UM Today Archives

March 23, 2021 —  The pandemic’s impact on mental health throughout our society will likely outlive COVID-19

March 23, 2021 —  In January 2020, Helen Clark  was about to travel to New York as part of an international initiative to improve Winnipeg’s 911 system when she heard about a virus in China that would dominate her work for the year ahead.

March 23, 2021 —  New PPD recycling bins to discard disposable masks and other disposable PPE items that cannot or should not be worn anymore

March 23, 2021 —  With governments working to roll out COVID-19 vaccines more broadly, some Canadian jurisdictions are considering “vaccine passports,” which would be proof that the holder has been vaccinated. These documents would be intended to facilitate international travel. But we must be vigilant against any efforts to deploy them domestically that would discriminate against people who have not been inoculated.

March 23, 2021 —  With the new file request feature in OneDrive, you can choose a folder where others can upload files using a link that you send them. People you request files from can only upload files. They can't see the content of the folder, edit, delete, or download files. They can't even see who else has uploaded files.

March 23, 2021 —  A new workshop examines the nature of systemic racism and how we can take anti-racist actions in our UM community and beyond

March 23, 2021 —  The new UM Libraries (UML) web site aligns with the look and feel of the University’s new Next Gen Web Experience, with a focus on functionality and the user experience.

March 23, 2021 —  Jeanette Sivilay brings her MA in Geography to helping Winnipeg become more food secure

March 23, 2021 —  To help inform UM’s Maclean's magazine ranking, we’re asking students to share their UM pride by completing the student survey and telling Maclean's all the great things that happen at our university.

March 22, 2021 —  New UM faculty member Dr. Deanna Santer is analyzing blood from COVID-19 patients who were treated with synthetic interferon lambda in a Toronto clinical trial.