UM Today Archives

December 12, 2022 —  The University of Manitoba is extending its mandatory masking policy into the Winter Term to continue supporting a safe work and learning environment.

December 12, 2022 —  When Karen McElroy chose a career in respiratory therapy (RT), she was attracted to the “adrenaline junkie” side of it – the intense situations in emergency rooms where there are sometimes only minutes to save a patient’s life.

December 12, 2022 —  Mercedes Garcia-Holguera walks up the front steps of a white shed in the southwest corner of the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus. It’s among many other structures scattered throughout the area, next to a gravel road, with no signs or windows hinting at what might be inside. “Prepare your nose,” she says, opening the door.

December 12, 2022 —  Congratulations to FAUM alumni who were among the recipients of 2022 Awards of Excellence announced by Canadian Architect.

December 12, 2022 —  Banner Administration Pages and Aurora Self-Service will be upgraded to the latest version from January 6, 2023, at 4 p.m. to January 9, 2023, at 8 a.m. This upgrade will bring important security enhancements and focus on improving the quality of the Administration Pages and Aurora Self-Service. It also includes changes to support the tax year 2022. 

December 12, 2022 —  The Global Address List (GAL) is the directory of all staff and faculty at the University of Manitoba. It is accessible from the Address Book in Microsoft Outlook and any of Microsoft’s search tools related to people and organizations.

December 10, 2022 —  New professors and instructors from a variety of disciplines began with the Faculty in 2022.

December 9, 2022 —  A course in Indigenous law will be mandatory for all law students starting next year, and students will also have the opportunity to focus their studies in one of three new concentrations including Private Enterprise and the Law, Law and Society, and Criminal Law and Justice, in addition to the existing concentration in Access to Justice in French. Graduate law students will also see changes to the Master of Laws program including now having the opportunity to take clinical experience electives.

December 9, 2022 —  How do you address a problem you can’t see clearly? Morgan Stirling, a PhD student in Community Health Sciences, is hoping to pull cancer care for gender-diverse folks into focus with their research project.

December 9, 2022 —  Upon getting my course schedule this July for this school year, I was greeted with the very familiar feelings of stress. I am in the fourth year of my studies and still, I can’t escape the yearly jitters that come with starting a new school year. This year I made the decision to try and tackle the stresses that come with school head on by coming up with a “Recipe for Success” for myself. Here is what I came up with.