ADVANCE ONLINE ARTICLE POSTED MAY 25, 2021Housing affordability is a significant and growing issu... more ADVANCE ONLINE ARTICLE POSTED MAY 25, 2021Housing affordability is a significant and growing issue across northern Manitoba communities. One population impacted by the lack of safe and affordable housing is women (and their children) leaving violent and abusive relationships. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with fourteen women staying in women’s shelters in the cities of Thompson and Winnipeg, Manitoba, this research project focused on exploring the journeys women make as they seek safety and shelter for themselves and their children, and their reasons for making these transitions. The women’s interviews revealed: 1) the centrality of the notion of home for women establishing safety for themselves and their children; and 2) the complex transitions and geographic moves that women make in search of the idea of home and safety. The stories of their journeys point to severe issues regarding availability of affordable, safe housing in northern Manitoba, the lack of northern trans...
... Most of these debates are framed within what Iris Marion Young (2008, 77) calls a “politics o... more ... Most of these debates are framed within what Iris Marion Young (2008, 77) calls a “politics of cultural difference”; she states that ... Martha Friendly and Donna Lero (2005, 73) assert: “To be universally accessible, [child care] services must be available, affordable, and appropriate ...
ADVANCE ONLINE ARTICLE POSTED MAY 25, 2021Housing affordability is a significant and growing issu... more ADVANCE ONLINE ARTICLE POSTED MAY 25, 2021Housing affordability is a significant and growing issue across northern Manitoba communities. One population impacted by the lack of safe and affordable housing is women (and their children) leaving violent and abusive relationships. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with fourteen women staying in women’s shelters in the cities of Thompson and Winnipeg, Manitoba, this research project focused on exploring the journeys women make as they seek safety and shelter for themselves and their children, and their reasons for making these transitions. The women’s interviews revealed: 1) the centrality of the notion of home for women establishing safety for themselves and their children; and 2) the complex transitions and geographic moves that women make in search of the idea of home and safety. The stories of their journeys point to severe issues regarding availability of affordable, safe housing in northern Manitoba, the lack of northern trans...
ADVANCE ONLINE ARTICLE POSTED MAY 25, 2021Housing affordability is a significant and growing issu... more ADVANCE ONLINE ARTICLE POSTED MAY 25, 2021Housing affordability is a significant and growing issue across northern Manitoba communities. One population impacted by the lack of safe and affordable housing is women (and their children) leaving violent and abusive relationships. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with fourteen women staying in women’s shelters in the cities of Thompson and Winnipeg, Manitoba, this research project focused on exploring the journeys women make as they seek safety and shelter for themselves and their children, and their reasons for making these transitions. The women’s interviews revealed: 1) the centrality of the notion of home for women establishing safety for themselves and their children; and 2) the complex transitions and geographic moves that women make in search of the idea of home and safety. The stories of their journeys point to severe issues regarding availability of affordable, safe housing in northern Manitoba, the lack of northern trans...
... Most of these debates are framed within what Iris Marion Young (2008, 77) calls a “politics o... more ... Most of these debates are framed within what Iris Marion Young (2008, 77) calls a “politics of cultural difference”; she states that ... Martha Friendly and Donna Lero (2005, 73) assert: “To be universally accessible, [child care] services must be available, affordable, and appropriate ...
ADVANCE ONLINE ARTICLE POSTED MAY 25, 2021Housing affordability is a significant and growing issu... more ADVANCE ONLINE ARTICLE POSTED MAY 25, 2021Housing affordability is a significant and growing issue across northern Manitoba communities. One population impacted by the lack of safe and affordable housing is women (and their children) leaving violent and abusive relationships. Through in-depth qualitative interviews with fourteen women staying in women’s shelters in the cities of Thompson and Winnipeg, Manitoba, this research project focused on exploring the journeys women make as they seek safety and shelter for themselves and their children, and their reasons for making these transitions. The women’s interviews revealed: 1) the centrality of the notion of home for women establishing safety for themselves and their children; and 2) the complex transitions and geographic moves that women make in search of the idea of home and safety. The stories of their journeys point to severe issues regarding availability of affordable, safe housing in northern Manitoba, the lack of northern trans...
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