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Donor Relations
The Winnipeg Foundation makes $5-million gift to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
March 14, 2024 —
The Winnipeg Foundation’s historic and lead gift to a $40-million capital campaign will support the building of a new permanent home for the NCTR in the heart of Treaty One Territory in Winnipeg.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Teaching Café 2024: Accessible Pedagogy at the University of Manitoba
March 13, 2024 —
The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning will celebrate teaching innovation by hosting the annual Teaching Café on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, to be held in room 200 – Education.
Research and International
Twelve UM researchers receive Insight Development Grants
March 13, 2024 —
Twelve new UM research projects seeking to build knowledge and understanding about people and societies have received federal funding.
UM and B.C. researchers collaborate to improve wheelchair technology and accessibility
March 13, 2024 —
As anyone living in Canada knows, the northern climate can create barriers to mobility, especially during the winter months, even for those without physical impairments.
Nitrogen Innovation Center receives NSERC funding to advance sustainability research
March 13, 2024 —
An international research project has secured funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alliance Grant program to establish the Global Nitrogen Center for Clean Energy and the Environment (NICCEE), an information hub to monitor the lifecycle and effects of nitrogen to improve agriculture-food-energy systems around the world.
UM air pollution research facility receives $4.8 million
March 13, 2024 —
The new UM AirSAFE lab will be Canada’s first multi-disciplinary research centre for biomedical, engineering, natural science and occupational health experts to study how inhaled pollutants impact health and disease.
Research and International
UM researchers receive more than $1 million in new project funding
March 13, 2024 —
On Wednesday March 13, the federal government announced the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) recipients of the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for fall 2022 and spring 2023.
Research and International
UM led research to advance agricultural innovation receives federal funding
March 13, 2024 —
UM researchers seek to address herbicide resistance in weeds that affect crop plant growth.
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.