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UM student supports and how to find them

January 17, 2024 — 
A breadth of resources have been developed to help with personal and academic needs and to help you stay connected

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Human Resources

Vacation Purchase Plan (VPP) available for 2024/2025

January 12, 2024 — 
Applications due to HR March 1, 2024; program starts April 1, 2024

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Preventing, detecting and reporting financial fraud

January 9, 2024 — 
As a publicly funded institution, the University of Manitoba is entrusted with funding from governments, external agencies, donors, students and numerous other partners. While not all of us will handle university funds during our time at UM, we each have a role in the proper management of university assets.

St. John's College

Immediate availability at St John’s Residence for students needing place to stay

January 3, 2024 — 
As the college looks to fill up its space, with 45% of rooms still available, we talked to Raihanah about her experience as both a student and a member of the Residence Dons team and the benefits she’s experienced from living in the residence.

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Operations and Maintenance

Crews working to remove diseased trees from Fort Garry campus

December 19, 2023 — 
To protect the many, many healthy trees at Fort Garry campus, City of Winnipeg Urban Forestry crews will be working to remove trees with Dutch elm disease over the coming weeks and into the New Year.

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Upcoming payroll changes for 2024

December 18, 2023 — 
Several minor changes are coming to payroll in the New Year, including a CPP/EI rate change and new TD1 forms.

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Sustainability

UM’s path toward zero-emission vehicles

December 15, 2023 — 
UM takes steps to monitor and reduce transportation emissions from fleet vehicles and support a transition to Zero Emission Vehicles on our campuses.

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Rady grad student Mikayla Hunter.

Righting the bias

December 14, 2023 — 
How Mikayla Hunter and friends formed UM’s first Queer & Trans Graduate Student Group

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Students

Update for Winnipeg Transit users

December 8, 2023 — 
The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505 (ATU), the designated representative for transit workers in the City of Winnipeg have accepted their offer from the City. As a result, Winnipeg Transit service will continue with regular schedules and operations. 

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A nursing student wears a virtual reality headset and holds virtual reality hand controllers.

Exploring virtual reality in teaching and learning

December 5, 2023 — 
One of the newer opportunities in simulation education is virtual reality, which provides opportunities to teach things like prioritization, problem solving, and clinical decision-making skills.

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