UM in the News News Archive
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
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.
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.
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
Faculty of Science
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.
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
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
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
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.
Wpg Free Press: Appreciation from an apostle
July 11, 2018 —
The Essential Joe Fafard — Van Gogh and Other Inspirations
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





