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

Fall 2019 Mini-Session

THE WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE OF 1919: THREE PERSPECTIVES: THREE WEEKS 

Registration is now open for the Fall 2019 mini-session of the Seniors’ Alumni Learning for Life Program! This exciting program of three sessions is for seniors 60-plus and is open to alumni and friends of the University of Manitoba.

  • Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
  • Runs November 6 until November 27

NOVEMBER 6

TOPIC: Winnipeg General Strike of 1919

Presenter: Dr. Julie Guard, Professor, History and Labour Studies

NOVEMBER 20

School of Art Gallery Visit: Robert Kell’s Winnipeg General Strike, 1919/ Bloody Saturday: The Making of a Monument| Noam Gonick and Bernie Miller

Presenter: Dr. Shep Steiner

** please note that this session will begin at 2:30 p.m. 

NOVEMBER 27

Spies and Secret Codes of the Winnipeg General Strike

Presenter: Wayne Chan, Research Computer Analyst, Centre for Earth and Observation Science

Recent Alumni Stories

Human Rights Day Spotlight: Design grad, Judith Cheung

December 10th marks the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).For more on this timely topic, read the UM Today The Magazine story with environmental design grad Judith Cheung [BEnvD/11].

Follow Us
Instagram

[instagram-feed showfollow=false showheader=false showbutton=false showbio=false cols=1 num=1]

 

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

Emergency: 204-474-9341