olympics News Archive
Quagmire of politics, power, science, individual agendas, and history
August 9, 2016 —
Self-admitted sports geek and Olympic historian talks about the Rio games
Olympian at the helm
August 8, 2016 —
Q&A with Gene Muller, the new director of athletics and recreation, about his professional and Olympic experience
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Bisons in Rio
August 8, 2016 —
Former Bison student-athletes Desiree Scott, TJ Sanders and Tyler Mislawchuk will represent Canada at the 2016 Rio Olympics
WATCH: Technology, competition and the Olympics
August 8, 2016 —
Dean Kriellaars from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences on technology, physical literacy and competition.
CBC: As Canada’s Olympic medal wins have climbed, so have obesity rates
August 5, 2016 —
Dean Kriellaars, an associate professor at the University of Manitoba's Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, was interested in seeing whether there was any relationship between the Olympics and activity levels in the general population
Op-ed: Team Waneek
August 2, 2016 —
Another Olympics gives us a chance to reflect once more upon expressions of nationalism, and to find them troubling
Alumni
Alumnus is a part of a lot of gold at the Olympic Games
February 21, 2014 —
Thirteen of the 221 athletes Canada sent to Sochi this year worked with alumnus Cal Botterill, including Team Jennifer Jones
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Congratulations Kaitlyn Lawes
February 20, 2014 —
Gold medal winner Kaitlyn Lawes once represented the U of M as part of Recreation Services Rec Club program
Faculty of Arts
Cultural discourse: Can the Olympics dispel stereotypes about Russia?
February 19, 2014 —
Canada and Russia share many characteristics, says language instructor
Alumni
Alumna Jennifer Jones takes Olympic gold!
February 19, 2014 —
From curling great to Olympic legend