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Christmas dinner … Making it more sustainable

December 19, 2016 — 
Christmas dinner and other celebratory meals are a valued holiday tradition for many families and friends. But how often do we think about where that food comes from?

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The Dec. 9, 2016 CIHR funding announcement.

Federal government invests $10.2 million towards research through CIHR’s project grant program

December 17, 2016 — 
Researchers to advance knowledge in areas such as Indigenous health, HIV, kidney transplants, and antimicrobial resistance

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Feiyue Wang uses a glove box in his lab, allowing him to work with samples sensitive to oxygen. // Photo by Kaitlin Vitt

Professor leads the way in Arctic environmental chemistry

December 15, 2016 — 
Feiyue Wang was named a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Arctic Environmental Chemistry, receiving $1.4 million over seven years to support his Arctic research

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Research and International News

The Independent: Universal income – the answer to poverty, insecurity & health inequality?

December 15, 2016 — 
U of M research

Dr. Zahra Moussavi, Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, is receiving $1,737,960 for her project on investigating the efficacy of high-frequency rTMS treatment for Alzheimer's disease

Weston Brain Institute funds clinical trials of new Alzheimer’s treatment

December 13, 2016 — 
Dr. Zahra Moussavi has received funding from the Weston Brain Institute to study a new therapy for Alzheimer's

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Feiyue Wang collecting frost flower samples for study. // Photo by BeiBei Lu

$2.4 million in research funding for new and renewed research chairs

December 9, 2016 — 
Two new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) have been awarded to University of Manitoba and a third has been renewed

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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources News

‘Genice’: Genomics and Ice

December 8, 2016 — 
New research project partners teams at Universities of Manitoba and Calgary to study the impact of oil spills in Arctic environments

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illustration by Kaitlin O'Toole

Blacklisted in Naples, awarded in Vancouver

December 6, 2016 — 
Before winning a prestigious award for best music publication in 2016, Kurt Markstrom had to outsmart a librarian

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Cambrian College President Bill Best and National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) Director Ry Moran affirm a new partnership between the College and the Centre.

Cambrian College partners with NCTR

November 23, 2016 — 
'Without our partners, the work of the Centre cannot be done. Partners are essential to our success in sharing the history of the Residential School System and Survivors’ stories for generations to come, and in moving Reconciliation forward for all Canadians.'

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(L-R) Ruth Ann Marrie and Annemieke Farenhorst.

Duo among Canada’s most powerful women

November 23, 2016 — 
U of M researchers named to Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards

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