Question 1:   What do you like about your neighbourhood?

Sidewalks (school); field/park on Syndicate; friends; swings/play structure; Norquay School; California Fruit Market, Victoria's, Extra Foods, Metro Meats, Safeway; Four Rivers Clinic; P.D. $ Store, Dollarama

Friendly people. Everyone does good to help

The park, bowling, railroad, fire station, colorful/different houses, big buildings, small shopping mall, big apartments, Dollarama store, School, Post Office, bank, daycare, working buildings, factory, Red River, Walk In clinic, doctors that work in Norquay community, grocery stores, McDonalds, restaurants, shelters for homeless, gas station, police station, after-school programs (Boys & Girls Club)

Lots of people, peaceful, the night

Playing outside on the streets, having good friends, Not a lot of white people (mostly people from the reserve) Not lot of Police men around

Boys and girls hockey, school, Boys and Girls Club, friends at the community centre

Question 2:   What would you like to change about your neighbourhood?

Clean up the garbage and beer cans; Paint houses, wash them, scrub off graffiti; Put up gates, keep dogs on their own property; Plant flowers; Good kids, respect other people's property; Have more police.

People stealing our bikes

Keep our community clean, no littering; a place where we can play sports, games. Open the office for police officers.

The crack houses; Gang presence; Stalkers (people who follow little kids)

Have cleaner streets; Have nicer looking houses (painted, proper fences, front lights); Get more trees; Get rid of gangs/ drugs (being sold around Main and Euclid by the clinic)

To have a public Library; Clean up garbage on the streets

Kids would like to have: Water Park completed, Toys in Sand Box at the Community Centre park, Smaller slide (one at Community Centre is too big), Bigger swings at Barber Park (only baby swings now), Something to ride on at the park, teeter totters everywhere!

Question 3:     Do you think your neighbourhood is getting better? 

Yes, getting better/3

No, getting worse/8

yes

Yes, we feel safer

No, cops are around more but don't do anything

No (most kids) It is a very poor area. There aren't any real food stores

No

Question 4:     Would you like to see Police Officers walking around your neighbourhood? 

Yes / 12

No / 1

Don’t Know / 1

Yes

Yes

Yes/feel safer.

No/don’t do anything, it would be awkward (bring more attention to my street)

3 students said yes.

17 students said no, because otherwise they can’t play around

Yes

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Question 5:     Are there any businesses or stores you would like to see in your neighborhood?

7-Eleven (Slurpees); Cool clothing stores; Art store; Costco; Pet shop; Hospital; Ice cream shop; Dentist

Giant Tiger, Safeway, Wal-Mart

Superstore, Toy stores, and clothing stores.

Candy store, mall, mini Wal-Mart

A big mall, A dance studio, An EB Game store, An Arcade, A Supermarket, A Pet Shop

Wal-Mart, Zellers, Dollarama, McDonalds, Arcade, Burger King, Wheelies, A & W, Hotel with a swimming pool and water slide, Cinema City Movie Theatre

Question 6:     What kinds of activities would you like to see offered at the Community Centre?

Football; Kids' cooking

More computers, healthier after-school treats

basketball, football, baseball, soccer, tennis, bowling, hockey, volleyball

Soccer, volleyball, basketball, dirt biking

Dance workshops, Singing lessons, Laser Tag Nights, Pin Balling, Swimming lessons, Cooking, Baking

Water Park, Water Slide, Swimming Pool, Arcade Games, Indoor hockey arena, video game

Question 7:     What do you like about the Community Centre?

All sports; Comic-book making; Computer; Games room; Arts and crafts

Free crafts

Gym, pool table, computers, free monthly movies, snacks, good working hours.

Computers, good hang out, the gym, the upstairs, the games, snacks, it's fun

Boxing; Movie nights; Pool table; Basketball

Art, computers, going to the gym, board games

Question 8:     What would you like to change about that Community Centre?

Turn games room into a craft room; Computer room into a cooking area; turn craft room into a gym

More dances

Library (good books to read)

Be allowed to go upstairs more often. Dance clubs

Get faster computers; Be able to play upstairs; Build a swimming pool; Paint the building, beautify the grounds - it is a very depressing building

no answer

Question 9:     Sometimes kids are afraid to go to the neighborhood parks, because thay may not always feel safe. Can you think of any ideas to make the parks a safer place, especially in the summer?

Take out all the poison needles; Remove disrespectful people; Make smaller parks; More adults or police in the park, security at the gates; Make rocks into sand.

