For-benefit corporations and urban Indigenous community economic development: a case study of the Métis Economic Development Organization (MEDO) in Manitoba, Canada

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dc.contributor.authorParadis, Ryan
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeMilgrom, Richard (City Planning) Wuttunee, Wanda (Native Studies)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorBridgman, Rae (City Planning)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-12T13:05:26Z
dc.date.available2017-09-12T13:05:26Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.degree.disciplineCity Planningen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of City Planning (M.C.P.)en_US
dc.description.abstractDespite long standing efforts at income assistance and community development, the income gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians continues to grow (Adelson, 2005, p. 53). Indigenous people are also overrepresented in the “poorer populations” of Canada’s urban communities (Peters & Walker, 2005). This research is a case study of the Métis Economic Development Organization (MEDO), a Winnipeg-based For-Benefit company designed to support the Métis community in Manitoba, Canada through its elected government, the Manitoba, Métis Federation (MMF). Given that Winnipeg has the largest Métis population in Canada (Statistics Canada, 2013b), this research highlights MEDO’s place within the spectrum of approaches to urban Indigenous community economic development. Through participant interviews, a narrative is presented which emphasizes the challenges in overcoming (and embracing) certain stereotypes, a strong separation between business and government, and the role planners may have in fostering a healthy environment where for-benefit enterprises may flourish and empower urban Indigenous people in Winnipeg, MB.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2017en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/32561
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectMétisen_US
dc.subjectMetisen_US
dc.subjectFor-benefiten_US
dc.subjectBenefit corpen_US
dc.subjectBenefit corporationen_US
dc.subjectUrban Indigenous community economic developmenten_US
dc.subjectUrban Aboriginalen_US
dc.subjectUrban aboriginal community economic developmenten_US
dc.subjectUrban Indigenousen_US
dc.subjectUrban Planningen_US
dc.subjectCEDen_US
dc.subjectCity Planningen_US
dc.subjectCommunity economic developmenten_US
dc.subjectManitobaen_US
dc.subjectMEDOen_US
dc.subjectMMFen_US
dc.subjectFourth economic sectoren_US
dc.subjectFourth sectoren_US
dc.subjectWinnipegen_US
dc.subjectEconomic developmenten_US
dc.subjectEconomicen_US
dc.subjectSelf-sufficiencyen_US
dc.subjectSelf-sustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectSelf-determinationen_US
dc.subjectSelf determinationen_US
dc.subjectSelf sufficiencyen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.titleFor-benefit corporations and urban Indigenous community economic development: a case study of the Métis Economic Development Organization (MEDO) in Manitoba, Canadaen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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