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In Canada’s Arctic, David Babb measures the thickness of an ice flow to determine if it’s safe to work on for the day, before deploying the full team

The Last Ice

November 25, 2025 — 
Researchers complete inaugural voyage of a little-known region of Canada’s Arctic that will be home to the world’s last surviving sea ice

fire burns in fire pit outside of brick building in the winter

Indigenous

Building on a decade of Truth and Reconciliation

November 24, 2025 — 
To reflect on this milestone, we turn to the voices of those who have helped shape the NCTR and its deep connection to UM over the past decade.

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From Idea to Market

November 13, 2025 — 
How entrepreneurship at UM is shaping a new ecosystem—and challenging start-up stereotypes

Kaitlin Reilly wearing a University of Manitoba shirt and nametag at Fort Garry campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Respiratory therapy student looks at effects of vaping on lung capacity

November 4, 2025 — 
What are the dangers of vaping, especially on young people? Third-year respiratory therapy student Kaitlin Reilly received a UM undergraduate research award to work on a project this summer on the effects of e-cigarettes and vaping. 

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Portrait of Deanne Nixie Miao in a lab.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady Faculty Vanier Scholar feels she now ‘belongs in academic research’

November 3, 2025 — 
For Deanne Nixie Miao, receiving the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship has helped her feel that she fits in doing research in the lab.

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A collage illustration of a ship breaking through ice with open water behind it

What Are the Risks and Opportunities of a Changing Arctic?

September 17, 2025 — 
We asked Feiyue Wang, Canada Research Chair in Arctic Environmental Chemistry at UM

A figure standing on the top of the world with a triangle illustrating its voice, reflecting the northern lights

How Will Connectivity Change Life in the North?

September 17, 2025 — 
We asked Phi Ferguson, who leads UM’s Space Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Lab

Research and International

Opinion: Manitoba holds the key to nation building in Canada

July 17, 2025 — 
In responding to calls for action, individual Canadians have been boycotting American goods and travel and rallying around the “Buy Canadian” mantra.

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Researchers aboard research ship Amundsen. photo Emma Ausen)

UM ranks 6th in Canada on Climate Action; Good Health and Wellbeing

June 30, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba ranks in Canada’s top 20 in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.

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Honourees pose together, each wrapped with their star blanket

Indigenous

Celebrating Indigenous Excellence: Honouring the Indigenous Campus Community 2025

June 12, 2025 — 
Ten members of the Indigenous campus community at UM are being recognized this National Indigenous Peoples Day for leading transformational change and weaving Indigenous knowledges into all they do.

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