U of M in the News News Archive
![Alumna Diane Roussin](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DianeRoussin-150x150.jpg)
UM virtual living library features prominent Indigenous alumni
September 15, 2020 —
UM is organizing a virtual living library event with influential Indigenous alumni that will allow “readers” to engage and interact with alumni as “living books” and learn from their journeys.
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Nine Order of Manitoba recipients have UM connections
September 10, 2020 —
Nine UM community members will receive the Order of Manitoba today at an intimate, reduced-capacity investiture ceremony at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
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Family mental health crisis: Parental depression, anxiety during COVID-19 will affect kids too
August 17, 2020 —
The potential long-term consequences on children from increased parental stress, anxiety and depression are only beginning to be understood.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Beirut blast caused by fertilizer compound once common in Canada
August 13, 2020 —
Ammonium nitrate, the chemical compound that exploded, killing and maiming many in Beirut recently, was once commonly used in Canada as a versatile fertilizer, says Dr. Mario Tenuta
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UM alumna appointed director of Canadian Museum for Human Rights
August 10, 2020 —
Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault announced today that Isha Khan is the new director of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg.
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CBC: Living with face masks–UM expert answers some questions
August 6, 2020 —
UM's Dr. Anand Kumar helps us know what to do, and not do
![Meghan Azad, UM researcher in pediatric health sits in an office at a desk next to a computer.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/meghan-azad-office-150x150.jpg)
UM pediatric researcher comments on World Breastfeeding Week
August 4, 2020 —
UM researcher Dr. Meghan Azad is Canada Research Chair in Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease and a research scientist at the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM). She was on CTV Winnipeg Morning Live to talk about the importance of breastfeeding.
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CBC: Lack of bees poses big problems
July 30, 2020 —
Crop yields found to be suffering in wake of decreasing bee populations, UM researcher and others report
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
KAP Farmers’ Voice: A new crop of farmers
July 28, 2020 —
The first graduates of the redesigned Diploma in Agriculture program enter the workforce prepared for change.
![Beluga whales are being affected by climate change](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/beluga-whale-170101_1920-150x150.jpg)
CBC: ‘Everything is connected’: Aklavik’s beluga whale harvest challenged on multiple fronts
July 24, 2020 —
A recent study out of the University of Manitoba documents what's behind the decline of the Aklavik beluga whale hunt.