Flag at half-mast for AESES staff member

June 16, 2016 —

The flag on the Tier Building will be lowered to half-mast on Friday, June 17 in honour of John Urkevich.

He was the AESES business agent until his retirement in 2014.

Urkevich passed away on December 24, 2015.

New EFAP provider Kii offers enhancements and improved mental health services

Starting May 1, the University of Manitoba is switching from Telus Health to Kii by CloudMD for their Employee and Family Assistance Program. EFAP is a program available to all UM employees and provides free access to mental health and wellness services.

The Conversation: How self-compassion can help activists deal with stress

Why are activists, who are so passionate about their social justice work, so often burned out by those very causes? We don’t often think about activism as a form of labour, but it is. Research on the activists that make up social justice movements suggests that the pressures of activist work, can cause them to experience serious consequences to their own mental well-being.

Nominate an outstanding scholar for the 2024-25 Knight Distinguished Visitor program

The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould is the latest in a long line of thought-provoking speakers – which includes Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Mark Garneau and The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair – who have enriched the discourse at UM through the Knight Distinguished Visitors program. Now, UM wants your ideas on who the 2025 Knight Distinguished Visitor should be.