UM Today Archives

December 22, 2020 —  Find a list of suggestions, tips, and resources to help you have as renewing and engaging a holiday break as possible.

December 22, 2020 —  It's been a strange year on campus

December 22, 2020 —  A highlight of some of the key accomplishments we can collectively celebrate at the Asper School of Business.

December 22, 2020 —  Here are some stories that caught the attention of the UM Today editors

December 21, 2020 —  A new resource hub at UM will help internationally educated pharmacists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other health professionals qualify for practice in Manitoba

December 21, 2020 —  Professor John Irvine – now officially titled Lord John Irvine of Hougun Manor, has taught generations of law students for the past 50 years at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law. Modest beyond compare, Robson Hall’s resident British gentleman was presented with the Lordship on November 5th (Guy Fawkes’ Day, of all days), at a virtual homecoming event hosted by the Faculty. The online event was attended by upwards of 200 alumni whom Irvine had taught in five decades’-worth of Torts, Property law, Jurisprudence and Legal Systems classes.

December 19, 2020 —  Currently an EiR for the local Aero-Engine Test and Advanced Digital Manufacturing sectors and is Canada’s second female EiR

December 18, 2020 —  In a normal year, the Faculty of Law’s two major teaching awards would have been announced at the annual Grad Dinner, but due to the new normal, the Faculty was forced to postpone the selection process until the fall term. On December 10, Acting Dean David Asper was pleased to announce that Associate Professor Dr. Amar Khoday had won The Barney Sneiderman Award for Teaching Excellence, and that Natasha Brown [BEd/01, LLB/05] had been selected for the The Deans Award for Teaching Excellence for Sessional Instructors (Practicing Professionals).

December 18, 2020 —  Faculty of Law Assistant Professor Dr. Krish Maharaj, was cited in the newly-released SCC decision C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger, 2020 SCC 45.

December 17, 2020 —  On Dec. 3, the Liberal government tabled Bill C-15, an Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), fulfilling their election promise to introduce such legislation by the end of 2020.