocacy – UIC 2210(3)
Phone: 204.940.5530 (direct line)
Expertise/Publications: B.A. (Political Studies), University of
Manitoba; Certificate in Conflict Resolution specializing in
organizational leadership.
Neil has extensive experience with various forms of advocacy including
individual and public interest advocacy, test case litigation and
representation before administrative tribunals. In addition to serving
as Executive Director of Community Unemployed Help Centre, Neil is a
part-time Commissioner with the Automobile Injury Compensation Appeal
Commission, and public representative with the Law Society of Manitoba.
Throughout the past few years, Neil has also been working to develop
educational and training opportunities for community-based advocates,
and to enhance delivery of poverty law services within Manitoba.
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Bernice Cyr, Chief Executive Officer - Metis and Inuit Child and Family Services Authority
Instructor: Community Leadership: Management and Financial Administration - UIC 2030(3)
Phone: 204.988.7196 (message)
Expertise/Publications: Business and Administration - BBA Candidate- University of Winnipeg - 4 year program
Bernice brings over seventeen years experience
in senior executive and financial management positions in non-profit, social
services, and economic development organizations.
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Marty Donkervoort, Associate – Reconnaissance Management Consulting Group Inc.
Instructor:Social Enterprise Inner City UIC 3100 and Community
Leadership: Management and Financial Administration - UIC 2030
Expertise/Publications: MBA (YorK), BScF (U of T) CSC (CSI) and Certificate in Participative Management (U of M).
Marty brings thirty years of experience working in the social economy. He has founded several social enterprises including Inner City Renovation in the North End of Winnipeg and assisted numerous co-ops and social enterprises across Canada. He has published a number of articles on social enterprise and worker cooperatives. His upcoming book by Fernwood Publishing on “Inner City Renovation: Changing Lives and Communities”, will be available in 2013.
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Stan
Higgins, Owner, Postech Winnipeg
Phone: 204.793.0653
Expertise:
Human Resources Management – University of Manitoba
Stan
Higgins has a varied management background in the corporate, small business and
non-for-profit sectors. Currently the Owner of Postech Winnipeg, Stan was
previously a Partner with Higgins Executive Search specializing in Aboriginal
executive recruitment and HR consulting. He managed EDS an HP Company’s HR
function for Western Canada and previously managed the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata
Centre’s Youth and Cultural Programs.
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Jacqueline Hogue, Executive Director, West Central Women's Centre
Co-Instructor: Women and the Inner-City - UIC 3020(3)
Phone: 204.988.7196
Expertise/Publications: MA in Peace Studies, Bradford, UK
Jackie has spent the last 5 years as the Executive Director of an inner city women's resource centre. For over 12 years she's been engaged in peace/justice building, community development and community organizing both locally and internationally.
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Cyril Keeper, Instructor - Adult Education
Instructor: Politics in the Inner City - POL 2010(3)
Phone: 204.988.7196 (message)
Expertise/Publications: MA - Carleton University
Cyril has in the past served as a Member of
Parliament and a City Councillor, and has devoted much of his time since to
working in the area of Aboriginal affairs. He was the Director of the Native
Family Life Counseling program and has conducted research with the Department
of Indian and Northern Affairs.
Silver, J., Keeper, C. and MacKenzie, M. (2005) A Very Hostile System in
Which to Live': Aboriginal Electoral Participation in Winnipeg's Inner City.Winnipeg. Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternatives.
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Elliot Leven
Phone: 204.944.8720
Expertise/Publications: BA (English), University of Winnipeg; LLB, University of Manitoba
Elliot Leven has practised law in Winnipeg since 1993. His main practice
areas have been labour, employment, human rights and administrative
law. He has been a Commissioner on the Manitoba Human Rights Commission
since 2002. Elliot has been the Chair of the Community Unemployed Help
Centre since 2009. He also sits on the Board of the Manitoba Council of
Administrative Tribunals (MCAT) and has co-chaired MCAT’s last four
annual conferences. Elliot has served on a variety of Law Society of
Manitoba committees including the Equity Committee. He is also a
Manitoba Marriage Commissioner.
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Shauna MacKinnon, Director - Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Manitoba
Instructor: Introduction to Urban and Inner-City Studies - UIC 1001(3), Women and the Inner City - UIC 3020(3)
Phone: 204.988.7196 (message)
Expertise/Publications: Ph.D Candidate, University of Manitoba
Shauna has published extensively on, and directs several
major research projects on Winnipeg's inner city. She is an editor of The
Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba (CCPA-Mb 2010).
