UM Today Archives

March 13, 2023 —  Complete the survey before April 3 for a chance to win great prizes.

March 10, 2023 —  Over the weekend of March 3-4, 2023, the University of Manitoba participated in the Donald G. H. Bowman National Tax Moot. The colours of Robson Hall were carried by Brandon Gray (3L), and Sawarn Benning (2L), Matthew London (2L) and Justin Papoff (2L) as oralists, with support from Ben Maness (3L) as the researcher. Coaches Professor Darcy MacPherson and David Silver (Department of Justice, Canada) were very pleased and proud of the team’s performance. The team was rewarded with the prize for Best Appellant Factum.

March 10, 2023 —  The UM medical school is well represented on this year’s list of Doctors Manitoba Award winners.

March 10, 2023 —  Dr. Edward Jurkowski was recently appointed as Director of the School of Art (SOA), from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2027. Also serving as the Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Music and as a tenured professor in the faculty, he is a highly esteemed leader whose 25 years of experience will lead the SOA into the future. We chatted with Dr. Jurkowski about what has inspired him as a student and professor, what he hopes for the future, and what he enjoys in his free time.

March 10, 2023 —  Our 2020 and 2021 graduates will finally get their chance to walk the stage the weekend of March 11, 2023.

March 9, 2023 —  On March 9, students from the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic visited Balmoral Hall School to talk to students about business law fundamentals and entrepreneurship. This was the Clinic’s third return to Balmoral Hall since the rise of the pandemic.

March 9, 2023 —  A brilliant tale that is equal parts riveting, suspenseful, dramatic and heartbreaking, Scorched by Lebanese-Canadian writer Wajdi Mouawad is a breathtaking tale of two twins, Janine and Simone, trying to fulfil their mother’s last wishes.

March 9, 2023 —  Education alum among 5 nominees for the Music Teacher of the Year at the 2023 Juno Awards.

March 9, 2023 —  Michael Ungar, Ph.D., world-renowned Resilience Expert, Director of the Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University and Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience is this year’s keynote guest speaker at the 13th edition of the Strangers in New Homelands Conference on Migration and Settlement hosted by the Faculty of Social Work.

March 9, 2023 —  Two-Spirit talking and sharing circles are held every second Tuesday to help build community on campus for 2S/LGBTQQPIA+ students, staff and faculty.