Departments Archive
![Tim Penner. // Photo by David Lipnowski [BA(Hons)/08]](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tim_Penner-150x150.jpg)
Tim Penner
October 19, 2017 —
He grew up working at his uncle’s movie theatre and while sweeping up popcorn‚ fell in love with film.
![Ian Fleming reportedly fashioned James Bond after the late Sir William Stephenson [DSc/79]‚ a Winnipeg-born war hero.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Archive2_WilliamStephenson-150x150.jpg)
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.
![Cool stuff belonging to Distinguished Professor David Barber [BPE/82, MNRM/89], Canada Research Chair in Arctic-System Science and associate dean of research in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources. photo by David Lipnowski [BA(Hons)/08]](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017July27_DSC_1764_UMToday_Online-150x150.jpg)
Field Notes
October 19, 2017 —
Cool stuff belonging to Distinguished Professor David Barber [BPE/82, MNRM/89], Canada Research Chair in Arctic-System Science and associate dean of research in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources.
![A large archeleon skeleton hangs from the ceiling in the Wallace Building’s Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017September12_DSC_8769_UMTodayOnline_compressed-150x150.jpg)
Heads Up
October 19, 2017 —
The goliath, extinct turtle hanging from the ceiling probably wouldn’t have eaten you.
![We are just a little boat in the sea, and we go where the sea wants us to go. - Avi Slama // illustration by Julie Doan [BFA(HONS)/07]](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Quotable_1200x1034-150x150.jpg)
Quotable: Fall 2017
October 19, 2017 —
We are just a little boat in the sea, and we go where the sea wants us to go.
![The Bentwood Box sits in a sunny alcove overlooking the Red River and easily commands the attention of the room, as it has done throughout the emotional journey that brought it here.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/DSC_9063_LessFade-150x150.jpg)
Creating a Path Forward in Indigenous Achievement
May 1, 2017 —
The Bentwood Box sits in a sunny alcove overlooking the Red River and easily commands the attention of the room, as it has done throughout the emotional journey that brought it here.
![Photo by Jason Halstead [BPE/92]](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Ian_McDonald-150x150.jpg)
Ian McDonald
May 1, 2017 —
When he was younger he wanted to invent things, and he also enjoyed making arguments. His parents said he should pursue law, but he chose philosophy.
![](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Canadaflag-150x150.jpg)
One Country, Many Stories
May 1, 2017 —
Winnipeg holds the record for the largest Canada Day living flag. And each person in red or white brings with them a personal connection to this land.
![President David Barnard](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/unimcr160329-202-Edit_CMYK_resized-1200x746-150x150.jpg)
A Look Forward
May 1, 2017 —
“We can make Canada even better.”
This was a statement I heard repeated many times, and from many people, at Converge 2017.
![](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/John-K-150x150.jpg)
Lifting Us All
May 1, 2017 —
150 for Canada, 140 for the University of Manitoba. 50, a new label for me to wear.