UM Today Archives

October 17, 2025 —  Two honorary degree recipients are being recognized by the University of Manitoba at Fall Convocation 2025

October 17, 2025 —  Readers anywhere can now freely access University of Manitoba research and educational resources on its new digital publishing platform, eScholarship. Hosted by University Manitoba Libraries, the site provides readers access to a variety of open publications, open educational resources and more.  

October 17, 2025 —  The first M.Ed. online delivery option at the University of Manitoba

October 16, 2025 —  Dr. Jitender Sareen, professor and head, department of psychiatry in the Max Rady College of Medicine, one of four signatories to the letter in support of the change, said the group took that step "because of the important problem that we have in Manitoba of crystal meth intoxication-related mental health difficulties."

October 16, 2025 —  Brandon Trask, an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Manitoba said the reverse onus proposal for bail could lead to potential violations of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

October 16, 2025 —  For UM alumni, the years since graduation are also years of giving, connection, community and impact. Between every milestone class reunion—the graduation anniversaries that end in a 5 or 0—there are many more moments that matter.

October 16, 2025 —  The second concert in the newly-minted Desautels Concert Series is set to feature a rare gathering of the entire jazz faculty at the University of Manitoba. To hear trumpet instructor Jonathan Challoner say that the gathering is an inspiring one for the players would be an understatement

October 16, 2025 —  The ESSENCE project - Emeriti and Senior Scholars Engaged in Navigating Continued Excellence - has been launched. Led by the Office of the Vice-Provost (Academic Affairs) and funded by the 2025–2026 Strategic Initiatives Support Fund, the ESSENCE project offers new ways to connect, collaborate, and celebrate the ongoing contributions of Emeriti and Senior Scholars.

October 15, 2025 —  It was a day of celebration and of recognition Wednesday, as the University of Manitoba Indigenous studies department marked a half-century of scholarship, honouring decades of students and scholars in their pursuit of justice for Indigenous peoples.

October 15, 2025 —  Winnipeg author and historian Dr. Gerald Friesen, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of History has won the 2025 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize for his biography The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman