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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks with media before at a First Ministers Meeting at the National War Museum on Friday, March 21, 2025, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Faculty of Arts

Winnipeg Free Press: Kinew’s NDP remains at the top two years in: poll

December 18, 2025 — 
“I would say there is still some sort of honeymoon, but at what point do we say the honeymoon is finished after a wedding? Clearly, Kinew and the NDP continue to do well,” said Christopher Adams, an adjunct professor in political science at the University of Manitoba.

View from the third floor of the Drake Centre. Looking from the balcony, across the way is a study area with glass around it and a sign that says Asper School of Business.

Asper School of Business

The Globe and Mail: Ottawa not offering incentives to attract Nutrien to build port in Canada, Minister says

December 18, 2025 — 
The continuing investments in Canadian ports are also largely container-focused, said Barry Prentice, a professor of transportation and supply-chain management at the University of Manitoba. This won’t work for potash, he said. And while Prince Rupert is increasingly a port that handles bulk shipments, it is only serviced by a single class-one railway.

The University of Manitoba administration building.

Faculty of Arts

CBC: Who was Garnet J. Wolseley and why are Winnipeggers calling for the removal of his name?

December 17, 2025 — 
Matthew Tétreault, assistant professor in the department of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba talked with CBC host Faith Fundal about Garnet J. Wolseley controversial history in Manitoba. 

Girls learning together

Faculty of Social Work

CBC: Dirty clothes, lack of supervision: CFS agency raises concerns about emergency placements

December 17, 2025 — 
Jennifer Hedges, an assistant professor in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of social work and a former social worker, says situations where emergency placement workers are sending kids to school in dirty or inappropriate clothes or not teaching them how to brush their teeth shouldn’t be happening — and if they are, it’s important to find out why.

Shiu-Yik Au

Asper School of Business

CBC: What’s got Manitoba’s inflation rate so hot?

December 16, 2025 — 
Is anybody else feeling the heat? Manitoba's November inflation rate is over one per cent higher than the national average. Julie Buckingham filling in for Host Faith Fundal, speaks with Shiu-Yik Au, a finance professor at University of Manitoba to find out why. 

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Dr. Christopher Adams, rector of St. Paul's College. Photo taken December 15, 2021 (University of Manitoba)

Faculty of Arts

CTV: Reaction to Conservative floor crossings

December 16, 2025 — 
CTV's Maralee Caruso speaks with political scientist Dr. Christopher Adams, adjunct professor of political science at the University of Manitoba about the recent Conservative floor crossings, and what this means for Pierre Poilievre.

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

CTV Your Morning: Book examining inclusion, equity in outdoor activities

December 15, 2025 — 
Mandi Baker, assistant professor of Kinesiology and Recreation Management at the University of Manitoba, discusses the book “Inclusion and Equity in Outdoor Leisure.”

Jen Sebring looks at a digital display showing a collage of participant-created artwork.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

CBC Weekend Morning Show: Patient artwork makes an “invisible” condition visible

December 14, 2025 — 
Jen Sebring, researcher at the University of Manitoba, tells host Nadia Kidwai why they turned to art to understand the experience of people living with functional neurological disorder.

Nicole Rosen.

Faculty of Arts

CBC Radio National: ‘6-7’ doesn’t mean anything. Linguists say that’s the point

December 14, 2025 — 
Critics of the pick say it represents an erosion of the English language, however, “if you're adding something [to language], how can that be eroding,” said Nicole Rosen, head of the University of Manitoba’s linguistics department.

Portrait of Barry Prentice

Asper School of Business

Canadian Press: WestJet pauses move to install non-reclining seats after blowback

December 13, 2025 — 
“It’s a way of getting people to opt for those more expensive seats. You simply make the comfort differential greater,” said Dr. Barry Prentice, who heads the University of Manitoba’s transport institute. 

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