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Dr Julie Lajoie

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: U of Manitoba-led program tackling HIV in Kenya in jeopardy after Trump’s cuts to USAID

February 7, 2025 — 
Climate initiatives halted as non-profits warn of growing humanitarian need

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Dr Jared Bullard (photo credit Shared Health)

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Manitoba: Province warns of 5 confirmed measles cases in southern Manitoba, connected to Ontario outbreak

February 6, 2025 — 
Public health is notifying people who attended specific locations where they may have been exposed

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Fletcher Baragar, an economics professor at the University of Manitoba, says Canada should join forces with other nations facing Trump tariff threats — like Mexico, China and potentially the European Union — in order to strengthen economic ties over the next four years. (Karen Pauls/CBC)

Faculty of Arts

CBC Manitoba: Manitoba has few options to ‘Trump-proof’ its economy in next 30 days, experts say

February 5, 2025 — 
Looking to global markets a long-term option, but '30 days is not a whole lot of time': U of M economist

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The burrowing owl // Photo: Jennie Horvat

For grassland bird conservation, it’s not the size that matters

August 7, 2018 — 
U of M researchers uncover something unusual that will help us save grassland birds

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Faculty of Science

‘It’s for the birds’: UofM MSc student wins top prize as ‘Canada’s New Noah 2018’

March 23, 2018 — 
Biological Masters student Amélie Roberto-Charron has just been chosen for a prestigious national scholarship

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Savannah Sparrow sits on a hand // Photo: Clair Curry

Landmark study reports on new layer of complexity in songbird communication

March 5, 2018 — 
An update from the songbird file

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Savannah Sparrow // Photo: Paulson Des Brisay

Canadian songbirds forced to change their tunes

January 24, 2018 — 
Some Canadian songbirds have to change their tunes because noise pollution from things like oil and gas drilling equipment otherwise drowns out important parts of their songs, U of M researchers have found

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