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Field Notes - Fall 2016

Field Notes

September 26, 2016 — 
Items found at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Raymond Frogner is the Centre’s new head archivist.

Dr. Ernest Rady [BComm/58, LLB/62, LLD/15]. // PHOTO BY THOMAS FRICKE

An Unbelievable Day

September 26, 2016 — 
After Dr. Ernest Rady's generous gift was announced on May 12, 2016, hundreds of people gathered in the Brodie Atrium on Bannatyne campus to say thank you.

THE TRAGICALLY HIP’S PROMO PHOTO CIRCA 1988

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.

Disruption can and must be a force for progress. - Justin Trudeau

Quotable: Fall 2016

September 26, 2016 — 
Disruption can and must be a force for progress. - Justin Trudeau

Centre of the Storm

July 25, 2016 — 
On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared over the South China Sea. Alumnus Dean Dacko was part of the airline's leadership team. He shares his story with us.

// PHOTO BY KATIE CHALMERS-BROOKS

Ahmad Byagowi

July 24, 2016 — 
Ahmad Byagowi speaks four languages, loves playing and teaching chess, and robots. He and his colleagues are developing new tools to diagnose dementia.

The Inoperable Tumour

May 3, 2016 — 
Told they would never succeed, a team of alumni has pioneered a piece of medical technology that is making the impossible possible.

Gimli Beach

Life, love and film in Gimli

May 3, 2016 — 
Gimli is a place of peace, reflection and family for Manitoba Senator Janis Johnson.

John Kearsey. photo by Thomas Fricke

The influence and impact of women

May 3, 2016 — 
We all have been enriched by the strength and sustenance of the women in our lives.

President Barnard meets with a group of students to discuss diversity.

On inclusion

May 3, 2016 — 
Those of us fortunate enough to enjoy a measure of privilege can sometimes mistake inclusion as a favour we bestow.

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