Departments Archive

What Does Scrolling Do to Us?
May 8, 2025 —
Why we should take a vacation from our smartphones this summer

A Bison at the Centre of Transforming Communities
May 5, 2025 —
Grand Chief Jerry Daniels talks healing, campus life and redeveloping the Hudson Bay building

A Bison at the Centre of Canadian Football
March 27, 2025 —
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie explains how UM shaped him, on and off the field

What Creates the Colours in Northern Lights?
March 14, 2025 —
We asked UM instructor Danielle Pahud, in the Department of Physics and Astronomy

A Bison at the Centre of Financial Journalism
February 14, 2025 —
Amanda Lang tells us why there’s nothing boring about business reporting

A Bison at the Centre of Social Innovation
December 18, 2024 —
How UM alum Diane Roussin, project director of The Winnipeg Boldness Project, is co-creating solutions with residents in the city’s Point Douglas neighbourhood

Why Do We Like Sad Movies?
December 18, 2024 —
We asked Brenda Austin-Smith in the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media to explain our love of tearjerkers

A Bison at the Centre of Finance
November 21, 2024 —
UM alum Charlie Spiring set himself apart and grew a $10-billion investment firm

A Bison at the Centre of Human Rights Education
November 7, 2024 —
UM alum Isha Khan shares her journey to CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Why Are Pollinators Key to Year-Round Food Security?
October 22, 2024 —
Indigenous scholar Kyle Bobiwash explains how a dip in pollinator populations from climate change affects farmers’ crops worldwide