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Alumni

2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards recipients revealed

April 4, 2024 — 
Meet the honourees for the upcoming September celebration 

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Indigenous

Annual Traditional Graduation Pow Wow to celebrate 35th year

April 3, 2024 — 
Every year, the University of Manitoba and broader communities gather at the Fort Garry campus to celebrate Indigenous graduates at the Annual Traditional Graduation Pow Wow. While the faces may change from year to year, one thing remains the same: the sense of excitement in the air.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM researchers plan study of newly diagnosed children with autism

April 2, 2024 — 
A UM team is seeking 150 families with a newly diagnosed child with autism to participate in the Pediatric Autism Research Cohort (PARC) study.

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Join the momentum on April 4

March 31, 2024 — 
Celebrate UM’s new strategic plan at community launch event

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Faculty of Science

Witness the spark in science when students compete for $3,000 cash prize!

March 25, 2024 — 
Science Spark 3K Pitch Competition 2024 presented by the Bioscience Association Manitoba (BAM) is happening on April 8th, 1:00 p.m. at Marshall McLuhan Hall as 9 teams of science students pitch their innovative ideas and compete for a chance to win a $3,000 cash prize! The event is free but registration is required.

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Institutional Safety Officers gathered around a Campus safety vehicle outside of a building at the Fort Garry campus

Come out and meet your UM Safety Team

March 24, 2024 — 
You're invited to come meet your UM Campus Safety Team at an open house on Mar. 25 from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

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Faculty of Arts

‘Unforgettably poignant and hilarious’: The Comedy of Errors runs until March 31

March 24, 2024 — 
The next production of the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media’s Theatre Program runs March 27 - 31. Support student theatre – get your $10 ticket today.

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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.

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Survivor flag at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

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.

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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.

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.

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