Founded in 1969, the Institute of Urban Studies (IUS) was established with the mandate of assessing government housing practices and suggesting innovations for Winnipeg’s inner-city housing. In later years the mandate was expanded into consulting services and academic publications and conferences. The IUS is an independently operating branch of the University of Winnipeg and received it’s funding from the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (now the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation). The Institute has had a continuing focus over the years on Indigenous inner-city programs.

Macdonald is the former United Church Archivist and contract historian/archivist. She was contracted to conduct an oral history project on the Crowe Case in 1988-1989. She is a UW graduate (BA, Hons, 1971).

St. Philip’s Anglican Church is located in the community of Hodgson, in the Rural Municipality of Fisher, 90 miles north of Winnipeg. The Rev Maurice Sanderson was sent to the Peguis area and held services in private homes during the early years of the mission. Hodgson first appears in the 1913 Synod Journal and the parish was formed by Bishop SP Matheson on 16 April 1918. Fundraising for a church building began during the First World War. A Mrs Nosworthy from Liverpool, England made a financial contribution to the new church in memory of her son Philip, who was to have been a missionary in Northwest Canada before he was killed in the First World War. The church, built between 1919 and 1920, was named St Philip in his honour. The first service at St. Philip’s was held on February 8, 1920.
Originally, the church was built on posts, but a rock foundation was installed after the foundation collapsed during a well-attended funeral. A tabernacle was built later by a Mrs O’Malley. It has always been associated with Peguis (OW.068), and the mission has also included Fisherton (OW.029) and Marble Ridge. The church building has served other denominations and faiths over the years.

The area surrounding High Bluff settled rapidly following the serious flooding of the Red River in the early 1850s. A mission was established in High Bluff sometime after 1857 by Archdeacon W. Cockran during his incumbency at St Mary, Portage la Prairie. A log church was built at High Bluff with a grant from the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge sometime between 1859 and 1861. The parish of St Margaret, High Bluff was formed by Archbishop R Machray on 18 June 1886. The church was consecrated 3 June 1894 by Archbishop R Machray. Since its early days, St Margaret has been associated with St Anne, Poplar Point (OW.073). In later years, arrangements were made with St Luke, Oakville and St Mary, Portage la Prairie before St Margaret closed sometime after 1945. There was some hope that the church would reopen with the influx of resettled World War II veterans, but that dream never materialized. In 1952, the church building was moved to Kelvin and the church was rededicated as St Matthew. The cemetery at High Bluff continues to be maintained by the High Bluff Cemetery Association.

Le Père Georges Lorson, o.m.i., est né le 13 janvier 1923, à Saint-Mihiel, France. Il étudie la philosophie au grand séminaire de Verdun, France (1941-42) et au scolasticat de la Brosse-Montceaux, France (1943-44). Il termine son temps au scolasticat en 1948. Après ses études, il passe deux années au Ceylan (aujourd’hui Sri Lanka). En 1950, il arrive à Churchill pour se rendre à Baker Lake, Nunavut. De 1954 à 1957, il travaille à Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Il œuvre encore à Baker Lake de 1957 à 1958. De 1958 à 1961, il devient missionnaire à Rankin Inlet et ainsi qu’à Whale Cove, Nunavut. En 1961, on le trouve à Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit, Nunavut. De 1962 à 1965, il travaille dans plusieurs missions au Nunavut : Gjoa Haven, Pond Inlet et Igloolik. En 1965, il œuvre à Pelly Bay, Nunavut. De 1966 à 1968, il travaille à Igloolik, Nunavut. De 1968 à 1975, il bâtit une école pour catéchistes à Pelly Bay, Nunavut. Finalement, on le trouve missionnaire pendant 25 ans à Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. En 1979, il a pris une sabbatique à l’Arbresle, France. Il est décédé le 20 janvier 2001 à Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, à l’âge de 78 ans.

Hans-Joachim (Hajo) Schneider was born in Germany in 1921 to parents Reinhard Schneider (1887-1983) and Irmgard née Dieffenbach (1891-1984). When he was six years old, him and his older sister Elisabeth (1919-?) and their parents migrated to Canada, becoming one of the original settling families of Little Britain, Manitoba. Hans-Joachin married Gabriele Philippi (1932-) and the two had four children together between 1961 and 1967: Roland, Christian, Friederike, and Bertram.

Monika Gampenrieder (?-) is the daughter of Alois Höpfl (1902-1961), who migrated to Canada in 1927, where he took odd jobs before coming to the Little Britain community. He stayed a very short time before moving on to other provinces, and eventually returning to Germany in 1938. He married in 1940 and Monika was born sometime after.