UM Today Archives

December 19, 2024 —  A message from Michael Benarroch, President and Vice-Chancellor

December 19, 2024 —  On December 4 and 5, 2024, law students from the University of Manitoba Community Law Centre and the Criminal Law Group participated in the Criminal Defence Lawyers Association of Manitoba [CDLAM] annual conference. As a professional association representing the interests of Manitoba criminal defence lawyers, CDLAM brings together lawyers, law students and other justice system participants to reflect on the last year in criminal law, explore emerging issues, and call attention to the unique professional challenges of criminal defence lawyering.

December 19, 2024 —  The University of Manitoba will be lowering the flag on the Administration Building on Dec. 20, 2024, in memory of Aderonke Victoria Oguntade.

December 19, 2024 —  BComm student Habiba Mohamed saves everything. With each new country she visits, Mohamed keeps train tickets, postcards, and keychains. When she gets back home, she arranges them carefully into a single scrapbook page, a glimpse of another Asper adventure.

December 19, 2024 —  Can Manitoba really have a balanced budget in a couple of years?

December 19, 2024 —  What Indigenous knowledge brings to higher education

December 18, 2024 —  The odd little table covered with monitors, bending arms and cables in the northwest corner of Robson Hall's MLT Aikins Classroom (room 206) is - a podcast studio. The only one of its kind thus far on the Fort Garry Campus, it is intended to be used by the Faculty of Law for a variety of innovative and dynamic teaching and learning situations. Added by MLT Aikins LLP as a continuation of upgrades the western Canadian law firm has sponsored in room 206 at Robson Hall, the studio was completed late fall, 2024.

December 18, 2024 —  Are you helping an elderly parent with some holiday shopping and need to get reimbursed? Have they asked you to pay some bills or e-transfer funds to the grandkids from their accounts? You aren’t alone.

December 18, 2024 —  On Tuesday, November 26, St. Paul's College celebrated the spirit of gratefulness and community as it hosted the 2024 Celebration of Giving and Sharing.

December 18, 2024 —  Trouble in Arctic town as polar bears and people face warming world