Hidden News Archive
Media Release: UM receives $12.5 million USD from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to transform family planning, maternal and newborn research
October 15, 2024 —
UM has received $12.5 million from The Gates Foundation to expand the globally recognized work of the Institute for Global Public Health (IGPH).
Media Release: Microsatellite project to monitor objects in space over Canada, South Pole
October 10, 2024 —
An exciting new satellite project to monitor and protect the Earth’s orbital environment is underway. Find out more about how UM is collaborating with industry and governments for this timely project.
Media Release: Unlocking the secrets of shrews supercharged hearts
September 26, 2024 —
The discovery of an altered heart protein in shrews by researchers at the University of Manitoba and Aarhus University helps explain this difference and could unlock treatment possibilities for people living with certain types of heart disease.
Media Release: New study reveals breastfeeding duration can influence infant microbiome and respiratory development
September 19, 2024 —
A major breastfeeding study co-led by University of Manitoba (UM), NYU Grossman School of Medicine and involving researchers from universities across North America has just been published in Cell.
UM leadership’s message to Students for Justice in Palestine
July 9, 2024 —
Please read UM leadership's message to Students for Justice in Palestine.
Mythbusting: Residential Schools were well-intentioned
June 20, 2024 —
For National Indigenous History month, we're looking to dispel some myths that may be held around Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Sean Carleton, associate professor, in the Department of History and Department of Indigenous Studies addresses the critical issue of residential school denialism, a form of misinformation that distorts the facts about the residential school system.
Mythbusting: Indigenous Peoples get everything for free
June 18, 2024 —
As part of National Indigenous History month, we take a look at dispelling some myths that may be held around the Indigenous Peoples. Watch our first video with Niigaan Sinclair, graduate chair and professor in the Department of Indigenous studies, columnist and sought-after voice on education, politics and reconciliation.
Watch where our story is taking us
April 23, 2024 —
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We denounce antisemitism, Islamophobia and racism in all forms
October 19, 2023 —
On Oct 7, 2023, the terrorist group Hamas attacked the people of Israel in an act of hate that has killed more Jews than any attack since the Holocaust.