UM in the News News Archive
Screaming into the void? Us too. Coping tips for stressed-out families in the COVID-19 pandemic
January 28, 2022 —
'Strategies for taking back control when you dread the challenging day ahead'
School of Art
School of Art alumna’s children’s book listed in CBC’s best Canadian picture books of 2021
January 18, 2022 —
CBC has named School of Art alumna Jane Heinrichs's children's book Every Home Needs an Elephant one of CBC's best Canadian picture books of 2021.
Faculty of Social Work
Winnipeg Free Press: Social work dean promotes technique for positive impact, both individually and collectively
January 17, 2022 —
Michael Yellow Bird, dean of the faculty of social work at the University of Manitoba, has worked extensively in mindfulness, introducing it to Indigenous programs and teaching it to Indigenous communities and organizations
Winnipeg Free Press: ‘Boot camp’ for grad students fosters entrepreneurship
December 22, 2021 —
The U of M joins Dalhousie, Memorial and Ryerson universities in this 16-week "boot camp" for graduate students who believe the research they are engaged in has commercial potential.
CBC: Manitoba kids under age of 6 part of clinical trial for Moderna’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine
December 17, 2021 —
Roughly 20 Manitoba kids involved in study to see how pediatric vaccine works in children as young as 6 months
Winnipeg Free Press: U of M head of orthopedic surgery to chair provincial task force on reducing backlog
December 8, 2021 —
Task force will be chaired by Dr. Peter MacDonald, who has served as head of orthopedic surgery at the University of Manitoba’s Max Rady College of Medicine since 2007
Global News: University of Manitoba team receives $202,000 grant to study ‘long COVID’
November 16, 2021 —
'This (study) is about understanding what’s coming in the next six months to years around what our health system will face the more these people who have had COVID infection may go on to long COVID'
Neutron stars hold key to cosmic mysteries
October 29, 2021 —
The work of UM astrophysicist Dr. Samar Safi-Harb was featured in a major article in the October 2021 issue of the popular science magazine Astronomy.
Faculty of Arts
Ignore debaters and denialists, Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples fits the definition of genocide
October 26, 2021 —
A better understanding of what most genocide scholars believe can help people understand how Canada’s Indian Residential School system fits with definitions of genocide
CBC: Winnipegger lifts 5,900 kilograms in 1 hour for mental health
October 25, 2021 —
As CBC Manitoba reports, Nolan De Leon, alumnus and current Master’s student in Physiology and Pathophysiology lifted the weight of an elephant on Saturday to bring attention to poor mental health.