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Three girls stand in front of the rock climbing wall at Mini U.

The Big 4-0

May 2, 2019 — 
As “mini-university” marks a milestone, its participants are set to take over campus again this summer.

Dr. Janice Ristock, FRSC, Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

‘We can and must do better’

May 2, 2019 — 
Janice Ristock, provost and vice-president (academic) talks about the importance of women in leadership roles.

Reina Iizuka carries two weights with heavy chains wrapped around her neck and body, grimacing.

What’s Happening

May 2, 2019 — 
Find out what our students, researchers and alumni are up to on our Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses.

Faouzia Ouihya sits in a gauze dress with her head resting on her hand.

That Voice

May 2, 2019 — 
Meet Faouzia Ouihya, singer-songwriter who shuffles between classes and the Billboard charts.

Gail Asper appears in a homely peasant-styled outfit on a stage in a black-and-white photo.

Gail Asper

May 2, 2019 — 
The philanthropist, lawyer and Black Hole Theatre alumna talks about her next pursuit.

A train car with a colourful Expedition Churchill wrapping showing a polar bear and a woman with binoculars.

Churchill and the Polar Bear

May 2, 2019 — 
Heidi den Haan tells us about the relationship between Churchill residents and their 1,000-pound neighbours.

A woman stands sobbing in front of a building in a vintage black-and-white photo.

Hometown Headlines

May 2, 2019 — 
With 90 years of The Winnipeg Tribune now digitized—we hear from its last editor-in-chief about the day the newspaper folded.

A copy of The Globe and Mail and Report on Business are on a table with glasses and a coffee cup sitting on top of them.

Front Page Alumnae

May 2, 2019 — 
Read about the cover-worthy accomplishments of two of our alumni.

An assortment of objects, including a spoon, printed fabric, necklace, and other objects owned by Destiny Seymour

Joy of Making

May 2, 2019 — 
Inside the creative space of Destiny Seymour, owner of design firm Woven Collaborative and of Indigo Arrows.

Christa Burstahler stands in front of a diorama of a lynx hunting in winter.

Christa Burstahler

May 2, 2019 — 
On her studies about the roaming Canada lynx—those mysterious solitary cats with the oversized paws.

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