Selected additional
publications include:
MacKinnon, S. and Stephens, S. (2007). Is participation having an
impact? Measuring progress in
Winnipeg's inner city through the voices of community-based program
participants. Winnipeg. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
MacKinnon, S. Silver, S. Stephens, S. (2007). Step by step: Stories of change in Winnipeg's inner city.
State of the Inner-City Report 2007. Winnipeg. Canadian Centre for
Policy Alternatives.
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Kathleen Mallett, Co-Director - Canadian Education Development Association (CEDA)
Instructor: Urban and Inner-City Community Development/Community Economic Development - UIC 2001(3)
Phone: 204.988.7196 (message)
Expertise/Publications: BA - University of Winnipeg
Silver, J., Mallett, K., Aboriginal Education in Winnipeg Inner City High Schools, Winnipeg: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2002.
Mallett, K., Bent, K., Josephson, Dr. W., Aboriginal Ganootamaage Justice Services of Wnnipeg (AGJSW), ed Jocelyn Priouix and Sharon Perrault, No Place for Violence, Winnipeg: Co-published by Fernwood Publishing and RESOLVE, 2000.
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Molly McCracken, Policy Analyst, Manitoba Health
Instructor: UIC 3020-001 Women and the Inner-City
Phone: 204.803-0047
Expertise/Publications: MPA Public Policy and Administration from Carleton University
Molly has developed community-based social enterprises and conducted research on women and CED. Some of her skills include: community-based planning, program development and evaluation and fundraising. She is the previous Executive Director of an inner city organization and project managed a five year neighbourhood development plan.
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Larry Morrissette, Director - Ogijiita Pimatiswin Kinamatwin (OPK)
Instructor: Colonization and Aboriginal Peoples - UIC 2020(3), Issues in Urban and Inner-City Studies - UIC 3100(3)
Phone: 204.988.7196 (message)
Expertise/Publications: BA in Social Work - University of Manitoba
Comack, E., Deane, L., Morrissette, L., Silver, J., (2009) If You Want to Change Violence in the 'Hood, You Have to Change the 'Hood: Violence and Street Gangs in Winnipeg's Inner City. Winnipeg: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2009.
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Tom Simms, Co-Director - Canadian Education Development Association, (CEDA)
Instructor: Introduction to Urban and Inner-City Studies - UIC 1001(3) Politics in the Inner City - POL 2010(3)
Phone: 204.988.7196 (message)
Expertise/Publications: Ph.D Candidate - Inter-Disciplinary Studies - University of Manitoba
Tom's work engages him in locality development,
social planning and social action initiatives. Some of the key areas he has
worked in include poverty, neighbourhood development, community economic
development and inner-city revitalization.
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Kate Sjoberg, Special Assistant to the Minister of Housing and Community Development
Co-Instructor: Women and the Inner-City - UIC 3020(3)
Phone: 204.988.7196
Expertise/Publications:
Silver, Jim; McCracken, Molly; Sjoberg, Kate. Neighbourhood Renewal Corporations in Winnipeg's Inner City. Practical Activism in a Complex Environment. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Manitoba Office. June 2009.
3000 Acres of Phony Demand. Consideration on Waverley West. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Manitoba Office. October, 2005.
Kate is currently Special Assistant to the Minister of Housing and
Community Development, served as a Executive Director of Spence
Neighbourhood Association, and she has also worked at the Daniel
McIntyre St Matthews Community Association. She is a board member at the
West Central Women's Resource Centre, and the John Howard Society.
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Mussie Tesfagiorgis, (Ph.D.) Researcher; Instructor
Instructor: Immigration and the Inner City - UIC 3050(3)
Phone: 204.988.7196 (message)
Expertise/Publications: Ph.D, in African Studies and Environmental History, University of Hamburg
Mussie's areas of expertise are Migration Studies; Rural and Urban Ecology; Environmental History; African History. He has served as an independent consultant on a variety of issues related to African immigration to Europe for several years.
Selected publications:
Eritrea: Africa in Focus (ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, 2010).
A Fading Nature: Aspects of Environmental History of Eritrea (1800-1991) (Edition Eins, Felsberg, 2008).
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Byron Williams, Director - Public Interest Law Centre
Instructor: Poverty and the Law - UIC 3040(3)
Phone: 204.988.7196 (message)
Expertise/Publications: Bachelor of Law - University of Manitoba
Since 1992, Byron has built a strong relationship with organizations where he has advocated on behalf of low income persons, the unemployed, consumers, seniors, Aboriginal people and the environment.
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