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Two-Spirit Métis Elder Charlotte Nolin poses for a photo at an event.

Students News

Join the conversation: Two-Spirits Talking : Network News

September 15, 2023 —  Two-Spirits Talking provides space for gender- and sexuality-diverse Indigenous students, staff and faculty to gather and talk about topics that explore and bridge their interconnected Indigenous and queer identities.

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St. John's College News

Welcoming Peter Jaeger, writer in residence, to the college community : Network News

September 15, 2023 —  Peter has seen the world throughout his poetry, writing, and teaching career.  He is the author of fourteen books of poetry, fiction, and criticism, as well as several artist books.

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Faculty of Education News

SSHRC Connections Grant given to academic faculty : Network News

September 15, 2023 —  Two academic faculty projects are funded through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Connections Grant

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Asper School of Business News

Asper exchange program helps BComm student adapt to the unfamiliar : Network News

September 15, 2023 —  International business major Will Lazarenko’s Asper School of Business experience has been remarkably unique: he adapted to remote learning during pandemic closures, studied abroad through Asper’s international exchange program and lived beneath the sounds of war in Ukraine on a self-initiated humanitarian mission.

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CSIRO’s ASKAP radio telescope on Wajarri Yamaji Country. ​Credit: CSIRO/Alex Cherney​

UM professor Jayanne English interviewed for her role in discovery of potential polar ring galaxies : UM in the News

September 14, 2023 —  UM professor Jayanne English interviewed for her role in discovery of potential polar ring galaxies

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Student Deanne Nixie Miao smiles while sitting at a microscope in a lab.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Rady grad student profile: Deanne Nixie Miao seeks genetic clues to hearing loss caused by cancer drug : Network News

September 14, 2023 —  Master's student investigates how the drug cisplatin affects gene expression changes at the single-cell level in the inner ears of mice.

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Portrait of assistant professor Kiran Pedada

Winnipeg Free Press: Asper Marketing prof, Kiran Pedada on converting Lowe’s stores to Rona : UM in the News

September 14, 2023 —  Kiran Pedada, an assistant professor of marketing at the Asper School of Business spoke to the Winnipeg Free Press about the concept of running two parallel big box brands.

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Yvonne Lawley, an assistant professor of plant science at the University of Manitoba, said cover cropping isn’t new, but the focus is extending the growing season into the early spring and late autumn. (Aaron Sousa/CBC)

CBC Edmonton: How a traditional farming practice is cropping up across Alberta : UM in the News

September 14, 2023 —  How a traditional farming practice is cropping up across Alberta

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Canadian Press: Former Manitoba premier Gary Doer offers support to former party ahead of election : UM in the News

September 14, 2023 —  Former Manitoba premier Gary Doer offers support to former party ahead of election

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Faculty of Law News

What action on Indigenous law could mean for everyone : Editor's Picks

September 13, 2023 —  Inaugural interdisciplinary conference open to community

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