U of M in the News News Archive
![thumbnail](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/themes/umtoday_ver5_1/img/placeholder.gif)
Science News: ‘Green’ burials are slowly gaining ground among environmentalists
March 4, 2021 —
'Awareness of eco-friendly death care is low even as the industry grows'
![Photo shPhoto shows empty seats inside the House of Commons. // Image from Parliament of Canada/Facebook.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Parliament-UMToday-150x150.jpeg)
Canstar: U of M student to be Daughter of the Vote
March 2, 2021 —
'International Women’s Day will take on new meaning for a University of Manitoba student who is attending a virtual conference aimed at getting more women interested in politics'
![Digitizing archives can make information more accessible, especially during the coronavirus pandemic. // Shutterstock](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/archives-UMToday-150x150.jpeg)
For the record: Digitizing archives can increase access to information but compromise privacy
March 1, 2021 —
'Given the ubiquity of digital technologies today, creating archives of born-digital records must be our most urgent priority — including records created during the COVID-19 pandemic'
![Airship flying over Canada's North](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/xlarge-150x150.jpg)
Op-ed: Transport Canada 2030 strategic plan missing a key plank
February 24, 2021 —
“The way to build a strong future is by both protecting the environment and creating good jobs,” the Prime Minister has said. And electrically-powered cargo airships meet this criterion.
![Assistant Professor Lori Blondeau](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/LoriBlondeau_0251_cropped-2-150x150.jpg)
Wpg Free Press: Honouring her history
February 24, 2021 —
Assistant professor in the School of Art recognized by the Governor General of Canada and the Canada Council of the Arts for contributions
![A water bottle sits on the table in front of Chief and NDP candidate Rudy Turtle during a visit by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Oct. 5, 2019 on the Grassy Narrows First Nation, where industrial mercury poisoning in its water system has seriously affected the health of the community. // THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Rudy-Turtle-UMToday-150x150.jpeg)
A sin tax on sugary drinks unfairly targets Indigenous communities instead of improving health
February 22, 2021 —
'Imposing a sugary beverage tax on Indigenous consumers would be unethical, contravene tax law and undermine Indigenous rights to self-determination'
![thumbnail](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/themes/umtoday_ver5_1/img/placeholder.gif)
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Wpg Free Press: New spin on old polar vortex behaviour
February 19, 2021 —
"I've been going to the North for close to 40 years now. And when I first started working in the Arctic, the polar vortex was a thing that was well-understood."
![Fragments of Sappho? The 2014 discovery was of five stanzas of one poem and portions of a second. ('Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene,'1864, by Simeon Solomon)](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Sappho-Conversation-Canada-150x150.jpg)
Lovers of Sappho thrilled by ‘new’ poetry find, but its backstory may have been fabricated
February 12, 2021 —
Little of Sappho of Lesbos' poetry survives, and what does is fragmentary. Obbink’s discovery was remarkable because it preserved the final five stanzas of one poem and portions of a second, making it one of the longest continuous sequences of Sapphic verse.
![A worker cuts roses to be shipped to the U.S. and Europe at a flower farm in Madrid, Colombia, in August 2020. // AP Photo/Fernando Vergara](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Roses-umtoday-150x150.jpg)
Valentine’s Day: COVID-19 wilted the flower industry, but sustainability still a thorny issue
February 11, 2021 —
s Valentine’s Day approaches, and the chill of winter lingers, it leaves one wondering: Where do all these flowers come from?
![Research shows the breast milk of women who have recovered from COVID-19 offers a source of COVID-19 antibodies. // Shutterstock](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/breastfeeding-news-150x150.jpg)
Breastfeeding research improves lives and advances health, but faces conflicts
February 9, 2021 —
Breastfeeding and breast milk provide big opportunities to support maternal, infant and population health