Network News News Archive
Indigenous
Building connections and supporting success
May 8, 2024 —
The Qualico Bridge to Success program helps facilitate the transition of new Indigenous students into post-secondary education at UM. It offers pre-orientation activities, academic learning support, advising, peer mentoring and special events that enhance their first-year experience.
School of Art
2024 MFA Thesis Exhibitions open May 17th at the School of Art Gallery
May 7, 2024 —
The School of Art and the School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba are pleased to announce the upcoming Master of Fine Arts thesis exhibitions and defence examinations of three graduate students
Faculty of Education
Winnipeg Free Press: Getting climate action on the education agenda
May 7, 2024 —
Opinion piece in The Winnipeg Free Press by Scott Durling, graduate student
Staff and faculty: your help is needed at convocation!
May 7, 2024 —
Staff and faculty: volunteer as an usher to help make Spring Convocation 2024 a success
Donor Relations
GreenShield grant helps increase dental access for at-risk populations
May 7, 2024 —
The GreenShield grant not only allowed UM's Centre for Community Oral Health to address barriers many populations face when seeking dental care but also to purchase new equipment.
A journey of education, love, and legacy
May 7, 2024 —
To carry on his wife’s legacy of helping students, UM alum and retiree decided to make a planned gift to UM to fund a scholarship in her name.
Students
Summer Health and Wellness supports
May 7, 2024 —
Whether you are in need of support now or wanting to get prepared for the fall, UM has a variety of resources available for you to support your health and wellbeing.
Faculty of Social Work
Winnipeg Free Press: Hurtful home truths often overlooked
May 6, 2024 —
Manitoba’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee was established by the province in 2010 and is made up of officials from the justice system, the medical examiner’s office and researchers, among others, and was tasked to identify trends, risk factors and systemic concerns in certain domestic killings and to recommend changes. The committee, however, has sat idle for half a decade; its last annual report issued for the 2018-19 fiscal year. The death review committee’s inaction doesn’t sit well with Prof. Kendra Nixon, who has been studying gender-based violence for over 25 years. “I don’t know if there isn’t the political will, or there isn’t the interest, or there’s been a shuffling of people and it just got dropped — I don’t know,” she said. To read the full article, please visit the Winnipeg Free Press.
Asper School of Business
2024 installment of Stu Clark New Venture Championships introduces social entrepreneurship award
May 6, 2024 —
This April, 32 teams of aspiring entrepreneurs from post-secondary institutions across North America convened in Winnipeg for the 2024 Stu Clark New Venture Championships.