UM Today Archives

May 28, 2021 —  Congratulations to Assistant Professor Bruce Curran on winning The Law of Work Best Paper Prize at the Canadian Industrial Relations Associations conference which ran online May 26-28 this week. Dr. Curran presented the paper Thursday morning, May 27, and was presented with the award at a virtual ceremony that evening.

May 28, 2021 —  Census information is important to all Canadians and is vital for planning services that support employment, schools, public transportation and hospitals

May 28, 2021 —  Asper alumna Jennifer McNeill [BSc/95, MBA/06] has been named one of 26 Climate Champions across Canada in preparation for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). McNeill is the Vice-President of Public Sector Sales and Marketing at New Flyer and MCI, a leading independent bus coach manufacturer leading the evolution in zero-emission mobility.

May 28, 2021 —  Brooke Cochrane, 26, will officially become a medical doctor in June

May 28, 2021 —  The need for public child care and elder care is growing

May 28, 2021 —  Understanding who might be more likely to be vaccine hesitant and reasons for their reluctance can help inform public health strategies aimed at increasing vaccine uptake.

May 28, 2021 —  People are not organized into neat categories and the names of categories are never static

May 28, 2021 —  The Asper School of Business is proud to share that two members of our alumni community and longtime members of the Associates, Gregg Hanson and Arni Thorsteinson, were recently announced as inductees to the prestigious Order of Manitoba.

May 28, 2021 —  On May 21, Research Manitoba, the Victoria General Hospital Foundation (VGHF) and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences announced the names of 15 telepresence robots that will help care for Manitobans living with dementia as part of a strategic partnership announced last year.

May 27, 2021 —  A year ago, Dr. Virginia Torrie published her first book, Reinventing Bankruptcy Law: A History of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (University of Toronto Press, 2020). Given that it is about her favourite subjects – bankruptcy and history, and given her proven track record of being an excellent teacher (having won the 2017 Barney Sneiderman Award) it is not too surprising that it was short-listed for the 2021 Manitoba Book Awards’ Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction.