UM Today Archives

April 16, 2024 —  Mandatory training for all employees, prioritization for updating documents, info on PDFs, and more

April 16, 2024 —  Brodie Centre atrium is normally the place Ashraf Kadar Shahib grabs a coffee and chats with friends about their research projects.

April 16, 2024 —  Should Canada have its own missile defence system? Trudeau’s defence minister won’t rule it out

April 16, 2024 —  Funding fostering future talent

April 16, 2024 —  Winnipeg Free Press: School Attendance and Systemic Barriers

April 16, 2024 —  Starting May 1, the University of Manitoba is switching from Telus Health to Kii by CloudMD for their Employee and Family Assistance Program. EFAP is a program available to all UM employees and provides free access to mental health and wellness services.

April 16, 2024 —  The Faculty of Law was pleased to welcome The Honourable Malcolm Rowe, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, to visit with law students on March 28, 2024. Students, professors and legal professionals filled the Moot Courtroom to first hear him give a short lecture on the work of late SCC Justice Ivan Rand regarding Freedom of Expression, and later open the floor to questions facilitated by law students Logan Nadeau (1L), and Talia David (3L).

April 16, 2024 —  Why are activists, who are so passionate about their social justice work, so often burned out by those very causes? We don’t often think about activism as a form of labour, but it is. Research on the activists that make up social justice movements suggests that the pressures of activist work, can cause them to experience serious consequences to their own mental well-being.

April 16, 2024 —  Respect the goose: Cohabiting with campus wildlife

April 15, 2024 —  Venegas says his connection to dance has brought him a long way, both in overcoming his shyness and by distance.