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Artists's conception of an airship base that could revolutionize transportation in Canada's North

Asper School of Business

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an electric airship!

March 26, 2018 — 
A proposal for an electric cargo airship has made it to the second round of a national contest to come up with “the next big thing” that will transform Canada

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(L-R) Dr. Mike McKay, Venla Hovi, Jon Rempel, Gee-ef Nkwonta, Brendan Warren, Alanna Boudreau, Alana Serhan, Lauren Taraschuk, Justus Alleyn, Brett Stovin, Billy the Bison.

Bison year-end awards recognize talent, volunteers and community leadership

March 26, 2018 — 
Volunteers were honoured through two major awards

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Two UM Rady grads are working with Nobel laureates

U of M Rady grads to meet with Nobel laureates

March 26, 2018 — 
Two outstanding medical researchers who earned doctorates at the University of Manitoba have been selected to network with Nobel laureates at a prestigious scientific conference

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The Bison women's hockey team bring home the gold in the U SPORTS National Championships! Shared via @UMStudent on Instagram.

Trending: For the weeks of March 26 – April 8

March 26, 2018 — 
Current hashtags, links and other social media bits & pieces

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Op-ed: Manitobans should be worried in wake of Hydro resignations

March 26, 2018 — 
Karine Levasseur, associate professor of political studies, weighs in on recent events at the Crown corporation

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The Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Postcard photo by Aaron Cohen/CMHR

Asper School of Business

Leading by example

March 26, 2018 — 
The student organizers of the fifth annual Howard Morry Leadership Conference say this year’s event, which took place on March 10 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, drew over 125 participants

Ermineskin Roman Catholic Residential School, located in Hobbema, Alberta, operated between 1916 and 1973.

Facing conflicting values in post-secondary education

March 26, 2018 — 
An op-ed by Kevin Lamoureux, Head of Education at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

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Faculty of Law

Professor Brenda Gunn: Robson Hall’s resident expert on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

March 23, 2018 — 
Associate Professor Brenda Gunn recently appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs to give testimony for a study the committee is conducting on Bill C-262 which would implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

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Faculty of Science

‘It’s for the birds’: UofM MSc student wins top prize as ‘Canada’s New Noah 2018’

March 23, 2018 — 
Biological Masters student Amélie Roberto-Charron has just been chosen for a prestigious national scholarship

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Indigenous

Stories of healing, perseverance and hope heard at 15th annual Elders and Traditional Peoples Gathering

March 23, 2018 — 
Storytelling through music, art and poetry was the theme for the 15th annual Elders and Traditional Peoples Gathering, as part of Indigenous Awareness Month

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