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
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The Faculty of Law joins the University of Manitoba community in remembering its extraordinary benefactor and alum, Marcel A. Desautels, CM, OOnt, OM. A former business leader and one of UM’s, and the Faculty of Law’s most distinguished benefactors and alumni, he passed away on January 31, 2023, at age 88.
To celebrate the achievements of graduates, the Faculty of Law created the Faculty of Law Alumni Awards to be presented annually. Nominees demonstrate standards of inspiring professionalism in one of three categories including Outstanding Alumni Award, Emerging Leader Award, and the Trailblazer Award.
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