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CBC: Tomson Highway, acclaimed Cree author and playwright, receives honorary degree

June 9, 2017 — 
The honorary degree recognizes Highway's "powerful truth telling, his generous artistic spirit, and his indelible leadership in the Indigenous creative arts."

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Law student Rayanna Seymour and professors Katherine Starzyk and Karen Busby (left to right) are studying which strategies work best when advocating for drinking water rights. (Photo by Victoria Grima.)

From the lab to the reserve

June 6, 2017 — 
Science and engineering students breaking out of the lab and heading for First Nation reserves to put their education into action got some tips from those who have walked that path before them

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Mario Phaneuf will receive the Governor General’s Silver Medal for outstanding achievement at the undergraduate level.

Celebrating 140 years of our graduates

June 5, 2017 — 
It is highly significant that the identification of the U of M's first graduate as Métis coincided with this year’s awarding of the Governor General’s Silver Medal

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William Reginald Gunn, the first University of Manitoba graduate, in 1880.

An investigation into the university’s early graduates

June 1, 2017 — 
It's been confirmed that first U of M graduate was Métis

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Future Indigenous scientists from across Canada come to campus

May 29, 2017 — 
Verna J. Kirkness Science and Engineering Education Program draws record-breaking number of Indigenous students

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On Feb. 17, 2017, the Métis flag will be raised at University Centre at 10:30 a.m.

Elevating Métis voices

May 29, 2017 — 
Laura Forsythe named Métis Inclusion Coordinator

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Assiniboia Indian Residential High School.

Assiniboia Residential School Survivors plan reunion and commemorative event in Winnipeg

May 24, 2017 — 
Survivors from the Assiniboia Indian Residential High School and River Heights community members will gather in Winnipeg June 23-24, 2017

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Integrating Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing

May 24, 2017 — 
Lynn Lavallée named U of M’s first Vice-Provost (Indigenous Engagement)

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LIVING LIBRARY PARTICIPANTS HAD A MORNING OF GREAT CONVERSATIONS. // PHOTO BY CHRIS REID.

Living Library: Real people, real conversations with U of M Indigenous alumni

May 12, 2017 — 
High school students come to campus to engage with Indigenous alumni

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28th Annual Traditional Graduation Pow Wow

GALLERY: 28th Annual Traditional Graduation Pow Wow

May 9, 2017 — 
This year, more than 430 self-declared Indigenous students – the largest cohort ever – will graduate from the U of M

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