Departments Archive
Quotable: Spring 2018
May 1, 2018 —
Find out who said the words: “Feel the love, be the love, see the love.”
Discovering the Road Less Travelled
November 6, 2017 —
There is a well-worn route many students take through university: car to classroom, classroom to car, home, repeat.
Just as I am
October 19, 2017 —
Joanna Hawkins knows well the barriers that exist in the world. Deaf since age three, the American Sign Language teacher and actress signs in videos played throughout the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
A treasure to be shared
October 19, 2017 —
This year I was blessed with the opportunity to experience directly the profound impact made by the University of Manitoba—not only here at home, but also around the world.
Global Village
October 19, 2017 —
It was a University of Manitoba alumnus—philosopher and author Marshall McLuhan—who first introduced the concept of a “global village.”
Unveiling Zahra
October 19, 2017 —
Zahra Baseri’s school headmaster in Iran warned her often that girls shouldn’t ride bicycles. Any female who dared to do so would endure a painful fate in the afterlife.
Grand Idea
October 19, 2017 —
A cart at Grand Beach and some entrepreneurial spirit—that’s how the founders of clothing giant Mondetta got their start in the late 1980s.
Out of this world
October 19, 2017 —
Dr. Nathalie Sleno [MD/11] is a physician‚ pilot‚ mother of seven and one of 17 Canadians whom the Canadian Space Agency shortlisted to become the country’s next astronaut.
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.
David Foster
October 19, 2017 —
He remembers the exact moment when everything clicked. He was a teen, into classical music‚ when the Beatles’ She Loves You came on the radio—“It literally transformed my life.”