News Archive
Faculty of Law
CanU: The Next Generation – of lawyers
March 3, 2023 —
Each year, since at least 2017, law students at Robson Hall have run a CanU law school program for Winnipeg High School students. CanU is a Winnipeg-based charitable organization that coordinates programs designed and led by post-secondary student volunteers. Law students Xiyuan Feng and Mursal Ismael are running the program this year and will be promoting it at CanU’s Family Festival taking place on Thursday, March 9, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. in the University of Manitoba’s University Centre Multipurpose room.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Knowledge Keepers bring wealth of experience to College of Nursing
March 3, 2023 —
For UM alumni Brenda Longclaws and Linda Williams, being a Knowledge Keeper means bringing cultural and spiritual knowledge to students and educators who wish to incorporate more of an Indigenous perspective into their programming.
Alumni
Meet the ’20 and ’21 grads (again) – Pete Giesbrecht
March 3, 2023 —
Find out what Pete Giesbrecht [DipAgric/20] is up to post-graduation.
School of Art
Exploring intuition as a condition of consciousness
March 3, 2023 —
The Performance of Shadows, curated by Lillian O’Brien Davis is on now at the School of Art Gallery, and considers the expansiveness of three artists’ understanding of existence through various approaches to concepts of phenomenology, spirituality and political engagement.
Flag lowered for Daniel Jacob Klass
March 2, 2023 —
The University of Manitoba will be lowering the flag on Mar. 3 for Daniel Jacob Klass, retired professor in the School of Fine Art.
Faculty of Arts
Growing farmland inequality in the Prairies poses problems for all Canadians
March 2, 2023 —
Real estate is a hot topic in Canada. Most Canadians are acutely aware of how home prices and rents have skyrocketed in the last 15 years or so. In large cities, investor ownership of condos and houses has attracted the attention of policymakers and the public at large, prompting the federal government to crack down on foreign buyers.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
UM Learn course will help you take equity, diversity and inclusion from theory to practice
March 2, 2023 —
UM is hosting a new course which will help guide instructors with practical guidance on how to add EDI practices to their teachings.
Asper School of Business
Asper MFin student embraces leadership and lifelong learning
March 2, 2023 —
Sheena Gee is an Asper Master of Finance student and Vice President of the Asper Professional Graduate Student Association.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM scientist makes Arthritis Society Canada’s Top 10 Research Advances list again
March 2, 2023 —
A Rady Faculty of Health Sciences researcher might have found a way to predict how a person with early rheumatoid arthritis will respond to treatments based on a sample of their joint lining tissue and the discovery has made Arthritis Society Canada’s Top 10 Research Advances of 2022.
Faculty of Education
Dr. Shannon Moore creates Public Good podcast
March 2, 2023 —
Assistant Professor, Dr. Shannon Moore co-creates a podcast to promote public education as a public good.