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Get Hired! Week of March 18, 2024

March 18, 2024 — 
Are you looking for work, trying to get that first job, or want to gain experience in your field of study? You won’t want to miss the weekly edition of Get Hired, by Career Services!

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Get ready to register – Registration for Summer Term 2024 will open soon!

March 18, 2024 — 
With the Summer Term approaching, now is the perfect time to refresh yourself with information on course registration, academic holds, the revision period, waitlists, and tuition fee deadlines.

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Research and International News

UM researchers receive more than $1 million in new project funding

March 13, 2024 — 
On Wednesday March 13, the federal government announced the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) recipients of the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for fall 2022 and spring 2023.

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Research and International News

UM led research to advance agricultural innovation receives federal funding

March 13, 2024 — 
UM researchers seek to address herbicide resistance in weeds that affect crop plant growth.

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Students News

Become a peer health educator with Healthy U: volunteer applications now open

March 11, 2024 — 
The Student Wellness Centre is looking for motivated and compassionate students to become peer health educators with UM’s Healthy U program starting September 2024. Applications open March 11 until March 22, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CST.

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Measles vaccination information

March 8, 2024 — 
There has been a notable rise in measles cases across various regions worldwide. In Canada, the majority of confirmed measles cases have been traced back to individuals who contracted the virus while traveling abroad.

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Voluntary Withdrawal (VW) Information for Winter 2024

March 8, 2024 — 
Winter term VW deadline is March 20, 2024.

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Graduate Thesis Writing Bootcamp

March 8, 2024 — 
The Academic Learning Centre, in partnership with the Faculty of Graduate Studies, is hosting an intensive 3-day writing retreat designed to help graduate students progress in writing their theses/dissertations.

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Start of something new a universal source of hope

March 7, 2024 — 
As this month brings seasonal changes, we close the chapter on winter and embrace the excitement of spring. UM's Spiritual Care and Multi-Faith Centre is highlighting a number of important religious and spiritual holidays in March, in the spirit of new life and renewal!

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mage from the office of the Governor General of Canada: The insignia of the Order is a stylized snowflake of six points, with a red annulus at its centre which bears a stylized maple leaf circumscribed with the motto of the Order: DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM–Latin for “They desire a better country”.

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Members of UM community appointed to Order of Canada

March 6, 2024 — 
On Dec. 28, 2023, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 78 new appointments to the Order of Canada.

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