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Embrace gender equity

March 7, 2023 — 
International Women’s Day historically is important for highlighting activism, empowerment, and community for working-class women

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Students

Give us your opinion for a chance to win

March 6, 2023 — 
First and final-year students: provide your feedback and have a chance to win up to $1000 in cash prizes and help improve the UM student experience. Now is your chance! 

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Kai Chan

Faculty of Arts

Does the eco-climate crisis call for a new kind of citizenship, and new roles for academics?

March 6, 2023 — 
The Centre for Applied and Professional Ethics is hosting an upcoming lecture and discussion with sustainability and climate scientist Kai Chan on March 9.

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Students

Who is Eternity Martis? Learn more about the upcoming Knight Lecturer

March 3, 2023 — 
On March 9, UM is welcoming award-winning journalist and best-selling author, Eternity Martis. Her debut memoir, They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up, focused on her experience as a racialized student on a mainly white campus. The book was featured on book lists including the Globe and Mail, CBC, Pop Sugar, Now magazine, BlogTO, and Chatelaine, as well as on syllabi for high school and post-secondary classes across North America.

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Faculty of Arts

Growing farmland inequality in the Prairies poses problems for all Canadians

March 2, 2023 — 
Real estate is a hot topic in Canada. Most Canadians are acutely aware of how home prices and rents have skyrocketed in the last 15 years or so. In large cities, investor ownership of condos and houses has attracted the attention of policymakers and the public at large, prompting the federal government to crack down on foreign buyers.

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Time is Brain: Preventing, Treating, and Recovering from Stroke

March 1, 2023 — 
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in Canada and can result in debilitating life-long health effects for those who survive. There is still much we don’t understand about stroke, such as, how to predict them, and whether someone will be able to recover, and even how it could be prevented.

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Faculty of Arts

NORAD’s value is on full display as flying objects shot down over North America

February 27, 2023 — 
Four (and counting) air objects have violated North American airspace in less than a week. It began with a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon flying over Alaska and northwestern Canada.

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Donor Relations

A Lasting Impact

February 24, 2023 — 
A new scholarship funded by an UM alum is now opening up the future for Black law students to make their own impact.

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Students

Embracing community engaged learning

February 22, 2023 — 
Learning by doing is a critical part of an exceptional student experience. The University of Manitoba recognizes experiential learning (EL) as a pedagogical strategy that advances learning, personal growth and competency development in a diversity of concepts and environments.

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Risk and Compliance

Make copyright decisions easier!

February 22, 2023 — 
Check out the new copyright decision tool and course for faculty and instructors to mark Fair Dealing week

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