Jim Silver
Professor
Urban and Inner-City Studies
University of Winnipeg
Canada
Biography
Jim has been very active in the redevelopment of the old Merchants Hotel on Selkirk Avenue into Merchants Corner, which will have 30 units of subsidized housing for students with families, and where Urban & Inner-City Studies will be located, sharing space with the North End high school support program, CEDA/Pathways to Education. Jim was also very active, for 6 or 7 years, in the redevelopment of Lord Selkirk Park and has been actively involved in a number of other community initiatives in Winnipeg's inner city.
Research Interest
Jim has published extensively on inner-city and poverty-related issues.
