UM Today UM Today University of Manitoba UM Today UM Today UM Today

News Archive

Not an Olympic sport yet, but Ditchball returns to campus today

February 16, 2018 — 
Teams of architecture students are braving the cold to play against each other in a friendly game of Ditchball outside of the Architecture 2 building.

, ,

Neufeld

Faculty of Education

What a wonderful world it would be

February 16, 2018 — 
Falling literacy rates across Western countries. An increasing number of students becoming unteachable. Focusing on top-down curriculum and pedagogical approaches, educational reforms demand evidence-based practice. To developmental psychologist and best-selling author Gordon Neufeld, all of this points to something dreadfully amiss in education.

justice statue against blue sky

Op-ed: The trial over Colten Boushie’s death re-exposed wounds. Could Indigenous peoples having their own criminal justice systems be the answer?

February 15, 2018 — 
But let us take the question further, law professor writes in Maclean's  

,

Faculty of Law

Bitcoin: a lawless frontier or the future of money?

February 15, 2018 — 
Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Dr. Benjamin Geva gave the first Distinguished Visitors Lecture of 2018 at Robson Hall discussing the confusing and elusive topic of Digital Currencies in his talk, “Money and Payments Digitization: Evolution, Revolution and the Law.”

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Career fair connects employers with Rady students

February 15, 2018 — 
Inaugural health-industry career fair held at Bannatyne campus

, ,

thumbnail

Digvir Jayas reappointed to national research council

February 15, 2018 — 
Jayas’s reappointment continues the legacy of service by preceding professors at the University of Manitoba

,

Vaughn Karpan (#19) competes against Russia at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. //Photo from the Canadian Olympic Committee.

No Olympics, hockey career, without U of M

February 15, 2018 — 
He’s scouted some of the most recognized faces in the NHL. But long before he began his career off the ice, Vaughn Karpan [BA/85] was making a name for himself on the ice at the U of M’s Max Bell Centre

, ,

Bison captain, Brett Stovin faces off against Mount Royal’s David Stephens, October 27, 2017 // Photo: Jeff & Tara Miller

Bisons looking to capitalize on home-ice 

February 14, 2018 — 
Men’s hockey begin battle with Cougars in week-one Canada West playoff series

,

thumbnail

Noted author, professor Jack Ludwig dies at 95

February 14, 2018 — 
1944 Arts grad expelled after publishing anti-war poem, generating international attention

,

Holding hands

Love is a four-letter word

February 14, 2018 — 
Jessica Cameron is a professor in social psychology at the University of Manitoba. One of her research areas is romantic relationships, and she has some tips for us

, ,

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

Emergency: 204-474-9341