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The SVRC's office welcome space is full of comfy chairs and colourful pillows, helpful pamphlets. A selection of teas are lined up beside a kettle. There is red rope art displayed on the wall. It is comfortable and inviting.

Students News

The Sexual Violence Resource Centre is available to anyone seeking help : Network News

February 9, 2024 —  If you've been impacted by sexual violence, know that you are not alone. The doors to UM's Sexual Violence Resource Centre (SVRC)  are open to all faculty, staff and students who need their help.

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The Conversation: Rethinking masculinity: Teaching men how to love and be loved : UM in the News

February 9, 2024 —  How will young men learn to love when many messages seem to be either focused on what is wrong with them — or how they can dominate?

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Dr. Samar Safi Harb standing in the middle of her research group smiling with students around her pointing to her in front of the UM Administration building.

Faculty of Science News

Origin of the heavy elements, the universe and the physics of the extreme – UM astrophysicist, Dr. Samar Safi-Harb and her team on LIGO scientific collaboration : Network News

February 9, 2024 —  We sat down with Dr. Samar Safi-Harb to learn more about her research, her vision for the future of this collaboration and what it means for UM Faculty of Science to be part of the LIGO collaboration.

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Dr. Keith Fowke and Dr. Marianne Mureithi at the University of Nairobi celebrating the BCDI award.

Faculty of Graduate Studies News

Canada’s post-secondary institutions to help empower African students with BCDI 2030 projects. : Network News

February 9, 2024 —  Exciting opportunity for African Students.

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St. John's College News

Dr. Marcia Anderson presents at the 2024 Marjorie Ward Lecture : Conversation starters

February 9, 2024 —  Dr. Marcia Anderson has spent a lot of time thinking about how anti-racist and social justice change will happen in the health care system and has advocated for cultural interventions in health care for many years. On March 11, the change-maker and Vice-Dean of Indigenous health, social justice and anti-racism in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will present the Marjorie Ward lecture.   

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Faculty of Education News

Celebrating Excellence in Education: Ellen Thompson : Network News

February 9, 2024 —  Recently received the Faculty of Education Alumni Association’s Excellence in Teaching Awards for Senior Years Teachers.

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Robson Hall Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law News

Winnipeg Free Press: First Nation files legal claim over 150-year-old Treaty 4 : UM in the News

February 8, 2024 —  First Nation files legal claim over 150-year-old Treaty 4

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Neil McArthur, director of the centre for professional and applied ethics at the University of Manitoba (photo CBC)

Faculty of Arts News

CBC Manitoba: Caspian on the hook for $21.5M after city drops claims against other defendants in Winnipeg police HQ case : UM in the News

February 8, 2024 —  Caspian on the hook for $21.5M after city drops claims against other defendants in Winnipeg police HQ case

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Group of small tropical islands from an aerial view.

Faculty of Arts News

Fair treatment for an overlooked group of refugees : Network News

February 8, 2024 —  Nabil Iqbal is a Master of Human Rights student and a 2023-24 recipient of a Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics (CPAE) Graduate Fellowship. He is keenly interested in finding ways to help improve the rights of an often overlooked refugee group – those who are forced to move across borders because of the threats to their homeland from climate change.

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An image of Julie Mikuska standing in front of flowers.

Alumni News

In memory of one of our own: Julie Mikuska [BA/80] : Network News

February 8, 2024 —  A tribute to the former Executive Director of UM Alumni Relations from a fellow alum

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