credits

Our thanks go to:

  • Steering Committee Members: Brendan Reimer, Canadian Community Economic Development Network; Cathy Steven, Health in Common*; Clive Wightman, City of Winnipeg*; Connie Walker, United Way of Winnipeg*; Dave Angus, Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Mike Moffat, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority; Harry Finnigan, Winnipeg Poverty Reduction Council; Jodene Baccus, University of Winnipeg; Laszlo Pinter, International Institute for Sustainable Development; Merrell-Ann Phare, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources; Noralou Roos, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy/University of Manitoba; Melissa Hotain, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs; Tammy Gibson, Province of Manitoba*; Tim Hibbard, Government of Canada Western Economic Diversification.

  • Engagement Group Members: Amanda Shindak, Coordinator Coalition of Community Based Youth Serving Agencies; Beth McKechnie, Resource Conservation Manitoba Active Transportation; Carolee Buckler, Sustainable Development Coordinator Manitoba Education Citzenship and Youth; Cathy Woods, Manitoba Government and General Employees Union; Dan Prokopchuk, City of Winnipeg Community Services; Dina Juras, National Crime Prevention Centre; Donald Benham, Social Planning Council; Ian Anderson, Society For Manitobans With Disabilities; Ian Hall, City of Winnipeg; Jan Forster, Family Services and Housing; Jino Distasio, University of Winnipeg Institute of Urban Planning; John Coombs, Independent Expert; Johnny Sopotiuk, Canadian Federation of Students; Josie Hill, Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre; Kathy Knight, Information & Communication Technologies Association of Manitoba; Kathy Knudsen, City of Winnipeg Community Services Department; Laurie Monk, Manitoba Justice; Linda Lalonde, International Centre of Winnipeg; Marcia Thomson, Canadian Mental Health and Homelessness Initiative; Marcelo Navarro, Department of Housing and Community Development; Marie Bouchard, Winnipeg Foundation; Pat Sanders, Manitoba Arts Council; Markus Lipnicki, Destination Winnipeg; Mike Scatliff, Scatliff Miller Murray; Nadalene Khan Cooper, Intergovernmental Affairs; Nicole Chammartin, Canadian Mental Health Association Winnipeg Region; Brent Dixon, Winnipeg School Division; Pricilla Boucher, Assiniboine Credit Union; Rick Lambert, Sport Manitoba Inc.; Dr. Sande Harlos, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA); Terry Zdan, University of Winnipeg Centre for Sustainable Transportation; Tom Carson, Canada West Foundation; Vaska Miteva Karamanova, Newcomers Employment and Education Development Services Inc.; Veronica Dyck, Government of Manitoba; Wanda Yamamoto, Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council Inc.; Wadood Ibrahim, Protegra.

  • Indicators Working Group Members:Bohdanna Kinasevych, Health in Common; Brendan Reimer, Canadian Community Economic Development Network; Charles Burchill, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy; Clark Brownlee, Right to Housing Coalition; Colleen Metge, Winnipeg Health Authority; Darren Lezubski, Statistics Canada; Donald Benham, Social Planning Council; Erin Anderson, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba; Jaqueline Storen, Manitoba Bureau of Statistics; Jason Granger, Winnipeg Poverty Reduction Council; Ken Murdoch, Former Chair SEED Winnipeg Inc.; Margaret Haworth Brockman, Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence; Nikki Issac, Family Services and Housing, Province of Manitoba; Peter Marr, City of Winnipeg Community Services; Shauna MacKinnon, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; Teresa Mayer, Healthy Child Manitoba Office.

  • Interviewees: Age & Opportunity (Amanda Macrae, Deborah Lorteau, & Stacey Miller), Clark Brownlee, Claudine Campbell, Darlene Klyne, Elmwood Parent Council, Erin Anderson, Greta Hanslip, Ian Anderson, Ida Flett, Jason Granger, Kristine Vielfaure, Lonny Fraser, Marc Kuly, Marcelo Navarro, Marianne Cerilli, Noralou Roos, Phil Chiapetta, Rhoda Mamakeesic, Shirin Faraq, Tiffany Mamakeesic, Valerie Wolbert, Wanda Yamamoto

Website Structure

Structured Dynamics (SD) is the lead technical developer for Peg, being responsible for all data access, management, development and visualization software for the site. As part of its Open Semantic Framework, based on the Citizen Dan local government appliance, SD contributed and extended major open source software for Peg. These contributions included the structWSF Web services framework, conStruct modules for linking the system into Drupal, and the Flex-based semantic Components including the explorer, map, story viewer, browse/search, dashboard, workbench and back office widgets. Structured Dynamics is a noted innovator in linked data and the semantic Web. It is based in Iowa City, Iowa, USA, with offices in Québec City, Québec.

Website Design

Tactica Interactive is the creative and visual styling lead for Peg, providing design services, creative and usability consultation, and technical design and styling implementation. Tactica is an award-winning interactive digital media studio creating websites, mobile apps, games, and social media & online marketing strategies.

Beyond those group members mentioned above, a number of individuals and organizations provided additional insight on the issue of poverty and indicators including, for example, United Way’s Urban Exchange panellists and the Winnipeg Poverty Reduction Council’s Community Representatives.

Story Concept Development

Deepak Sahasrabudhe of Soma TV.

Peg Project Group

Charles Thrift (IISD), Christa Rust (IISD), Connie Walker (United Way of Winnipeg), Darren Swanson (IISD), Heather Block (United Way of Winnipeg), László Pintér, Jason Manaigre (IISD), Rick Groom (IISD), Sue Barkman (IISD) with assistance from students Molly Johnson & Bobbie Macdonald. And thanks to the early work of Carla Kematch (formerly with United Way).