UM in the News News Archive
The Keystone Professional: University of Manitoba’s Design Build Collaboration with Shoal Lake 40
September 24, 2019 —
Eleven students from the two faculties had the unique opportunity to work with Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, an Indigenous community located on Shoal Lake at the Manitoba and Ontario border to collaboratively design and build a feasting pavilion that acts as a place of celebration and memorial, a project chosen by the community
Wpg Free Press: Prairie bird population falls 53% since 1970
September 23, 2019 —
The drastic drop in North America’s avian population, with more than half of prairie grassland birds gone, is a downward trend that can be stopped, say two bird-loving Winnipeg biologists
The Guardian: Vaclav Smil: ‘Growth must end. Our economist friends don’t seem to realise that’
September 23, 2019 —
The scientist and author on his latest book – an epic, multidisciplinary analysis of growth – and why humanity’s endless expansion must stop
The future of work will still include plenty of jobs
September 18, 2019 —
There is now widespread anxiety over the future of work, often accompanied by calls for a basic income to protect those displaced by automation and other technological changes
#Fridaysforfuture: When youth push the environmental movement towards climate justice
September 17, 2019 —
In a time of climate catastrophe, after record-breaking temperatures scorched many parts of the world this summer and a devastating hurricane recently battered the Bahamas, school climate strikes are back
Wpg Sun: U of M Chancellor to act as moderator for Michelle Obama talk
September 16, 2019 —
University of Manitoba Chancellor, author and self-professed “proud Winnipegger” Anne Mahon wil serve as moderator for A Conversation with Former First Lady Michelle Obama at Bell MTS Place on Sept. 24, the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce announced Friday
CBC: National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation archives added to UNESCO world register
September 12, 2019 —
Residential school archives 1 of 3 collections added to the Canada Memory of the World Register
Wpg Free Press: U of M offers first human rights program
September 10, 2019 —
Winnipeg’s role as a civil liberties hub has expanded, with the launch of Canada’s first interdisciplinary master of human rights program
With a federal election looming, an appeal for politicians to stop buying us off
September 10, 2019 —
With the federal election soon upon us, it’s time to issue a call for politicians to stop buying us off with our own money
Research and International
The Conversation: Manitoba’s summertime election plays well for Conservatives
September 5, 2019 —
For those of us who are interested in politics, this provincial election has been a nasty one, full of personal rhetoric from both the Tories and the NDP. But for many Manitobans, it’s a summer election