UM in the News News Archive
Faculty of Arts
The Free Press: The northern front
August 29, 2025 —
Manitoba poised to become a hub for increased efforts to assert Canada’s Arctic sovereignty
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
BPM: Thousands diagnosed yet few women know the warning signs
August 28, 2025 —
Survey shows Canadian women want doctors to start more conversations on gynecological health
Price Faculty of Engineering
The Free Press: Winnipeg elementary school shoots for moon with stuffie design
August 28, 2025 —
Luna the Space Polar Bear could blast off with astronauts next year
Research and International
Media coverage: Port of Churchill research and development potential
August 27, 2025 —
People are talking about UM, its research and impact in Churchill and for Manitoba.
Faculty of Education
CBC: Indigenous teachers and community-based training
August 26, 2025 —
Marti Ford, Associate Dean of Indigenous education in UM's Faculty of Education talks to CBC about recruitment and retention of Indigenous teachers with a new initiative with UM and Frontier School division supported by Rideau Hall Foundation.
Desautels Faculty of Music
Classic 107: UM’s songmaking micro-certificate
August 25, 2025 —
Lana Winterhalt, an instructor in UM's micro-certificate course Songmaking, spoke to Nolan Kehler at Classic 107 on how the program brings together musicians of all types and abilities.
Faculty of Law
CBC Manitoba: How Israel bypassed international laws to move towards the erasure of Palestinian statehood
August 25, 2025 —
How Israel bypassed international laws to move towards the erasure of Palestinian statehood
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
CBC Manitoba: U of M researcher and his team are headed back to the Arctic to investigate sea ice.
August 22, 2025 —
U of M researcher and his team are headed back to the Arctic to investigate sea ice.
CTV Winnipeg: UM researcher looking at ways to control mosquito population
August 21, 2025 —
Steve Whyard, a professor of biological sciences at UM is examining two methods to try and put a dent in the mosquito population.
White Coat Ceremony: Media coverage
August 21, 2025 —
The long-standing tradition of the White Coat Ceremony, where incoming students put on white coats to mark their entrance into Max Rady College of Medicine took place at the Centennial Concert Hall, Wednesday, August 20, 2025. This is the first time the ceremony was held at the hall due to the size of the class--140 students, 11 of whom are Indigenous will graduate in 2029.