The Magazine News Archive
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Home Sweet Home
October 26, 2021 —
Why the moon has a whole bunch of potential to engineering student Sahar Azizkhani
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UM Happenings
October 26, 2021 —
Check out the latest: funding for Arctic oil spill research in Churchill, an enrolment first for medicine, and construction of a campus Concert Hall
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What Everyone’s Talking About
October 26, 2021 —
From a nail-biting Olympic win to the breakthrough that’s got the tech industry so excited
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When Human and Animal Collide
April 16, 2021 —
Our encounters are becoming more complex thanks to climate change’s fury and our sprawl into the wilds. And now, considering the risk of infectious disease spilling over, it’s time to explore the human and animal relationship anew.
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The Mummy Whisperer
April 16, 2021 —
It’s not a career choice for the faint-hearted. Meet the eccentric alumna who unearths important stories from the ancient past in the name of cultural preservation and out of respect for those who came before.
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Out of Sight / Out of Mind
April 16, 2021 —
COVID-19 in prisons got our attention. Manitoba has quietly been home to the highest incarceration rates in the country, with a grossly disproportionate number of Indigenous people behind bars. And Canada has one of the highest prison rates in the world. Members of our UM community who’ve witnessed a broken system are pushing for change and greater empathy—but is society ready?
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Hope in Harmony
April 16, 2021 —
University of Manitoba alumnus Darcy Ataman saw a way music could empower survivors of sexual assault and trauma in conflict zones. Now they’re reclaiming their voices and speaking out in song.
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Think big, be bold
April 16, 2021 —
John Kearsey on finding the possibilities among the impossible
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It Happened Here
April 16, 2021 —
Longing to be back together in UM spaces, we asked three alumni for their most meaningful campus memory