Network News News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Acting on Accessibility
August 5, 2025 —
Stefanie Wiens [BMROT/96] knew at the age of seven that she wanted to be an actor. By the time she was 13, she had also started to think about occupational therapy, after the “obscure” career was suggested in an aptitude test at school.
Faculty of Arts
Bridging Academics and Work Experience
August 5, 2025 —
A Faculty of Arts of degree equips students with valuable abilities such as critical thinking, effective written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills. From October 2024 to April 2025, I worked as a Student Communications Assistant with the Faculty of Arts Communications team (posted through the Work-Study program), where I had the chance to build these skills in a hands-on, creative environment.
School of Art
New and Noteworthy: Queer Histories, Print Culture, and Land-Based Practice Among 2025–26 Course Highlights at the School of Art
August 2, 2025 —
The School of Art at the University of Manitoba continues to expand its offerings with a dynamic lineup of new and returning courses for Fall 2025 and Winter 2026.
Faculty of Architecture
Petals in Perspective: FAUM second year students win Cool Gardens 2025 design competition
August 1, 2025 —
Four students from the Faculty of Architecture's Environmental Design Program won Cool Gardens 2025 Design Competition - Gavin Buhler, Bayan Shaeri, Noah Shotton and Owen Tintor (PETAL design)
Research and International
Closing the gap: Helping families access high-quality mental health services sooner
July 31, 2025 —
New federal Implementation Science Chair, Dr. Leslie E. Roos seeks solutions in mental health services.
Faculty of Education
Summer is meant for writing
July 31, 2025 —
Faculty of Education course "Becoming Writers: Power, Place, and Pedagogy in Teaching Writing" invites educators to grow as writers to empower them to teach writing more effectively.
Faculty of Law
The 2025 Hockey Conference: In the Echoes of Reckoning June 17 – 19
July 30, 2025 —
From June 17 to 19 this summer, I had the distinct pleasure of attending the Hockey Conference. The Hockey Conference is a biennial conference for members of the hockey community, where the work of scholars, practitioners, and others is shared, and those with a vested interest in improving the game we all love are given a forum to share their vision for doing so. Winnipeg had the good fortune of playing host to the Hockey Conference this year at the Fort Garry Hotel thanks to the tireless work of the Faculty of Law’s own Dr. Martine Dennie, my fellow 3L students Stefan Lewis and Seth Garcia, and the other members of the Conference’s Committee, whom I list below. The theme of this year’s Conference was “In the Echoes of Reckonings.” It centred around how the sport—at all levels—could respond to the light being shone on hockey’s history of violence, homophobia, classism, misogyny, ableism, racism, and other related issues in hockey culture.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Heart Medicine
July 30, 2025 —
When Kirsty Muller [BN/14] was in her final year of nursing studies at UM, she was not looking forward to her practicum in mental health.
Students
UM welcomes new Board of Governors leadership
July 29, 2025 —
Michael Robertson [BA/98, MArch/04] is the incoming chair and Diane Roussin [BSW/96] is the incoming vice-chair.
Desautels Faculty of Music
Successful Strategic Initiatives Support Fund Grant Facilitates Expansion of Fiddling at DFOM
July 29, 2025 —
We are pleased to announce that the Desautels Faculty of Music has received a Strategic Initiatives Support Fund (SISF) Grant of $52,532 to build on the fiddling program that DFOM spearheaded in 2024-25.