U of M in the News News Archive
![A woman who attended an Indian Day School joins her daughter as they look at the Orange shirts, shoes, flowers and messages on display outside the B.C. legislature in June 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Orange-Shirts-THE-CANADIAN-PRESS-Chad-Hipolito-150x150.jpg)
Research and International
Canada’s reckoning with colonialism and education must include Indian Day Schools
July 13, 2022 —
Many Canadians are finally coming to terms with the truth that the Canadian government, in co-operation with Christian churches, ran a genocidal school system intended to 'kill the Indian in the child' for more than a century
![People have come forward in highly publicized stories speaking to experiences of sexism, sexual violence and silencing at the hands of hockey players and teams. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Hockey-Canada-2-CANADIAN-PRESS-Jeff-McIntosh-150x150.jpg)
Research and International
Showered in sexism: Hockey culture needs a reckoning
July 5, 2022 —
Rather than finger-pointing, the hockey community needs to consider the ways entrenched hierarchies, rewarded performances of masculinity and enforcement of a “bro code” encourage sexism, misogyny, homophobia and hypermasculinity.
![Dr. Marcia Anderson in front of a teal backdrop](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/MarciaAnderson_UMToday-FNL-150x150.jpg)
Free Press: Race-based data a hallmark of pandemic response
June 20, 2022 —
Information collected shaped Manitoba’s vaccine roll out
![Holberg Inlet, along the north shore of Vancouver Island, is a rich site for Cretaceous flora.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Holberg-Inlet-along-the-north-shore-of-Vancouver-Island-is-a-rich-site-for-Cretaceous-flora-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Science
New prehistoric plant discovery highlights the unexpected diversity of non-flowering plants
June 13, 2022 —
The renowned Apple Bay fossil locality of northern Vancouver Island is helping us reimagine seed plant diversity in the Early Cretaceous, the last of three geologic periods comprising the Mesozoic Era
![Shopping cart with food products](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/iStock_000024962646Small-150x150.jpg)
Free Press: Inflation spurs need for food-costing data
June 8, 2022 —
Op-ed written by professor Joyce Slater
![Alan Katz](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Alan-Katz-150x150.jpg)
CBC: Mix of health-care providers help long COVID patients as researchers work to understand condition
June 2, 2022 —
Long COVID 'has significant impact on both patients … and health-care providers,' researcher says
![Stephen Lecce, minister of education for Ontario, was challenged for his anti-Black behaviour in college. THE CANADIAN PRESS-Nathan Denette](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Stephen-Lecce-minister-of-education-for-Ontario-was-challenged-for-his-anti-Black-behaviour-in-college.-THE-CANADIAN-PRESS-Nathan-Denette-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Arts
Call out anti-Black racism every day, not as a campaign tactic
May 27, 2022 —
The tactic of uncovering anti-Black racist “indiscretions” during an election campaign is an effort to villainize politicians while upholding a colour-blind version of racism.
![Abortion-rights demonstrators hold up letters spelling out ‘My Choice,’ Saturday, May 14, 2022, outside the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Abortion-rights-demonstrators-Saturday-May-14-2022AP-Photo-Jacquelyn-Martin-150x150.jpg)
Research and International
Denying abortion access has a negative impact on children and families
May 19, 2022 —
As abortion access is limited, the consequences at the individual level ripple through society as, on average, people denied abortions and their children are more likely to experience negative economic, social and health effects.
![A reef shark in shallow water](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/reef-shark-pixabay-150x150.jpeg)
Forbes: Baby Shark Isn’t Fussy About The Temperature Of Its Nursery
May 6, 2022 —
“We wanted to understand how some sharks use hot, shallow waters as nursery areas for their young, while others do not.”
![A growing number of businesses across a wide range of industries are successfully selling voyeurism to their audiences. (Shutterstock)](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Conversation-Canada-Selling-Voyeurism-Camera-150x150.jpg)
Research and International
Selling voyeurism: How companies create value from the taboo
April 29, 2022 —
Instead of arguments exclusively about whether voyeurism is ethical or not, we should explore why we are drawn to voyeurism in the first place and where the limits should be for this taboo, yet incredibly prevalent practice.