UM Today UM Today University of Manitoba UM Today UM Today UM Today
News from
Research and International
UM Today Network

Wpg Free Press: Alumnus wins major award

July 10, 2014 — 

Distinguished Alumni Award winner David Matas is in Rome today where he will receive the Carthage International Award, the Winnipeg Free Press reports.

Matas won the “universal peace and defence of human rights” category, receiving the same honour Kofi Annan, the former secretary-general of the United Nations, received in 2008 when he won this illustrious prize.

 

Research at the University of Manitoba is partially supported by funding from the Government of Canada Research Support Fund.

, ,

© University of Manitoba • Winnipeg, Manitoba • Canada • R3T 2N2

Emergency: 204-474-9341