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dc.contributor.supervisorBarry, Janice (City Planning)en_US
dc.contributor.authorScarola, Vanessa
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T21:29:29Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T21:29:29Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/31130
dc.description.abstractSocial planning has remained a longstanding element of urban planning practice and continues to be pursued through different institutional structures in Canada. While the City of Winnipeg currently features no municipal social planning department, the City of Vancouver attempts to support its most disadvantaged neighbourhoods through its municipal sector. As these are two cities with high concentrations of Indigenous populations, this research uncovers the degree to which these two social planning models have worked to support the particular needs and interests of residents living in Winnipeg’s North End and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Through the comparative case study of these two research sites, comprehensive document analysis and semi-structured interviews with key informants from planning agencies in each city, it is evident both models promote socially just and socially sustainable planning processes and outcomes within their respective neighbourhoods. However, neither is without fault. As a government body Vancouver is able to create and track progress in a more systemic way, setting targets and metrics for other government agencies, while information sharing and relationship building are where non-profit organizations in Winnipeg truly excel. This research explains how most non-profit organizations are unable to successfully sustain themselves, while municipal departments lack the rapport grassroots organizations more easily attain. Therefore, an integration of both models could begin to better support Canada’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods with growing urban Indigenous populations.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectsocial planning, social justice, social sustainability, Downtown Eastside, North End, government, grassroots, non-profit, Indigenous, advocacy, Canadaen_US
dc.titleReaching the Unreachable: Social Planning in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Winnipeg's North End, Canadaen_US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
dc.degree.disciplineCity Planningen_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeBridgman, Rae (City Planning) Wuttunee, Wanda (Native Studies)en_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of City Planning (M.C.P.)en_US
dc.description.noteMay 2016en_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US


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