News Archive
University of Manitoba to require COVID vaccine for everyone on campus
August 19, 2021 —
The University of Manitoba will require faculty, staff, students and campus visitors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Long-awaited return to campus is on horizon
August 18, 2021 —
Health and safety of all UM community members is priority as we look forward to being together again
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady researchers win awards to study tumour cells, cancer care inequity
August 17, 2021 —
Two scientists from the Max Rady College of Medicine are conducting research with the potential to improve cancer patients’ lives, thanks to funding support from the Canadian Cancer Society
Faculty of Arts
People who feel more connected to the natural world are more likely to support reconciliation
August 10, 2021 —
Both traditional Indigenous knowledge keepers and social psychological researchers have made strikingly similar conclusions about the connection between how people relate to each other and how they relate to the earth and other living beings
At the Forks: Where Indigenous and Human Rights Meet
August 9, 2021 —
New online platform to foster a dialogue surrounding Indigenous rights and human rights on the prairies and northwestern Ontario
Collective bargaining coming up
August 5, 2021 —
Negotiations will begin this summer on a new collective agreement between the University of Manitoba and the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA).
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Canadian-led international study: Full-dose blood thinners benefit moderately ill COVID-19 patients
August 4, 2021 —
Collaborative international clinical trials testing full-dose anticoagulation with heparin (a blood thinner) in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 has found the treatment improves survival and reduces the need for vital organ support such as mechanical ventilation in moderately ill patients
Gates Notes: What sweat, wine, and electricity can teach us about humanity
August 3, 2021 —
Bill Gates gives praise for Vaclav Smil's latest book
We all have a part in ending human trafficking
July 27, 2021 —
Having a 'World Day Against Trafficking in Persons' highlights the scourge of human exploitation
Meet Janesca Kydd, UM’s new top lawyer, dedicated to advancing Reconciliation
July 22, 2021 —
Her father immigrated from Scotland in the 1950s and met her mother, a residential school Survivor. And after Kydd was born the family moved north to run a general store on an island near Misko-ziibiing (Bloodvein First Nation).