Staff News Archive
Office of Sustainability
Celebrate Earth Day at U of M
April 19, 2018 —
Join the celebration by visiting an event at the Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses April 20
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Key to Health: Kick off pop up social
April 17, 2018 —
Rady Faculty partners with Habitat for Humanity on our fourth build project.
Human Resources
Design an innovative solution to reduce barriers to accessibility
April 17, 2018 —
All University of Manitoba students are invited to use their creativity to develop innovative, cost-effective and practical solutions to reduce accessibility barriers at the Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses.
Extended Education
Wanbdi Wakita Access Program Unkan (Grandfather)-in-Residence
April 11, 2018 —
For Wanbdi Wakita, the right words are important. The Dakota Spiritual Leader and Sundance Chief started his two-year term as Access Program Unkan (Grandfather or Elder)-in-Residence, at the University of Manitoba in March. His office door is open to Access students and staff at Migizii Agamik, on the U of M’s Fort Garry campus.
Human Resources
Meet Our Community: Coffee with a Co-Worker
April 11, 2018 —
UM Today sat down with Eliya Ichihashi, longitudinal course administrator, Max Rady College of Medicine, to interview him for the Meet Our Community: Coffee with a Co-Worker series.
Faculty of Science
On April 14 Science marches on!
April 9, 2018 —
For an event that only started a year ago, the March for Science has a lot of momentum behind it
Faculty of Science
Full STEAM ahead – Science Rendezvous!
April 5, 2018 —
Science Rendezvous, a free day of fun and discovery returns to the University of Manitoba, Fort Garry campus Saturday, May 12
Office of Sustainability
Jane’s Walk: Bringing communities together
April 4, 2018 —
Join us for the Restorative Spaces and Art & History walks as part of the Jane’s Walk celebrations on May 4th at the Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses.
Office of Sustainability
Re-Shop: Hidden treasures and thousands of dollars saved
April 2, 2018 —
The University of Manitoba Re-Shop: a campus waste diversion program dedicated to repurposing office furniture and supplies with no home. With no further details, you might already be picturing piles of broken chairs, dusty bookshelves, and tacky couches from some bygone day. However, with a quick visit to the Re-Shop you discover rows of pristine office desks, gleaming filing cabinets, a huge variety of comfortable office chairs, and maybe even stumble upon some strange yet wonderful treasure.
Information Services and Technology
Phishing for fraud prevention
March 28, 2018 —
Recently, Information Security & Compliance sent all U of M employees a simulated phishing email during National Fraud Prevention Month in March. The simulated phishing email pretended to be from the university’s payroll department and contained the subject line, “Important notice regarding your tax information.”