Departments Archive
![Three girls stand in front of the rock climbing wall at Mini U.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/postcard-150x150.jpg)
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)](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Ristock_Janice-81_edit-150x150.jpg)
‘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.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/go-bisons-go-150x150.jpg)
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.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/faouzia_press_photo_2-150x150.jpg)
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.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gail-asper-150x150.jpg)
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.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/local_roots_polar_train-150x150.jpg)
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.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/archive_spring2019-HI-150x150.jpg)
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.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/front-page-alumnae-150x150.jpg)
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](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/UMTodaySpring2019-FieldNotes-Online-150x150.jpg)
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.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/candid-spring2019-150x150.jpg)
Christa Burstahler
May 2, 2019 —
On her studies about the roaming Canada lynx—those mysterious solitary cats with the oversized paws.