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James Wilson (L) and david Barnard sign an MOU to enhance Treaty education at the U of M

New agreement lays roadmap for Treaty education

December 10, 2015 — 
U of M signs MOU with Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba

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Finalists from the 2015 3MT competition

Grad Students: Get Ready for 3MT

December 8, 2015 — 
They may not realize it, but U of M graduate students will likely get a taste of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition over the holiday break

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Ifeanyi Nwachukwu

Get to know our 2015 Vanier Scholars

December 3, 2015 — 
Ifeanyi Nwachukwu is a dedicated researcher, volunteer and role model.

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Mikyla Jensen // Photo: Katie Chalmers-Brooks

CANDID: Meet Mikyla Jensen

November 30, 2015 — 
She's from rural Saskatchewan, plays a mean flute, dances ballet, and owns 200 nutcrackers

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2015 Vanier Scholars (l to r) Ifeanyi Nwachukwu, Jonathan Challis, Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba and Michael Becker

Faculty of Graduate Studies News

Four more to be reckoned with

November 25, 2015 — 
New Vanier Scholars receiving major grants to study subjects as varied as nutritional foods, crop disease, pollution and genocide

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Jonathan Challis

Get to know our 2015 Vanier Scholars

November 25, 2015 — 
Jonathan Challis is a science enthusiast and mentor, especially to First Nations communities and inner-city youth.

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Arthur Anyaduba

Get to know our 2015 Vanier Scholars

November 25, 2015 — 
Arthur Anyaduba sees his PhD as an opportunity to broaden his knowledge and expertise on an aspect of human experience that has haunted him since childhood

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Michael Becker

Get to know our 2015 Vanier Scholars

November 25, 2015 — 
Michael Becker has always been a polymath, being interested in everything from astronomy to law and medicine. He eventually decided on plant science as his focus, and now studies diseases that affect canola crops, specifically blackleg.

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(l-r) Gary Tong, Amy Dytnerski, Jesslyn Janssen, Ken Oliver, Adam Nepon (missing: Riley Bell).

Game Changer: Now the work begins

November 17, 2015 — 
'Our students want to transform the world and it’s rewarding to see how excited and committed they are to using the Game Changer competition as the platform to achieve this.'

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Stoking passion within graduate students

November 17, 2015 — 
Wu Scholar, Melanie Dennis Unrau says the financial support allows her to focus on two priorities: schoolwork and family

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