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Dr. Oskar Sigvaldason to examine climate change & transforming energy systems at upcoming lecture

January 30, 2020 — 
Oskar Sigvaldason worked with Acres International, a global consulting engineering and management services company, for 38 years, including nine years as President.

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CBC: One of Winnipeg’s first Iranians didn’t try to convince people to move here, but they followed him anyway

January 13, 2020 — 
Prof. Lotfollah Shafai is a pioneer — an unintentional one, perhaps — of Winnipeg's Iranian diaspora, which now numbers in the several thousands

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Congratulations Jitendra Paliwal

January 2, 2020 — 
Jitendra Paliwal is the new president of Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba

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Co-op/IIP Director wins Manitoba Aerospace All-Star Award

December 13, 2019 — 
Carolyn Geddert, P.Eng. honoured for excellence in education and training at 2019 All-Star Dinner

Male and female students wearing black and white hold white candles which are lit.

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Students remember the victims of the École Polytechnique tragedy

December 10, 2019 — 
A permanent memorial design in the EITC Atrium unveiled at commemoration event

GERRY PRICE (FIFTH FROM LEFT) WITH 8 OF 10 INAUGURAL WINNERS OF THE PRICE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN IN ENGINEERING AT THE PRICE SCHOLARS RECEPTION ON NOV. 26.

New graduate scholarships support women in engineering

December 5, 2019 — 
The Price Graduate Scholarships for Women in Engineering was established through a $600,000 gift from the Price Family Foundation

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Candle image from Wikimedia.

A Duty to Remember: 30th Anniversary of the École Polytechnique Massacre

December 3, 2019 — 
The University of Manitoba Engineering Society (UMES) and the Faculty of Engineering will unveil a memorial wall to remember the lives of the 14 women killed at l’Ecole Polytechnique

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

Alumni News

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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Engineering and Architecture students and faculty pose outside of a structure in progress.

Indigenous News

Proposals for the 2019 Indigenous Initiatives Fund are now being accepted

November 12, 2019 — 
The Indigenous Initiative Funds are open to faculties, schools, colleges, libraries and administrative units to support unit-based projects that further the Indigenous Achievement goals and priorities outlined in Taking Our Place, the U of M’s Strategic Plan

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Two plaques and two photographs for world war one engineering faculty memorial

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Remembering Our Fallen

November 8, 2019 — 
When WWI took hold of the globe, engineering students at the University of Manitoba put down their pencils, packed their bags, and headed overseas to serve their country in a fight for freedom and peace.

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