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POINTS OF PRIVILEGE STATEMENTS FROM THE BOOK WHITE PRIVILEGE: UNPACKING THE INVISIBLE KNAPSACK BY PEGGY MCINTOSH

Deconstructing Privilege

May 2, 2019 — 
When did you last see your privilege? If you’re white, you may never have even glimpsed it. But our alumni, faculty and students are finding ways to expose it. Prepare to get uncomfortable.

Bruce Ford treks through the forest on a hike

The Seekers

October 24, 2018 — 
It can happen anywhere, anytime—the type of joy, loss or discovery that changes you. Meet five members of our University of Manitoba community who take us back to the places, and the moments, where they found what they were looking for.

One Night

May 1, 2018 — 
Walk with alumnus Mitch Bourbonniere, who knows that a life’s work is more than what we do for a living. He helped create the Bear Clan foot patrol so Winnipeg’s most vulnerable aren’t alone in the cold. From a career, he found a calling.

I Survived

May 1, 2017 — 
They found a ray of light in the unthinkable dark. How three members of our University of Manitoba community who asked themselves ‘Why am I here?’ turned hardship into stories of hope, and changed national conversations.

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.

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.

PAINTING ENTITLED SHAMAN DREAM BY ROBERT HOULE [BA/72, DLITT/14]

The New Wave

September 26, 2016 — 
With every new wave of Indigenous leadership there is more opportunity, more progress and more transformation. We asked several of our Indigenous alumni to share their thoughts on being an Indigenous leader in 2016.

ILLUSTRATION BY JULIE FLETT

From Bricks to Blueprint

May 3, 2016 — 
How we’re reconstructing Indigenous education for all Canadians.

Reconciliation Nation

September 15, 2015 — 
We asked five Indigenous community leaders and alumni to share their thoughts on reconciliation and the way forward.

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