Thank you Winnipeg! The response to Urban Exchange’s latest survey Poverty: Insights and Ideas has been overwhelming. Those who responded told us about their definitions of poverty and how serious the issue of poverty in Winnipeg is to them. All of the respondents put in a great deal of care and their answers are very thoughtful. We can’t wait to share them with you and the rest of the community!
Something that really caught our eye was that so far 7 out of 10 respondents told us that their life, or the life of someone they know, has been affected by poverty. This tells us that poverty has a far reach and requires close examination.
We are compiling the rest of the results as fast as possible; we have a lot of information to analyze as we had over 2,500 respondents share their thoughts with us in just 4 weeks! Poverty is something that must be on the minds of those who comprise the most generous city in Canada.
This fabulous response garnered by using several different ways of questioning including classroom presentations, soliciting responses at various agencies and other locations across the city, face-to-face interviews, social networking websites and mail in responses.
We would like to send out our most sincere thanks to those who contributed to this community discussion and to those who helped us garner such a great response.
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