Academic Departments and Programs

Urban and Inner-City Studies

Urban and Inner-City Studies is an interdisciplinary Major concerned with the examination of the city as a dynamic environment. The program combines a traditional urban studies focus with courses that examine various aspects of the inner city, such as the urban Aboriginal experience, the immigrant and refugee experience, and the role of women. In Canada, cities continue to be centres of great challenge: from managing suburban growth to promoting inner-city revitalization; from responding to the opportunities and concerns created by rapidly changing demographics, to those created by globalization and socio-economic change. Cities are also home to increased concentrations of poverty and social and political exclusion. The Urban and Inner-City Studies program provides an opportunity to examine the political, economic, social and spatial context of these and many other important aspects of urban change from an interdisciplinary perspective.

UWinnipeg's Associate Professor of Urban and Inner-City Studies Dr. Judith Harris received the Clarence Atchison Award for Excellence in Community Service! All of us at Urban and Inner-City would like to congratulate Judith on her recent award!

Take UWinnipeg Courses — In the North End!

Urban and Inner-City Studies at
UWinnipeg’s Beautiful, New, North End Campus - 527 Selkirk Avenue - Lower Level

• Small classes
• Warm and friendly environment
• Easily accessible

Study the challenges and opportunities facing 21st century cities. Learn about inner-city revitalization, the urban Aboriginal experience, community development and urban planning, and much more.

Examples of courses offered in 2011/2012:

• Colonization and Aboriginal Peoples
• Introduction to Community Advocacy
• Women and the Inner City

• Urban Poverty Policy
• Poverty and the Law

The Urban and Inner-City Studies program is located at 527 Selkirk Avenue, in Winnipeg’s historic North End. Most classes are offered on Selkirk Ave, in a unique, Aboriginal-designed building. We offer an innovative and intellectually exciting curriculum in a dynamic setting. Participating departments and programs include Indigenous Studies, Conflict Resolution Studies, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, History, International Development Studies, Politics, Sociology, and Women and Gender Studies. The program also draws upon the resources and expertise of the Institute of Urban Studies, located on the main campus.