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The Conversation: ‘Decolonizing Lens’: Winnipeg and virtual film series reflects the beauty of Indigenous worldviews

June 19, 2024 — 
Decolonizing Lens is a film and discussion series based in Winnipeg that brings together Indigenous filmmakers, their films and audiences as a form of public education.

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The Conversation: Respectful canoeing means acknowledging Indigenous authority over the land and water

June 17, 2024 — 
June 26 is National Canoe Day in Canada, and I think we should keep Taylor’s critique in mind as we consider how best to celebrate canoeing and all it offers. As an object and pastime that has been adopted and appropriated by settler Canadians as a national symbol, Taylor makes it clear there is a debt owed to Indigenous people for this appropriation.

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UM Researchers Comacho and Fayek stand at the top of a mountain during feild work.

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UM researchers to develop sustainable extraction methods for critical minerals

June 17, 2024 — 
UM researchers are collaborating with industry and academic partners to develop innovative technologies and sustainable practices to address key issues related to critical metals exploration and extraction.

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The smart farm uses LED lights and controls moisture and carbon dioxide to raise different plants all year round. (photo by Glen Ross)

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UM Research to improve nutrition in Northern Manitoba receives new federal support

June 14, 2024 — 
More than $4.4 million in project funding was announced today in support of 120 UM research proposals through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

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Photo of a grolar or pizzly bear (a hybrid of a polar and grizzly bear) sleeping on a rock

UM researcher helps to track Grolar or Pizzly bears

June 13, 2024 — 
A UM researcher is part of team of North American researchers who used a new chip to track the diversity and hybridization between polar bears and grizzly bears. Read more about the research and the new tool they used to find out just how common this kind of hybridization might be around the world.

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Dr. Leslie E. Roos headshot, taken outside in afternoon light.

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Meet Leslie E. Roos, 2023 Rh Award Winner in the Social Sciences category

May 24, 2024 — 
Dr. Leslie E. Roos is the 2023 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Social Sciences category.

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Dr. Orly Linovski smiles outdoors.

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Meet Orly Linovski, 2023 Rh Award Winner in the Interdisciplinary category

May 24, 2024 — 
Dr. Orly Linovski, is the 2023 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Interdisciplinary category.

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Kyle Bobiwash smiles wide in front of cedar bushes.

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Meet Kyle Bobiwash, 2023 Rh Award Winner in the Interdisciplinary category

May 24, 2024 — 
Dr. Kyle Bobiwash is the 2023 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Interdisciplinary category.

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Dr. Zulma Rueda headshot.

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Meet Zulma Rueda, 2023 Rh Award Winner in the Health Sciences category

May 24, 2024 — 
Dr. Zulma Rueda is the 2023 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Health Sciences category.

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Meet Renée El-Gabalawy, 2023 Rh Award Winner in the Health Sciences category

May 24, 2024 — 
Dr. Renée El-Gabalawy is the 2023 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Health Sciences category.

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