Featured News Archive
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Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Creating space for understanding and complexity
March 21, 2024 —
Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we are pleased to share upcoming opportunities for meaningful dialogue that advances mutual respect and compassion for all people. The Listening, Learning, Leading series, organized by the Office of Equity Transformation, aims to build foundations for understanding, beyond polarization.
![Survivor flag at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/NCTR-Survivor-Flag-150x150.jpg)
Indigenous
Introducing Residential Schools 101
March 18, 2024 —
As the community engagement and education program coordinator at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), Sandra Bender has seen a growing demand for presentations on the topic. As a result, the NCTR team is now offering free monthly Residential School History and Legacy 101 webinars on an ongoing basis.
![Nursing students in a lab setting wearing scrubs and virtual reality headsets and hand controls reach as they work in virtual environments. Other students in the background look at computer screens.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Virtual-Tour-00022-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Step into a new reality in training health professionals with RadyVerse
March 13, 2024 —
On Friday, March 15, the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will showcase how it will be employing virtual reality (VR) and other cutting-edge technologies to educate and train the next generation of health-care professionals. Faculty, staff and learners from across UM are invited to experience first-hand various VR and other scenarios at stations set up in Brodie Centre atrium, 727 McDermot Avenue, from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm at the RadyVerse launch event.
![The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould meeting guests after the 2024 Robert and Elizabeth Knight Distinguished Lecture at the University of Manitoba.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024_03_07_Knight_Lecture-91-150x150.jpg)
Former Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould visits UM
March 13, 2024 —
Jody Wilson-Raybould, a former politician and first Indigenous woman to be named Attorney General of Canada, visited UM's Fort Garry campus recently for the 2024 Knight Lecture. Read on to learn more about her thoughts on our political system, women in leadership roles, the path to Reconciliation, how she stays true to herself and her message to Indigenous students.
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St. John's College
Challenging normative paradigms at the 40th Annual Marjorie Ward Lecture
March 12, 2024 —
Last night, St John's College hosted the 40th Annual Marjorie Ward, presenting Dr. Marcia Anderson, the Vice-Dean of Indigenous health, social justice, and anti-racism in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.
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Faculty of Science
Volunteer for Science Rendezvous 2024
March 10, 2024 —
Volunteer for Science Rendezvous 2024 because we can't do this without you and this is the event you're going to remember you volunteered for, made friendships and connections with your peers, faculty and staff, and got Experience Record once you spent more than 10 hours volunteering.
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International Women’s Day: Remote possibilities
March 8, 2024 —
UM Interior Design graduate, Joanne Crozier, looks at how the pandemic created hurdles but also the opportunities for women.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Awards support Rady women as emerging leaders
March 7, 2024 —
Seven faculty members or students in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences have received The Winnipeg Foundation Martha Donovan Women’s Leadership Development Awards.
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Entrepreneurship expertise and insights
March 4, 2024 —
Whether you're an aspiring or established entrepreneur, you can gain insights and expertise from a slate of successful business leaders and industry experts in the Stu Clark Centre of Entrepreneurship webinar series.
![UM Black History Month figures (L-R): The first black man to graduate from UM, Hewburn Greenridge [MD/1920]; Lindley Abdulah, 42nd UMSU President in 1960; the first Black woman to attend UM, June Marion James [BSc/63, BSc(Med)/67, MD/67]; and Horace Patterson, 51st UMSU President in 1968-1969.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/black-history-month-top-image-UMT2-1-150x150.jpg)
Black History Month is a time to remember, reflect and celebrate!
January 29, 2024 —
February is Black History Month in Canada and to mark its significance, we will take a look back at some UM history, and share current resources and upcoming events that are open to all.