Network News News Archive
St. John's College
The Conversation: Winnipeg and virtual film series reflects the beauty of Indigenous worldviews
July 25, 2024 —
Decolonizing Lens is a film and discussion series based in Winnipeg that brings together Indigenous filmmakers, their films and audiences as a form of public education.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Manitoba Co-operator: Celebrating Michael Eskin’s canola legacy
July 25, 2024 —
Michael Eskin’s long career as a canola researcher has landed him a spot in the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Olympic opportunities started with a bronze medal
July 25, 2024 —
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management dean, Douglas Brown says his interest in the Olympics goes all the way back to high school, where he found out the mother of one of his physical education teachers competed in the 1938 Berlin Olympics.
Faculty of Science
An interdisciplinary lab develops a non-invasive, inexpensive and efficient method to detect an incurable disease in young infants
July 25, 2024 —
The Laboratory for Bioanalytics and Electrochemical Sensing at the University of Manitoba has developed a novel approach to detect an incurable disease in young infants in a non-invasive, inexpensive and efficient manner.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Dr. Klaus Hochheim Photography Exhibit open
July 24, 2024 —
An exhibit of photographs from former UM researcher Dr. Klaus Hochheim is open at Canadian Mennonite University until the end of August. Dr. Hochheim was a climatologist and ice scientist in the Centre for Earth Observation Science for 12 years until his tragic death in a helicopter crash in the Arctic in September 2013.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Inspired to Educate
July 23, 2024 —
When Peri Venkatesh [MN/91] arrived in Manitoba in 1971, he was unsure what career path he would take. Nursing and education weren’t even considerations at the time.
Faculty of Architecture
Building a Rockstar Resume
July 23, 2024 —
Joy Bajwa, 3rd year Environmental Design student, co-op placement at Gillis Quarries Limited helps supplement his education by developing and enhancing various skills to hands-on learning and skills with practical experience.
Digging in deeper
July 23, 2024 —
Dr. Kent Fowler and his team of students recently travelled to South Africa to continue their research on the Zulu Kingdom Archaeology Project. The SSHRC Insight and Insight Development grants funded the project from 2020 to 2026. The research is being conducted in the heartland of the Zulu Kingdom in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Faculty of Law
First annual Access to Justice Forum hosted at UM Faculty of Law
July 22, 2024 —
The Faculty of Law has been busy hosting a variety of Justice-related events this summer while law students are away working and gaining hands-on legal practice experience. On May 6th-7th, 2024, the University of Manitoba and the Manitoba Law Foundation hosted the first annual Access to Justice Forum. This year the focus of the Forum was supporting A2J for Indigenous & racialized communities in Manitoba. The Forum included presentations from Marc Kruse (Director of Indigenous Legal Learning and Services, U of M, Faculty of Law), Laurelle Harris, K.C. (Equitable Solutions Consulting) and the British Columbia Indigenous Justice Centre.