Community North End Ambassadors

Security people, guards, safe booth/shelters to build on that park.

Metal detector, no gangs, cops walking around, security cameras (bracelets on previous offenders to track them)

More street lights; A foot patrol squad (all day, every day, like in downtown); More police officers with dogs; More buses getting to Point Douglas

Police to drive around; Clean up the needles, and the sniffers, and junkies; Don’t go to the park alone, go to the park with family; A fence around the park

Question 10:   Do you or your family have access to the Internet at home?

Yes / 22

No

yes, 14 homes can access the internet.

yes / 7

No / 7

Yes / 8

No / 12

Yes / 10

No / 12

Question 11:   Are there any people in the neighborhood who you think are working to make it a better place to live?

Cleaners (people involved in the community clean-ups); Families

mom

17 students think that people in their neighborhood will try to make a community a better place to live.

my dad writes letters

Our moms

Yes

Question 12:   Do you attend the Boys and Girls Club Programs?

Yes / 11

No / 9

No

Yes / 10

Yes / 8

Yes / 9

No / 11 (because it's boring, or they have to babysit)

Yes / 8

No / 14

Question 13:   What do you like about the Boys and Girls Club?

Not answered

Not answered

Gym classes, food , snacks, outdoor games, hockey, soccer, basketball, arts, games (wii)

The people; Playing fear factor

Gym, games; Cooking/eating; Going out, having free time from working at home

Get to win prizes, play Wii, play in the gym, flag football, outside adventures, girls/boys night out, kids in the kitchen, marathon club

Question 14:   What would you change about the Boys and Girls club?

Not answered

Not answered

We would like to have it every day instead of every instead of every second day.

Letting grade 7 and 8 sign in, up the age limit

Add swimming lessons; Add late night drop-in (8 to 10pm)

Nothing

Question 15:  Which of the following would you like to do?

Learn to play an instrument

Drawing, Painting

Singing

Make your own music recording

Drama (acting out plays)

DJ, Hip Hop, Dance

Fashion Design

Make your own comic book or zine

Something Else

No answer

No answer

No answer

No answer

No answer

No answer

No answer

No answer

No answer

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1

1

1

1

1

1

1

modeling

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Racing

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

0

8

12

10

10

2

13

12

7

Rock climbing; horseback riding; Sewing

9

13

4

13

11

12

12

6

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Question 18:  What do you do for fun in the summer?

Question 19:  What would you like to do for fun in the summer?

Question 16 was asked to determine what kids do now for fun in the winter (given the limited resources of the community), versus Question 17 asking what they would like to do for fun, if money and opportunity were no obstacle. 

Ride bikes; Go swimming; Go rollerblading; Go skateboarding; Swings; Play in the sand at the beach

Swimming; Go to the movies; Go hiking; Picking berries

swim

swim

going to the beach, going for a walk, playing football, swimming, fun mountain, park, outdoor games, skateboarding, roller-skating, surfboarding, bike riding

going to the beach, going for a walk, playing football, swimming, fun mountain, park, outdoor games, skateboarding, roller-skating, surfboarding, bike riding

Vacations, camping, skateboarding, scooters, rollerblading, biking, swimming

4-wheeling, water skiing, windsurfing, jet skis

Indoor pool, playing outside, tag buildings, check telephone for change, hang out around Main and Higgins. People give you rides to other places: Polo Park, Downtown, their homes

Water Skiing, Rock Climbing, Going to the beach

Bike; Skateboard; Play outside; Electronic games; Hide-and-go-seek

Swim in a real pool; Pool close to home; Have a bike to ride

Ride bikes, play at the parks, ride my scooter, swim in my pool in my yard, play with toys, play baseball at the park, play video games, ride in my buggy

Kids would like to have: Water Park completed, Toys in Sand Box at the Community Centre park, Smaller slide (one at Community Centre is too big), Bigger swings at Barber Park (only baby swings now), Something to ride on at the park, teeter totters everywhere!

Question 20:   Are you a part of the Youth Committee?

No / 22

No

No

Yes / 7 people from room 16

Nobody is a part of the Youth Committee

Not applicable

Question 21:   What do you think the Youth committee is?

People helping people and children

don’t know

no answer

A group to help the community

No idea

no answer

Question 22:   (Grade 5 and 6) do you worry about leaving your school and your community to go to Junior High School in another community?

If yes, what are your concerns?

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Yes

Worries: Can get beat up; Nervous because there will be lots of new kids; cliques; People coming into your school with guns

Nobody is worried about going to grade 7. They are happy and excited

Not Applicable