UM TodayLions Place – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 CBC Manitoba: A new report alleges the sale of a non-profit seniors complex could be considered elder abuse https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/cbc-manitoba-a-new-report-alleges-the-sale-of-a-non-profit-seniors-complex-could-be-considered-elder-abuse/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/cbc-manitoba-a-new-report-alleges-the-sale-of-a-non-profit-seniors-complex-could-be-considered-elder-abuse/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:32:20 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=196022 A new report alleges the sale of a non-profit seniors complex could be considered elder abuse]]> The 2023 sale of Lions Place, a former seniors’ complex in downtown Winnipeg, amounted to elder abuse through a “targeted dismantling of community for older adults,” a new report claims.

Laura Funk, professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Manitoba spoke with CBC about the report she co-authored.

To listen to the interview, please visit CBC Manitoba, Up to Speed.

Here is a CBC Manitoba web article about the sale of Lions Place.

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