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The Big Hit
May 1, 2018 —
We follow the creative career of Richard Condie, best-known for his Oscar-nominated The Big Snit.
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Treasure Trove
October 19, 2017 —
In an old cabinet in the Buller Building‚ faculty uncovered beautiful botanical images‚ diagrams and charts in ink and watercolour dating back to the early 1900s.
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Stephenson. William Stephenson.
October 19, 2017 —
It’s no wonder Ian Fleming reportedly fashioned James Bond after the late Sir William Stephenson [DSc/79]‚ a Winnipeg-born war hero who once taught U of M students.
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The Order of Canada
May 1, 2017 —
How fitting that a snowflake be the design motif around which Bruce Beatty created the Order of Canada’s iconic insignia in 1967.
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A History of Disruption
September 26, 2016 —
For 139 years, the U of M has been a place of change. Like in 1950 when the Fort Garry campus was submerged under floodwater.
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At the Hundredth Meridian
September 26, 2016 —
The Tragically Hip are icons of Canadian rock, but in 1988 they arrived to the U of M campus as an up-and-coming band who had been unceremoniously fired from their scheduled gig at a downtown Winnipeg club.
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Medical Heritage Manitoba
May 3, 2016 —
The College of Medicine Archives in the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library documents Manitoba's rich history of medicine and medical research.
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The Winnipeg Chair
May 3, 2016 —
You might want to sit down for this story. Especially if you are lucky enough to own a Winnipeg Chair.
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Hats Off to Human Ecology
September 15, 2015 —
Faculty’s legacy and impact to continue in evolved structure.