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Meet Our Community: Coffee with a Co-Worker

February 5, 2018 — 
Coffee with a Co-Worker puts a spotlight on Carla Loewen, student advisor, Indigenous Student Centre

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CBC: Fitness instructor gives seniors a healthy fear of falls, then helps prevent them

February 5, 2018 — 
The number of deaths related to falls among older adults is rising, and not just because the proportion of seniors in the Canadian population is increasing, said University of Manitoba kinesiology professor Jonathan Singer.

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Faculty of Social Work

Remembering Ron Thorne-Finch

February 5, 2018 — 
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of friend and colleague Ron Thorne-Finch. Ron taught with the Inner City Social Work Program (ICSWP) for over 27 years.

Jack Frost Challenge

Sustainability

Jack Frost Challenge

February 5, 2018 — 
Join us Feb. 11 – 17, for a week of outdoor activities at the University of Manitoba

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Dagmar Svecova with students Arezo Rasouli, Sarah Boila, Saeed Gerami, Dibasadat Yamoutzavareh, Maha Ghaib, Rushangkumar Dave and Heather Stefaniuk.

Creating unconventional solutions

February 5, 2018 — 
Dagmar Svecova is helping keep Manitobans safe

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Ashley Ammeter, Robert Duncan, Mohamed Elhiti and Kenny So examining populations in the greenhouse that vary for seed storage protein content. // Photo by Mike Latschislaw

Improving Canada’s most important crop

February 5, 2018 — 
A group of researchers led by plant scientist Rob Duncan is seeking to take a well-known Canadian crop into exciting and underexplored territory

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Bell Let's Talk Day

Faculty of Law

Erasing the stigma of mental illness

February 2, 2018 — 
A Robson Hall student group took action to raise awareness about Mental Health this week by hosting a "Bell Let's Talk Day" project.

Malcolm Doupe is still fascinated with using computers to dig into data sets, exposing patterns and correlations that can be used to inform health policy.

Driven by data

February 2, 2018 — 
When Malcolm Doupe was a graduate student, he got his first glimpse at how databases can be probed to reveal new evidence about people’s health

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Still from Zombie, Pt. 1 (2016)

Faculty of Arts

Forging his own ‘underground’ path

February 2, 2018 — 
How do you get exposure when you’re a rookie international experimental filmmaker living in Winnipeg? You create your own festival with your peers and make it a five-time success

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Eva Stubbs, No. 57, Frieze, from the Nude Series, 1994, charcoal and conté on paper.

School of Art Gallery exhibit reception set for Feb. 7

February 2, 2018 — 
The exhibition, Re: Collecting – Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection, presents an opportunity for audiences to become acquainted with a number of artworks

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