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Manitoba government supporting human trafficking awareness campaign
Manitoba Government News Release--The Manitoba government is providing $100,000 on International Women’s Day to help expand the public education efforts of the Joy Smith Foundation, a Winnipeg-based non-profit...
Government announces new funding to support family violence prevention
Manitoba Government News Release--The Manitoba government is investing $2 million as part of a new funding model for women’s resource centres across the province to support family violence prevention programs (FVPP),...
$10-a-day child care on horizon for Manitoba families
Manitoba Government News Release--Families across Canada know that affordable child care is not a luxury ‒ it is a necessity. With global inflation driving up the cost of living and making it harder for families to...
Some Winnipeg schools see jump in ‘unsafe behaviour,’ highlighting need for timely mental health supports
From CBC News--One Winnipeg school division is struggling to deal with a significant increase in student violence, aggression and bad behaviours. Louis Riel School Division said it's seen a 263 per cent increase in the...
Government accepting applications for projects supporting mental health, well-being of students, educators
Manitoba Government News Release--The Manitoba government is now accepting applications for the 2023-24 Teachers’ Idea Fund intake, Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Wayne Ewasko and Mental Health and...
New sex trafficking awareness campaign launched
From CBC News--Sex trafficking is a growing crisis in cities and towns across the country, and a new national awareness campaign, headed up by a former Manitoba politician, aims to prevent youth from being lured into...
Government provides $600,000 to support projects addressing gender-based violence
Manitoba Government News Release--As part of its whole-of-government approach to address gender-based violence, the Manitoba government is providing $600,000 from the Indigenous Reconciliation Initiatives Fund to Ma...
Manitoba worst province for child poverty: report
From CTV News--An annual report has found that Manitoba remains the worst province for child poverty in the country. At 20.68 per cent, Manitoba has the worst childhood poverty rate of any province, 7.21 per cent...
Manitoba government invests in treatment of eating disorders for children and youth
The Manitoba government is investing $224,667 to expand capacity at the Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Program at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg (HSC), improving access and reducing waits for young patients,...
Alberta First Nation signing child welfare agreement with feds without the province
From CTV News--An Alberta First Nation is to sign an agreement today with Ottawa giving it the autonomy to administer its child welfare. Louis Bull Tribe at Maskwacis, Alta., south of Edmonton, would become the first...