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Looking down on fruits and vegetables at a grocery store. // Image from Pixabay

Wpg Free Press: Online Winnipeg atlas charts food deserts, ‘city-wide’ insecurity

February 6, 2020 — 
Food insecurity in Winnipeg, and health problems associated with it, have spread far beyond the city's poorest neighbourhoods, the map shows

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Dr. Frank Plummer

Mourning the loss of Dr. Francis Plummer, OC OM FRSC, (MD/76)

February 4, 2020 — 
The University of Manitoba community is in mourning with the sad news that Dr. Francis Plummer, OC OM FRSC, (MD/76), a world renowned scientist, academic and HIV/AIDS researcher, has passed away at the age of 67.

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David Asper and David Milgaard will both receive honorary degrees at UM 141st spring convocation

David Asper and David Milgaard to receive honorary degrees at 141st spring convocation

January 31, 2020 — 
During the 141st annual Spring Convocation of the University of Manitoba on June 5, 2020, honorary degrees will be awarded to two remarkable people whose life stories have intertwined.

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Note on the Passing of Dr. Donald Robertson

January 6, 2020 — 
The University of Manitoba community is saddened to hear that Dr. Donald Alexander Robertson, LL.D., passed away on December 27, 2019.

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Order of Canada medals on a silver tray. // Photo credit Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall.

Faculty and alumni appointed to the Order of Canada

January 3, 2020 — 
The list includes four UM community members

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Dr. James Peebles [BSc(Hons)/58, DSc/89]

Top stories of 2019

December 20, 2019 — 
Another incredible year reaches its conclusion at the University of Manitoba and we would like to share some of our most notable stories from 2019

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President David Barnard sits with Visionary Conversations panelists.

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Visionary Conversations asks: what does a decolonized Canada look like?

December 17, 2019 — 
More than 400 people gathered at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to hear leading experts discuss how we can build a country based on mutual respect and fairness

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

Alumnus Dr. Ernest Rady announced as 2020 IDEA recipient

November 27, 2019 — 
The Associates of the Asper School of Business at UM have announced that Dr. Ernest Rady is the recipient of the 2020 International Distinguished Entrepreneur Award

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Lindy Norris with Richard Cloutier

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Tell the world about our alumni

November 19, 2019 — 
Nominations open for the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Awards

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The Engineering class of 1959 celebrated its 60th reunion in September.

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A legacy 60 years in the making

November 15, 2019 — 
When Don Whitmore and Ken Bailey graduated from the Faculty of Engineering in 1959, they could scarcely imagine how much the campus would change in six decades – or that their philanthropy would play a role

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