UM in the News News Archive

November 29, 2025 — 
"Really it is optics to the Trump administration that the Canadian government, the Manitoba government, is doing something to prevent illegal trafficking," said Dr. Christopher Adams, adjunct professor of political science at the University of Manitoba.

November 28, 2025 — 
Dr. Adam King, an assistant professor at University of Manitoba’s labour studies program, said it had been frustrating to be without the data because labour researchers depend on up-to-date work data, particularly in a period of a tense labour relations.

November 27, 2025 — 
“Based on this information, it seems like younger people are feeling a lot of financial stress,” said Dr. Chi Liao, associate professor of finance at the Asper School of Business, who studies household finances.

November 26, 2025 — 
Dr. Tandeep Sidhu, assistant professor in the University of Manitoba’s department of sociology and criminology, said the update seems like a step in the right direction to improve police accountability and make ticket fixing harder — but in the wake of Bostock’s case, it may be "too little, too late" for a police force he said now faces a "legitimacy crisis."

November 26, 2025 — 
CBC Manitoba spoke to Frank Cormier, Sociology and Criminology about how there is a gap in specialized resources like housing for people with mental health and addictions issues.

November 26, 2025 — 
CTV National spoke to Phil Ferguson, Rocket scientist, and Canada Research Chair about UM's STARLab team developing a CubeSat to orbit the moon, map its surface, and collect data, marking the first Canadian-made satellite to do so.

November 25, 2025 — 
A.I. is everywhere, including on the University of Manitoba campus, and while faculty leaders say work is being done to address its use in academics. Right now, its presence is overwhelming the school’s office of academic integrity and taking professors’ focus away from their students. “Currently, we’re not ready to handle it,” said Jenna Tichon, the Vice President of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association.

November 25, 2025 — 
Highly publicized grizzly bear attacks have ignited calls to reopen grizzly trophy hunts across Western Canada. The most recent push came from the B.C. Wildlife Federation, a conservation and hunting advocacy organization that called for a hunting season on grizzlies after a bear attacked a group of schoolchildren in Bella Coola, B.C., leaving two people critically injured and two others seriously hurt.

November 25, 2025 — 
CTV's Rahim Ladhani has the details on the Ontario Coaching Report and speaks with Dr. Jay Johnson, a Canadian hazing researcher and Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management at the University of Manitoba

November 24, 2025 — 
Dr. Christopher Adams, adjunct professor of political science at the University of Manitoba, said the decision to change course from an earlier plan and put in an overpass won't jeopardize safety, but does seem like "a political decision by a premier who feels for those communities that were affected."