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Who’s your favourite teacher?

September 23, 2019 — 
Ask any alumni about their favourite memories of university and we guarantee a few teachers’ names will crop up

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a photo of rotting food with a wilted flower and pearl laying atop the moldy mass

Grief Work, alumna showcases personal work at upcoming Nuit Blanche

September 23, 2019 — 
Following her husband's funeral, an alumna of UM's School of Art was inundated with flowers and food. Bereaving and overwhelmed, most of the casseroles, soups, breads and pastries sat, unconsumed, in her fridge and on her dining room table -- and began to spoil. From that, she created Grief Work

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1000 Miles Apart ceramics conference

September 18, 2019 — 
The School of Art Gallery is launching an exhibition that connects the art of alumnus PJ Anderson with 10 Zulu artists

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UM mourns passing of distinguished alumna Kathleen M. Richardson, C.C., O.M.

September 16, 2019 — 
Kathleen Richardson, one of Manitoba’s most generous patrons of arts and culture, died on September 14, 2019

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Robert Raeburn

The UM legacy of Robert (Bob) Raeburn, 1943-2019

September 12, 2019 — 
Members of the University of Manitoba community were saddened to hear that Robert (Bob) Mackenzie Raeburn passed away on September 8, 2019, at age 76, after a battle with cancer.

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Remembering esteemed professor, mediator Wally Fox-Decent, CM, CMM, OM, CD

September 12, 2019 — 
Decorated alumnus Norman Waldron “Wally” Fox-Decent [BA (Hons)/59, MA/71], who excelled in three careers—as a political science professor, naval commander, and labour mediator—died in Montreal on Sept. 5

Konadu's work Figure as Index (Triptych)

Artwork by U of M grad earns top BMO prize

August 13, 2019 — 
Luther Konadu (BFA/19) is the national winner of 17th annual BMO 1st Art! competition

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Music notes Daniel Paxton

CBC: 30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30, 2019 edition

August 7, 2019 — 
The CBC just released its annual “30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30” list, and four of the musicians are affiliated with the Desautels Faculty of Music

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Debra Jonasson-Young, director of the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship, and Keegan Slijker, founder and head coach of FItness Up North

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Finding their spark

June 28, 2019 — 
Students & alumni thrive under Stu Clark’s legacy and continued leadership

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mage from the office of the Governor General of Canada: The insignia of the Order is a stylized snowflake of six points, with a red annulus at its centre which bears a stylized maple leaf circumscribed with the motto of the Order: DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM–Latin for “They desire a better country”.

The Globe and Mail: 2019 Order of Canada appointees have made their mark on all aspects of Canadian society

June 27, 2019 — 
Governor General of Canada Julie Payette announced 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including six from the U of M community

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