International Women’s Day 2020 News Archive
Alumni
The Disrupters: Alumnae who persisted in an inequitable world
March 6, 2020 —
As this year’s International Women’s Day calls for a more gender-equal world, we’re celebrating our own UM alumnae whose perseverance led to incredible contributions for Manitoba, Canada, and the world
UM’s literary giant lends her legacy to major new award
February 12, 2020 —
The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction will recognize excellence by North American female and non-binary writers
Martha Donovan awardees ‘exemplify leadership potential’ among women in Rady Faculty
January 21, 2020 —
Twelve women in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills thanks to a newly established fund
Two researchers named as Canada’s most powerful women
November 20, 2019 —
Dr. Flordeliz Gigi Osler, an assistant professor in the department of Otolaryngology, and PhD student and Vanier Scholar Taylor Morriseau receive the honour
![Frances G. McGill [MD/1915] was Canada’s first female forensic pathologist. She is shown here in the Winnipeg Evening Tribune on Oct 22, 1955. // University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Frances_WEB-150x150.jpg)
Alumni
Ahead of her time: Trailblazing alumnae of the 1900s
March 7, 2019 —
With International Women’s Day on March 8, we’re remembering our early U of M alumnae who defied society’s expectations and became trailblazers in their own right
Women entrepreneurs in Manitoba to benefit from regional Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub
December 14, 2018 —
I.H. Asper School of Business now home to one of the country’s Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub nodes