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CBC: Fitness instructor gives seniors a healthy fear of falls, then helps prevent them

February 5, 2018 — 
The number of deaths related to falls among older adults is rising, and not just because the proportion of seniors in the Canadian population is increasing, said University of Manitoba kinesiology professor Jonathan Singer.

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CBC: Disabled by anxiety: Accommodations on the rise for students at Manitoba post-secondary schools

February 2, 2018 — 
The most recent data available for the University of Manitoba says between 2011 and 2016, 24 per cent more tests and exams required adjustments for a student's disability.

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Global News: University of Manitoba student newspaper subject of debate

February 1, 2018 — 
Student newspaper saved from chopping block

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CBC: ‘It is heartbreaking’: Violence at Winnipeg nursing homes causes 500 injuries to residents in 2 years

January 29, 2018 — 
Barry Campbell, with the University of Manitoba's geriatric psychiatry program, weighs in

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Wpg Free Press: Bone fragments found beneath former U of M campus morgue

January 26, 2018 — 
'Human remains have been found beneath a building on the University of Manitoba medical campus, but police said there is no sign of foul play'

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Nat’l Post: Why public marriage proposals are generally a terrible, doomed idea

January 22, 2018 — 
University of Manitoba postdoctoral fellow Lisa Hoplock is the world’s only researcher who has probed into the uncomfortable phenomenon of rejected marriage proposals.

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Op-ed: Beyond consenting, women actually want to enjoy sex

January 22, 2018 — 
We need a new model for consent. And there is reason to believe a new model of consent is indeed emerging

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Manitoba Co-operator: Model stomach arrives at U of M

January 17, 2018 — 
'An artificial stomach has been installed at the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba'

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Vox: The pros and cons of having sex with robots

January 12, 2018 — 
Could sex robots solve the intimacy inequality gap?

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Wpg Free Press: Another border crosser suffers frostbite while getting to Manitoba

January 9, 2018 — 
Law student continues to help refugees

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