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Faculty of Law
Law Students willingly work overtime to present at Accessing Justice
April 27, 2018 —
A total of nine students and three professors from the University of Manitoba’s Robson Hall Faculty of Law will take part in the annual conference on Accessing Justice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Access, Justice, Law and Order hosted at the University of Winnipeg by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Justice Studies (CIJS), May 9 – 11, 2018. This is the most number of representatives from Robson Hall taking part in the conference’s eight-year history.
Faculty of Law
Embracing opportunities and making a difference for Winnipeg
April 27, 2018 —
Sherri Walsh [LL.B./85] has been extremely busy over the past year since she started her new job as the City of Winnipeg’s first-ever Integrity Commissioner in April, 2017. The Robson Hall Faculty of Law alum rose with confidence to the challenge of completely revising an out-of-date 1994 Code of Conduct for City Councillors. As a result of her hard work, she received unanimous backing for the new document presented to City Council this February. The Code was passed and made effective as an official By-law of the City on February 22, 2018.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Engaging patients: Nursing researchers garner ‘seed’ funding
April 27, 2018 —
When Kendra Rieger and Kellie Thiessen were announced as winners of a CHI award, they were thrilled – but not only for the reasons one might think
Desautels Faculty of Music
Assistant professor Jody Stark to receive dissertation award
April 26, 2018 —
Jody Stark, associate professor in music education, will be honoured with a CATE dissertation award, which she will receive at the Canadian Society for Studies in Education conference in Regina next month.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
AG e-news April 24, 2018
April 24, 2018 —
News and events from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Faculty of Science
Mathlete in the House: NFLer-cum-mathematician John Urschel to deliver public lecture at U of M
April 23, 2018 —
When Stephen Kirkland, head of the Department of Mathematics, invited John Urschel, former NFL star, PhD student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT), to speak at the U of M, the gesture, he confesses, wasn’t solely altruistic. There was a bit of self-interest at play as well.
Human Resources
Employees can use premium payments for Healthcare Spending Account reimbursement
April 23, 2018 —
All faculty and staff eligible for Group Insurance Benefits should check their Employee Self Service for their online statement outlining premium payments employees made under their health plan from October 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018.
Students
Big Bold Beautiful Breakfast 2017 – What We Heard
April 20, 2018 —
Student Engagement and Success highlights and celebrates some of the experiential education opportunities available at the University of Manitoba.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
‘Open your hearts to patients who are different from you’
April 20, 2018 —
Sharing Smiles Day encourages dentistry and dental hygiene students to be inclusive of patients with disabilities