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Team Manitoba at the 2025 Kin Games

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Manitoba wins in the overall and academic categories at the 2025 Kin Games

April 17, 2025 — 
the Kin Games bring teams representing universities from across the country to compete in the four pillars of academics, athletics, dance and spirit.

Gordon Giesbrecht presents with a microphone in hand

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CBC Manitoba: Frozen lakes, rivers and ice roads may not be safe as ice melts, MPI warns

March 20, 2025 — 
22 people in vehicles reported falling through ice last year, 4 so far in 2025, public insurer says

The Manitoba Bisons women’s volleyball team are national champions for the first time in 11 years, securing their eighth title in program history with a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Carabins on Sunday night.

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Media coverage of UM Bisons Women’s National volleyball win

March 17, 2025 — 
For the first time in 11 years, the Bisons women's volleyball team are national champions.

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"University of Manitoba Bisons women’s volleyball team celebrates their 2025 U SPORTS National Championship victory. Players, wearing championship hats and medals, cheer and raise the championship trophy high as gold, black, and white confetti rains down. A University of Manitoba and Bisons-branded banner hangs in the background, highlighting the team’s triumphant moment.

Bisons Women’s Volleyball win the 2025 U SPORTS National Championship

March 16, 2025 — 
The No. 3 seeded Herd captured their eighth title in school history with a commanding 3-1 win over the No. 4 seed.

Bisons women's volleyball team waves to the crowd after a game

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UM to host U SPORTS Women’s Volleyball Championship

March 6, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba Bisons are hosting the 2025 U SPORTS Women’s Volleyball Championship from Mar. 14-16, bringing the best university student-athletes from across Canada to compete.

Fabiana Turelli, an assistant professor with the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

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CBC Weekend Show: 2 part series “Fighting for Sustainable Empowerment” through Karate

February 24, 2025 — 
Listen to the two part series with Dr. Fabiana Turelli, an assistant professor at the Faculty of Kinesiology & Recreation Management on CBC's Weekend Show.

Tyrell Davis sprints on the track at UM

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Lessons in the classroom are changing the way Tyrell Davis runs

February 21, 2025 — 
Tyrell Davis, a third-year Bisons sprinter, says the work happening in the classroom is changing the way he runs. Davis says throughout his time in the class and on the track, he’s finding the connective tissue between both that’s allowing him to run faster and embrace his education. 

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Photo of Edgar Galeano smiling

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A desire to learn brought Edgar Galeano from Colombia to Winnipeg

February 13, 2025 — 
Dr. Edgar Galeano says learning something new is what makes him feel alive. It’s part of the reason why he paused his 20-plus-year career as a doctor in Columbia, to come to Winnipeg and study in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management.

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Dr. Michelle Porter

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CTV Winnipeg: ‘I’ve never stopped’: Winnipeg man hits the pavement nearly 1,800 days in a row

February 11, 2025 — 
It started as a way to pass the time in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Head coach of the Bisons football team, Stan Pierre.

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Winnipeg Free Press: Pierre named head coach of U of M Bisons football program

January 17, 2025 — 
Longtime University of Manitoba Bisons defensive co-ordinator and assistant head coach Stan Pierre said Friday he is honoured and thrilled to be the team’s head coach.

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