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The Dec. 9, 2016 CIHR funding announcement.

Federal government invests $10.2 million towards research through CIHR’s project grant program

December 17, 2016 — 
Researchers to advance knowledge in areas such as Indigenous health, HIV, kidney transplants, and antimicrobial resistance

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Tricia Logan

Faculty of Education

High school Indigenous club students visit faculty

December 16, 2016 — 
The Faculty of Education hosted high-school Indigenous post-secondary club members in December creating an awareness and excitement about opportunities in advanced education.

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Lindsay Aboud is seated, holding a village boy on her lap in Uganda.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Grad student with ‘heart for Africa’ finds riches in giving

December 16, 2016 — 
Rady Faculty grad student and co-founder of charity Bridging Villages has raised about $30,000 since making her first volunteer aid trip to Uganda in 2014.

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Help welcome future U of M students

December 16, 2016 — 
On February 23 thousands of high school students from across the province will visit campus for Open House 2017.

Undergraduate student Vanessa Hoi is working on growing genetically modified canola plants that will have bigger and better seeds. // Photo by Kaitlin Vitt

Experience Research deadline approaching

December 16, 2016 — 
Award recipients are mentored by a professor in their field of interest, from climate change to disease prevention

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Mark Belmonte mentored Vanessa Hoi as part of Experience Research, the undergraduate research award offered by the office of the vice-president (research and international). // Photo by Kaitlin Vitt

Undergrad helping develop better canola crops

December 16, 2016 — 
Through Experience Research, undergrad Vanessa Hoi is trying to identify genes essential for crop production

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Rachel Mangiacotti (left) organized and evaluated an ‘experiential workshop’ about Canada’s history and was mentored by Donna Martin. // Photo by Kaitlin Vitt

Gaining confidence through education

December 16, 2016 — 
Nursing student Rachel Mangiacotti organized an ‘experiential workshop’ about Canada’s history as part of Experience Research

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Julie Kusyk and Andrew Lewthwaite encourage getting creative with snow forts, like by adding lights. // Photo supplied by Julie Kusyk

How to build the best snow forts, according to architects

December 16, 2016 — 
U of M alumni who have worked on winter design projects have some creative ideas on how to build a snow fort — the best snow fort

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a silouhette of hands raised up in handcuffs

Op-ed: Canada’s children deserve better

December 16, 2016 — 
What if, this holiday season, we granted children their rights, the ones we agreed to implement and to which they are legally entitled?

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Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Is your workout not working? Maybe you’re a non-responder

December 16, 2016 — 
"Inter-Individual Variability in the Adaptive Responses to Endurance and Sprint Interval Training: A Randomized Crossover Study,” co-authored by FKRM's Dr Trisha Scribbans, has been accepted for publication in PLos One, an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication.

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