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Faculty of Education

Expanding Access and Opportunity: UM Education Online Delivery for M.Ed. in Language and Literacy

October 17, 2025 — 
The first M.Ed. online delivery option at the University of Manitoba

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Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

November is the 3rd Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking Month

October 14, 2025 — 
2025 marks our third annual Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking month at the University of Manitoba.

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UM hosts fourth-annual Budget Town Hall

October 10, 2025 — 
Provides a snapshot of the university’s financial health and the investments we are making into strategic areas

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A student practices a procedure on a dentistry mannequin in a dental clinic. Two students watch.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Dental Hygiene Class of 2025 gives back

October 10, 2025 — 
Members of the Dental Hygiene Class of 2025 sold so many cupcakes and cookies at bake sales to raise money for their graduation celebration that they wound up with extra funds.

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Research and International

Decoding Earth’s future

October 8, 2025 — 
UM researchers are drilling deep into Earth’s surface to produce core samples that date back as far as the Jurassic era. These rock samples contain a well-preserved timeline that researchers can use to pinpoint the exact timing of major environmental shifts and how they affected surface sedimentary organic matter at the time

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Indigenous

“Working together. That’s how we heal.”

October 3, 2025 — 
The short film created by Erica Daniels (Kejic Productions), “Bringing Our Ancestors Home”, shares the story of the first years of the (RRRC) at UM.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Health care restructuring, COVID redeployment inspire thesis for nursing master’s student

October 3, 2025 — 
Not long after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2017, Charlene Braun started her first leadership role, as a nurse educator at Grace Hospital. At that time the Manitoba health system was in a period of restructuring and consolidation, which inspired her to return to UM and pursue a master’s degree. 

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Indigenous

UM updates Traditional Territories Acknowledgement to reflect growth, understanding and commitment to Reconciliation

September 29, 2025 — 
UM’s statement is a tool to promote understanding of historical and present-day events, Indigenous perspectives and conversation about what UM is doing to advance Reconciliation.

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Orange hearts with messages of truth and reconciliation in a grassy field.

Mythbusting for Truth and Reconciliation

September 29, 2025 — 
The road to Reconciliation is continuous and truth is imperative on the journey. In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, UM professors and education experts from the NCTR dispel some long-held myths around Indigenous Peoples and cultures.

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UM researchers are Bisons at the centre of bold ideas

September 16, 2025 — 
Dear Manitobans, WE’RE NEEDED. As an Arctic province and gateway for the North. As the innovators in sustainable agriculture. As the home of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. We’re needed, just as Manitobans have always been.

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