Network News News Archive
Faculty of Science
How statistics is applied during a pandemic
November 3, 2020 —
Data gathered by Science Co-op student Margot Henry relating to COVID and hospitalizations is being used to drive public health action at Manitoba Health.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Top Crop Manager: Addressing the asparagine challenge
November 2, 2020 —
A multidisciplinary team of Canadian researchers is tackling a growing issue for the wheat industry: free asparagine.
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
FKRM Alumni Speaker Series: Dong Lien
November 2, 2020 —
Amongst his belongings is a 2008 World Series ring and a UM degree parchment. Dong Lien, assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Philadelphia Phillies, is the featured guest for first instalment of the faculty's Alumni Speaker Series.
Faculty of Social Work
Info sessions now available for Master of Social Work based in Indigenous Knowledges
November 2, 2020 —
The Master of Social Work based in Indigenous Knowledges program will be hosting online information sessions via Zoom for interested candidates.
Faculty of Science
UM Phd student Anifat Olawoyin is at the forefront of big data Arctic research
November 2, 2020 —
When Anifat Olawoyin was invited to help create the first centralized database for the Canadian Arctic, the Nigerian-born UM PhD student immediately agreed and imagined an empty cold-white horizon and polar bears.
Sustainability
New Waste Reduction and Management Plan in development
November 2, 2020 —
The University of Manitoba is committed to operating an efficient campus that is continually working to be more sustainable. As part of the Sustainability Strategy 2019-2023, the Office of Sustainability is developing a Waste Reduction & Management Plan (WRMP), which will help UM work toward a zero-waste system. UM community invited to participate in waste reduction and management survey.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Certificate of Merit call for nominations now open
November 1, 2020 —
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences annual award recognizes community leaders
Faculty of Law
Fifteenth Annual Robson Hall Negotiation Competition a Success
October 30, 2020 —
Sixteen teams of Robson Hall students competed in the fifteenth annual Robson Hall Negotiation Competition on the evening of October 29th, 2020. These third-year students were selected for having excelled in the Legal Negotiation course they took in their second year of law school. The main purpose of the competition is to develop superb negotiating skills in Robson Hall graduates. All legal training and professional expertise is directed toward one key objective—solving a client’s problems. Negotiation is a primary tool for accomplishing precisely that.
Unsettling Ideas announces timely memoir by Griffin Poetry Prize recipient as next reading
October 30, 2020 —
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt is the next assigned reading for Unsettling Ideas.
Students
A Message from Laurie M. Schnarr, Vice-Provost (Students)
October 30, 2020 —
A Message from Laurie M. Schnarr, Vice-Provost (Students): As you will have likely read in President Benarroch’s message, UM is currently in the process of collective bargaining with the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA). This weekend UMFA is putting a vote to its members regarding a potential strike. This does not mean that a strike will in fact occur. Bargaining between the two parties is continuing and we hope to reach a resolution.