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L Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic students visiting Balmoral Hall in 2023 Isanne Goldberg Johanna Thiessen Samantha Harvey

Faculty of Law

Embracing Equity in Law and Entrepreneurship

March 9, 2023 — 
On March 9, students from the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic visited Balmoral Hall School to talk to students about business law fundamentals and entrepreneurship. This was the Clinic’s third return to Balmoral Hall since the rise of the pandemic.

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Four student actors on a barren stage. Two actors lying down, one standing and one crouching.

Faculty of Arts

Scorched, a fiery performance

March 9, 2023 — 
A brilliant tale that is equal parts riveting, suspenseful, dramatic and heartbreaking, Scorched by Lebanese-Canadian writer Wajdi Mouawad is a breathtaking tale of two twins, Janine and Simone, trying to fulfil their mother’s last wishes.

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Faculty of Education

Alumn among nominees for the MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award

March 9, 2023 — 
Education alum among 5 nominees for the Music Teacher of the Year at the 2023 Juno Awards.

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Strangers Conference Chair with Planning Committee Members and Guest Speakers

Faculty of Social Work

Registration open: Strangers in New Homelands Settlement and Migration Conference

March 9, 2023 — 
Michael Ungar, Ph.D., world-renowned Resilience Expert, Director of the Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University and Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience is this year’s keynote guest speaker at the 13th edition of the Strangers in New Homelands Conference on Migration and Settlement hosted by the Faculty of Social Work.

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Two Two-Spirit leaders posing for a photo at an event.

Indigenous

Making Space for Two-Spirit Students, Staff and Faculty

March 9, 2023 — 
Two-Spirit talking and sharing circles are held every second Tuesday to help build community on campus for 2S/LGBTQQPIA+ students, staff and faculty.

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Flag lowered for Russel Shane Hiebert

March 8, 2023 — 
The University of Manitoba will be lowering the flag on March 13, 2023 in honour of Russel Shane Hiebert.

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New members sought for Pension Committee

March 8, 2023 — 
Election process underway; nomination deadline April 10

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People with notes sitting in a lecture hall.

Retirement planning sessions offered for faculty and staff

March 8, 2023 — 
Registration now open for sessions on May 29, May 31, June 1 and June 2, 2023

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Compilation of headshots of six Rady Faculty women.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Embracing ‘the beauty of diversity’ on International Women’s Day

March 8, 2023 — 
Today is International Women’s Day – a worldwide day dedicated to highlighting women’s progress and taking action to drive gender equity.

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Stephanie Scott stands outside and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is in the background.

Winnipeg Free Press: Indigenous women lead the way at NCTR

March 8, 2023 — 
An International Women's Day focused special insert in the Winnipeg Free Press shared a story about Stephanie Scott, executive director at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, and Brenda Gunn, academic and research director at the NCTR.

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