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The Western Producer: The knowledge worker quandary

August 7, 2018 — 
Digvir Jayas, research and international vice-president at the University of Manitoba, also believes Canada is over-reliant on resources, but he uses different words to describe the problem

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Wpg Free Press: Has carbon pricing really worked so far?

August 1, 2018 — 
A 2016 report clearly shows even if a higher carbon tax of $90 per tonne is used, Canada will not come even close to its target.

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Global News: U of M lab cooking up healthy snacks

July 27, 2018 — 
Students from 10 different countries have come to Canada this summer to work on different projects. One project, in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, involves using leftover bread crumbs and combining them with yellow peas to make a healthy version of Chee-tos.

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PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY ANDERSON CABOT CENTER FOR OCEAN LIFE, NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM

National Geographic: How Do You Study Endangered Whales? Collect Their Snot

July 26, 2018 — 
Master’s student Justine Hudson spends her field days attempting to sample beluga snot to measure stress levels across the population

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City News: Tracking with tiny tech

July 25, 2018 — 
University of Manitoba researchers are using miniaturized technology to track long-distance migration of certain insects and songbirds.

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Global News: Manitoba Liberal leader Dougald Lamont wins St. Boniface byelection

July 18, 2018 — 
The victory gives the Liberals their fourth seat in the Manitoba Legislature, which also means they now hold official party status in the province

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KAP Farmers’ Voice: U of M reinvents its agriculture diploma program

July 16, 2018 — 
Program shifts its focus from technical training toward new scientific principles to address farming production, current agribusiness practices

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A crown suitable for Miss Universe

U of M Science student among 50 finalists for Miss Universe, accidentally

July 13, 2018 — 
A U of M Science student is among 50 finalists for the Miss Universe Pageant, and the only one from Manitoba, although she didn't enter the pageant.

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Wpg Free Press: Appreciation from an apostle

July 11, 2018 — 
The Essential Joe Fafard — Van Gogh and Other Inspirations

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Terry Klassen is the director of TREKK.

Wpg Free Press: U of M researcher helps develop child head-injury protocol

July 10, 2018 — 
A team of researchers from across Canada — including the head of the University of Manitoba’s pediatrics department — announced an improved method

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