Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources News Archive

April 13, 2015 — 
She studies whales, is taking up duck hunting, and can easily point to the biggest regret of her life

March 3, 2015 — 
Over the ten-year history of the Riddell Faculty, numerous working relationships with organizations, communities, and institutions in Canada’s North have been developed. Two important partnerships, with the University College of the North (UCN) and the Northern Manitoba Mining Academy (NMMA), seek to provide greater access to training and educational opportunities for northern Manitobans.

February 3, 2015 — 
Two recent graduates Michel Leclaire (B. Env. Sc. (Hons.) May 2013) and Nick Kosmenko (B. Env. Sc. (Hons.) May 2013) were the first students to have completed their degrees as part of a University College of the North (UCN) transfer agreement with the Riddell Faculty and the University of Manitoba. This initiative is open to graduates of the two Year Natural Resource Management Technology Diploma from University College of the North who may apply for admission into the Bachelor of Environmental Science program in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth and Resources. Successful applicants will be granted 60 credit hours of transfer credit on admission towards the completion of the 120 credit hour Bachelor of Environmental Science degree.

January 6, 2015 — 
The U of M played a role in the discovery of Sir John Franklin’s ship which disappeared nearly two centuries ago.

December 19, 2014 — 
The Province of Manitoba's Hydrologic Forecast Centre announced on December 16, 2014, that flow rates and levels for most major rivers and lakes are above normal. The Centre continues to gather information that will contribute to flood forecasts for the Spring of 2015. In the Riddell Faculty at the University of Manitoba, water quality and quantity is the focus of a number of researchers including Dr. Genevieve Ali of the Department of Geological Sciences. Her research described here reveals the challenges flood forecasters face.

October 8, 2014 — 
'It seems that narwhals with big tusks were also well endowed at the other end'

September 24, 2014 — 
University of Manitoba researchers constantly find insights into nature's workings in places others overlook

September 7, 2014 — 
U of M researchers connected with the zoo to help shape the world’s top polar bear exhibit.

July 30, 2014 — 
Can a tornado pick up a shark and fling it at you or someone you love?

July 25, 2014 — 
All is not well on this spangled landscape