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Suzi Friesen, director of programming for Project 11, leads a class in mindfulness meditation.

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Trailblazer Talks: Keeping kids off thin ice

January 29, 2019 — 
Former Bison Hockey captain Dwayne Green [BEd/00] on Project 11 and filling a gap in youth mental health education

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Dr. Hersh Shefrin.

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Dr. Hersh Shefrin: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient for Lifetime Achievement

January 28, 2019 — 
Over the past four decades, Dr. Shefrin has been a pioneer in behavioural finance

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Catherine "Kiki" Delaney [BA/1969, LLD/2011].

Accomplished U of M grad makes cover of Globe and Mail Report on Business

January 25, 2019 — 
The cover of the February 2019 Globe and Mail Report on Business features U of M grad Kiki Delaney [BA/1969, LLD/2011]

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Image of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

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Alumni at Home: Listen, learn, don’t repeat

January 22, 2019 — 
For decades, Belle Jarniewski has made it her life’s work to bolster curriculums and contribute to international resources so that the Holocaust is never forgotten or repeated

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Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini walking in front of saluting military during Hitler's visit to Venice, Italy in 1934. // Image from Wikimedia Commons

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CBC: Holocaust survivors are right: Study history to counter the rise of fascism

January 22, 2019 — 
In the past few weeks, an important discussion has surfaced in our community, prompted by survivors of the Holocaust

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George Rubenfeld (centre) with his family in France, 1950. // Photo credit: Belle Jarniewski, Voices of Winnipeg Holocaust Survivors

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Life after the Holocaust: Alumni who survived

January 17, 2019 — 
Jan. 27 marked the anniversary of the 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Second World War – a day set aside by the United Nations to commemorate the Holocaust

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Distinguished Alumni Awards 2019.

Building better futures for all: meet the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients

January 16, 2019 — 
UM graduates making the world a better place

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Students from the Faculty of Agriculture work on a variety of mechanical devices as part of an engineering short course class offered in 1926. The curriculum included farm mechanics, gas engines, steam engines, wood shop, forge shop, building constructions, physics and electricity. // PHOTO FROM UM DIGITAL COLLECTIONS - ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

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Alumni Answers: What do you love most about your career?

January 14, 2019 — 
To inspire students' future endeavours, we want to share with them just how great the working world can be

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Woman looks at sky from a mountain top. // Image from Pixabay.

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Kick-start 2019 with these tips from alumni

January 9, 2019 — 
If you’re having trouble setting goals or getting motivated this new year, our alumni have got you covered

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Faculty of Arts graduate Annette Riziki is the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship for 2019

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Globe and Mail: Oxford bound: Meet four of Canada’s latest Rhodes scholars

January 4, 2019 — 
“I had to teach myself math, English, social studies,” she said. “Coming here was my redemption as a student because I was able to pursue so many opportunities.”

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