Network News News Archive
Join UM in the Manitoba Hydro Santa Claus Parade: Grey Cup Edition
October 27, 2025 —
Join UM in the Manitoba Hydro Santa Claus Parade: Grey Cup Edition
Students
Get ready for Career Month
October 24, 2025 —
Every year students across the country take part in Career Month. The University of Manitoba is hosting more than 15 events and workshops this year. Whether you have your career path all mapped out, are unsure of your career goal, or somewhere in between, there is an event for you!
Students
Student Success Month | Spotlight 3
October 24, 2025 —
Students reflect on the power of reaching out—how asking for help opened doors to support, growth, and a stronger sense of belonging at UM.
Faculty of Law
Competition Teaches Robson Hall Students Vital Negotiation Skills
October 24, 2025 —
Sixteen teams of Robson Hall students competed in the twentieth annual Robson Hall Negotiation Competition on the evening of October 14th, 2025. These upper-year students were selected for having excelled in the Legal Negotiation course they took in their second year of law school.
Faculty of Law
Winograd Initiative will make UM a leader in study and mitigation of hate speech and antisemitism
October 24, 2025 —
A bold idea, backed by UM donors, is taking on one of the most entrenched and pernicious problems in our society: hate speech and antisemitism. The newly launched Winograd Initiative for the Study of Contemporary Hate Speech & Antisemitism will greatly enhance the work being done on UM campuses to promote peace and justice. Funded by alumni, Chuck and Libby Winograd, this initiative will integrate rigorous research, academic engagement, and community collaboration, to address hate speech and antisemitism.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady grad student profile: Jaypee Aguilar investigates amniotic fluid’s effect on lung cells
October 24, 2025 —
Many published studies have shown that exposure to cigarette smoke in the womb increases a person’s risk of asthma and other inflammatory lung diseases. “What no one knows is how that actually happens,” says Aguilar.
Libraries
UM Libraries new Digitization Centre now open and accepting digitization requests
October 24, 2025 —
UM Libraries Digitization Centre is officially open and accepting digitization requests from UM students, staff, faculty and the public. The Digitization Centre digitizes materials such as books, textual materials, photographs, slides, negatives, large formats like maps or architectural drawings, and now film.
Research and International
The Conversation: Blue Jays fever sets in as Canada readies for the World Series for the first time in 32 years
October 23, 2025 —
Late on an October Monday night, George Springer smashed a three-run homer to send nearly 45,000 fans in Toronto’s Rogers Centre — and a record national television audience — into a frenzy.
Flag lowered for Dr. Jerry Gray
October 23, 2025 —
The University of Manitoba will be lowering the flag on the Administration Building on October 27, in memory of Dr. Jerry Gray.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
New nurses ready to ‘dive right in’
October 23, 2025 —
The College of Nursing welcomed 97 new nurses to the profession at a pinning ceremony on Oct. 22, the day after the bachelor of nursing students graduated at convocation. Twenty-eight students from the college’s graduate programs also crossed the convocation stage to receive their degrees, including 20 graduates from the nurse practitioner program.