UM Today Archives

June 27, 2022 —  Manitoba patients, their families and caregivers will continue to have direct input into health research and what works best in the health-care system, thanks to $6.6 million in Phase 2 funding from the pan-Canadian initiative called the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR).

June 24, 2022 —  Dr. Kjell Anderson, assistant professor in the Faculty of Law and Director of the Master of Human Rights program, was a successful co-applicant on two significant Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC): one Partnership Grant, and one New Frontiers in Research grant.

June 24, 2022 —  No less than three law students have been named recipients of the University of Manitoba’s 2022 Emerging Leader Awards. These remarkable students include Class of 2022’s Michael Badejo, President of the Manitoba Law Students’ Association (2021-2022), Shawn Singh, an active member of the MLSA and participant in the Presidents’ Student Leadership Program cohort (2021), and Class of 2023’s Adam Kowal, who served as co-president of the Manitoba Indigenous Law Students’ Association during his second year of law.

June 24, 2022 —  St. Paul’s College is pleased to honour Community Development director Lisa I. McCausland as this year’s recipient of the Fr. Cecil Ryan S.J. Rector’s Award.

June 24, 2022 —  A postdoctoral fellow at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, recently completed training at the world-renowned National Circus School in Montreal as part of a circus arts instructor program, which is related to her physical literacy research.

June 24, 2022 —  Four University of Manitoba Masters Students created a podcast based on their research into how patterns of farmland ownership are changing across the Canadian Prairies.

June 24, 2022 —  Dr. Ee-Seul Yoon has been appointed for 3 years as Anglophone Editor for the Canadian Journal of Education.

June 23, 2022 —  The morning of the summer solstice, the John Buhler Research Centre atrium filled with the soft smell of smudge and the sounds of drumming and singing as UM’s faculty, staff and students gathered around in a circle to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day

June 23, 2022 —  The award aims to recognize a student who has maintained high academic achievement while making a significant voluntary contribution to UM and/or the broader community

June 23, 2022 —  'To have so many successful applicants announced today, is a testament to the research excellence at UM'