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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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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





