UM in the News News Archive
CBC: Winnipeg’s newest Syrian refugees hope for ‘a great life here in Canada’
October 19, 2016 —
Winnipeg's newest family from Syria expressed great relief at the airport Tuesday to see smiling, welcoming Canadian faces after spending several months in a refugee camp in Turkey
Globe and Mail: Indigenous-centred spaces, curriculum start to take root at Canadian universities
October 18, 2016 —
Jason Bone, a graduate student at the University of Manitoba, is critical of the use of measurements that cite economic benefits to closing the education gap for indigenous people
Wpg Free Press: Global crisis, U of M breakthrough
October 17, 2016 —
Research team's 'out-of-the-box' thinking delivers promising ammunition in war with antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Sun: Study ranks Winnipeg low on best places to be a woman
October 14, 2016 —
“I think it’s important to be able to look at this through a gender lens but, as a woman, I’m troubled that we’re near the bottom,” University of Manitoba sociology professor Susan Prentice said
Wpg Free Press: Pallister must put students first
October 13, 2016 —
Education Minister Ian Wishart said this week his government was "certainly going to change" the way the MSBI money is used to fund student aid
CBC: Interior designer finds inspiration in ancient pottery and carvings
October 13, 2016 —
Listen to alumna and instructor Desitny Seymour talk about her work
CBC: U of M lab abuzz after bee house wins sustainability design award
October 12, 2016 —
'A group of researchers and students at the University of Manitoba have won an international sustainability design award for a set of bee houses they created on campus'
Wpg Free Press: U of M faculty wants one-year deal, 6.9 per cent pay hike
October 11, 2016 —
UMFA is holding a vote among its membership Tuesday through Thursday to ask for a strike mandate
CBC: Winnipeg worker says no minimum wage hike could mean families like his go hungry
October 7, 2016 —
"The least blunt instrument, the 'scalpel,' would probably [be] something that's really targeted at low income workers along the lines of a refundable tax credit," Simpson said.
ACSH: Hybrid Antibiotic Created With Molecular ‘Rope’ Kills Resistant Bacteria
October 5, 2016 —
'Out-of-the-box thinking was displayed yet again by a team of scientists from the University of Manitoba'