UM Today Archives

November 15, 2025 —  Dr. Sean Johnson Bice, PhD Candidate at the University of Manitoba was featured on his research on Arctic foxes and the Tundra food web. The Arctic Fox moves between the tundra and the sea ice of the Hudson Bay for a diet of both marine and rodent species

November 14, 2025 —  On November 7, 2024, law students from the Faculty of Law’s L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic, Travis Dech (3L) [BA/23], Sparsh Kohli (3L) [BSc./22 U Western Ontario], and Gilad Stitz (3L) [B. Comm. (Hons.)/23], hosted a webinar in collaboration with the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship entitled Startup Law 2.0: Law for Entrepreneurs.

November 14, 2025 —  On November 5, 2025, the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic collaborated with the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship to bring a Legal *Pop-Up* Clinic to the Asper School of Business, to deliver legal education directly to student entrepreneurs on campus, as part of a joint kick-off UM Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking Month.

November 14, 2025 —  Premier Wab Kinew has been dropping hints the province could soon look to position itself as a leader in what some commentators are calling the “fourth industrial revolution.” “All the internet is, is someone else’s computer,” said Dr. John Anderson, computer science professor at the University of Manitoba who has spent his career researching artificial intelligence.

November 14, 2025 —  Dr. Tandeep Sidhu, an assistant professor in sociology and criminology at the University of Manitoba, said while digital systems may be less susceptible to ticket-fixing, they may not be foolproof.

November 14, 2025 —  Filming for the motion picture will take place on the Fort Garry campus on Monday, November 17th

November 14, 2025 —  Linda Schott, chair of potato sustainability and a professor at the University of Manitoba, believes producers and indeed the whole potato sector is making progress on regenerative agriculture.

November 14, 2025 —  Like many farmers, Mowbray works with agricultural experts, advisors — and in his case, university researchers — to deal with such production challenges and unlock opportunities

November 14, 2025 —  Canada’s 2025 federal budget, and those that follow in the coming years, may prove to be the most important since the beginning of the Second World War. Canada’s longstanding, co-dependent economic relationship with the United States has abruptly and involuntarily ended following U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs and threats of annexation.

November 14, 2025 —  Hosted by the University of Manitoba Transport Institute, this year's conference saw industry experts take on today's biggest issues.