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Students
Apply Today for Manitoba Student Aid
June 10, 2021 —
The Manitoba Student Aid application is now available for full-time students attending classes for the 2021/2022 academic year. The Manitoba Student Aid program provides loans, grants and bursaries to Manitobans who need help paying for school.
Faculty of Architecture
Theatres of Architectural Imagination Symposium
June 10, 2021 —
Theatres of Architectural Imagination Symposium held from May 27 - 29 featured 28 paper presentations by established and emergent scholars from across North America, Europe and Australia; plus two special panels with award-winning theatre architects and directors; and 11 Entr’Actes, animating intervals between sessions with multi-media interpretations of the symposium themes.
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law alumna turns class assignment into TV script
June 9, 2021 —
University of Manitoba Faculty of Law alumna Anjali Sandhu [JD/2020] was known at Robson Hall for maintaining a busy schedule both on stage and in the classroom throughout her law school career. Now an associate lawyer at MLT Aikins’ Winnipeg office called to the bar this spring, she was selected to pitch a screenplay - originally written as a law school assignment - to the Netflix-Banff Diversity of Voices initiative at the Banff World Media Festival happening (virtually this year) June 14 – July 16, 2021.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Trifecta of research awards for Riddell Faculty graduate students
June 9, 2021 —
Six graduate students from the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources have won the trifecta of Tri-Council awards this year, with one CIHR, three SSHRC, and two NSERC awards for their personal research projects.
Extended Education
Courses to brush up on your math and science
June 8, 2021 —
There’s nothing like being prepared. So if you want to be ready to pursue studies in math, chemistry, or physics at UM, Preparatory Studies is for you.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Nursing PhD, master’s grad speak to Parliament about cancer, COVID
June 8, 2021 —
Tara Horrill, who is set to graduate with her PhD from the College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences on June 15, and Anisa Isse, who earned a UM nursing PhD in 2019, both had the rare opportunity to speak to members of Parliament over the last two months.
Faculty of Architecture
Meet Wilrose Pingol, 2020-2021 Mel P. Michener Architectural Fellowship recipient
June 8, 2021 —
Meet Wilrose Pingol, 2020-2021 Mel P. Michener Architectural Fellowship recipient
As an Indigenous doctor, I see the legacy of residential schools and ongoing racism in today’s health care
June 7, 2021 —
'The legacy of residential schools is not just in the intergenerational trauma and impacts on Indigenous families and communities — it is also in the health care system'
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Faculty AT director earns national recognition
June 7, 2021 —
Jackie Elliott, the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management's athletic therapy program director, has been bestowed with 2021 Distinguished Athletic Therapy Educator Award by the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association.