Network News News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Applications open for Rady student work experience opportunity in Africa
April 12, 2022 —
Undergraduate students from health professional programs at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences now have an opportunity to apply for a fully funded two-to-three month experiential learning placement in one of seven African countries.
UM will temporarily move to remote operations in response to snowstorm
April 12, 2022 —
In light of the forecasted major Spring storm, UM will move to remote operations for Wednesday, April 13 and Thursday, April 14
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
A voice for youth and families
April 12, 2022 —
Dr. Roberta Woodgate believes young people’s voices have been overlooked in the past and is looking to amplify their voice when it comes to their care.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
En français, s’il vous plaît! Announcing the MT180 challengers
April 11, 2022 —
Information Services and Technology
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for students May 4 and all users June 1
April 11, 2022 —
Effective June 1, 2022, multi-factor authentication (MFA) will be mandatory at the University of Manitoba for all faculty, staff and students.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
New course to explore health care and research with Indigenous focus
April 11, 2022 —
The College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is offering a new course for the summer term that will explore health care and research from Indigenous worldviews and experiences. The course is open to all UM graduate students.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
The Office of Experiential Learning launches in The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
April 11, 2022 —
The Office of Experiential Learning was founded to support the enhancement of existing experience-based learning opportunities at UM and to bring experiential learning to classrooms where it never was before.
Faculty of Law
Achieving reconciliation: Kawaskimhon Moot trains law students to advocate for Indigenous rights
April 8, 2022 —
The Kawaskimhon Moot (Kawaskimhon being a word of Cree origin that translates as “speaking with knowledge”) incorporates Indigenous legal traditions with federal, provincial and international law. With no winners or losers, mooters take part in roundtable negotiations on a particular topic, representing their assigned party. Team Manitoba was very pleased with their negotiation outcome. “After over 12 hours at the negotiation table, my teammate Katie and I were able to come to a memorandum of agreement with the other parties in the spirit of reconciliation,” said Hasenack. “This experience also allowed us to connect with like-minded law students from across Canada, who share a passion for Indigenous rights.”
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
National research funder taking steps toward equity, speaker says
April 8, 2022 —
Canada’s federal funding agency for health research is taking action to achieve equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in how it distributes funding, Dr. Charu Kaushic, scientific director of the CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunitysaid in a recent UM presentation.