Ignite your leadership potential

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Ignite your leadership potential

Applications are open for NEW Bison Spirit Indigenous Leadership program

Symbolizing strength, resilience and unity, the bison holds profound significance for Indigenous cultures across Turtle Island. It’s fitting, then, that the Bison Spirit Indigenous Leadership Program draws its name from this mighty animal. A new co-curricular program at the University of Manitoba (UM), Bison Spirit allows Indigenous students to explore their strengths and potential as leaders, both on UM campuses and in community.

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Neechiwaken Indigenous Peer Mentor Program enhances support for first-year students

The Neechiwaken Indigenous Peer Mentor Program helps first-year students in the Qualico Bridge to Success (QBTS) program transition to university life by promoting student engagement and a sense of belonging on campus. The term Neechiwaken means “friend” in Cree.

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Share your feedback on UM’s Truth and Reconciliation Framework

This draft framework outlines the vision, mission and shared values guiding the Reconciliation Advisory Committee in its work

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Indigenous Birding Club hosts Safe Windows event

This summer, the UM Indigenous Birding Club (UMIBC) hosted a safe windows event on campus to raise awareness about how many birds die due to striking windows on campus.

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Empowering Creators, Entrepreneurs and Innovators

The University of Manitoba Faculty of Law has been named one of three law school recipients of a grant under the the Intellectual Property Clinics Program, which promotes intellectual property education, awareness, and capacity building. The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced the 2023–2024 recipients of support on May 1, 2024. The grant will support the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic and Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts and be used to enhance IP training for law students participating in these Clinics at the Faculty of Law.

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Winnipeg Free Press: Great Lakes industry pledge catches on

Great Lakes industry pledge catches on

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Engineering your future

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Applications are open for NEW Bison Spirit Indigenous Leadership program

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