News Archive
Members of UM community appointed to Order of Canada
January 6, 2023 —
On Dec. 29, 2022, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 99 new appointments to the Order of Canada, 3 from the UM community.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
On-campus exhibit explores healing through art
January 6, 2023 —
A pop-up exhibit on the Fort Garry campus will display artworks by 32 cancer patients who participated in a novel therapy group at CancerCare Manitoba. The free exhibit will be on view Jan. 16 and 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the atrium of the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing, home of the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Eager to Educate
January 6, 2023 —
Laura MacDonald [Dip.D.Hyg./81, M.Ed./87, PhD/21] was recently in a videoconference with students from the bachelor of science in dental hygiene program. When the learners finished their presentation, MacDonald, who was working from home, gave them a standing ovation at her dining room table.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Seastars: the benthic equivalent to the polar bear
January 6, 2023 —
A national research group led by researchers at the University of Manitoba has shown that polar bears share the position of top predator of the coastal Arctic marine ecosystem with seastars (Amiraux et al. 2022).
Faculty of Education
What exactly is ‘neurodiversity?’ Using accurate language about disability matters in schools
January 6, 2023 —
The connection between language and meaning has been well established. The language we use is directly related to the way we view and treat others. Inclusive language is imperative to achieve equitable change, grounded in human rights and social justice.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
The Centre has new workshop offerings for Winter 2023
January 5, 2023 —
The Centre is offering both online and in-person workshops this winter for the university community.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
CBC: It might bug you, but University of Manitoba’s insect collection is key to understanding the world
January 5, 2023 —
The University of Manitoba is home to one of largest insect collections in Canada, a valuable tool which can help discover ways in which climate change is threatening biological diversity.
Faculty of Science
Nature News and Views article: on the visualization of a magnetic field using X-rays in a stellar graveyard (or pulsar wind nebula)
January 4, 2023 —
An X-ray imaging mission has unveiled the magnetic field in the environment of a dead star. The order and symmetry of the field will reshape our understanding of how it accelerates particles to ultra-high energies, says UM astrophysicist Dr. Samar Safi-Harb, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics and lead author.
Faculty of Science
Exhibit – Enterprises of the Human Spirit: 50 Years of Scientific Excellence in Germany and Canada.
January 4, 2023 —
Free Exhibition honouring Dr. Gerhard Herzberg’s 1971 Nobel Prize award in Chemistry will be on display in the Jim Peebles Science and Technology Library from Jan. 4 - Jan. 24, 2023.
CBC: Buried secrets on the University of Manitoba campus
January 4, 2023 —
A simple stone cairn in front of one of the University of Manitoba's grand buildings, passed daily by thousands of students, contains a little-known secret.