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The fastest way to obtain your Student ID card is in-person!

August 6, 2024 — 
A Pop-Up Photo ID Centre will be open at the Fort Garry Campus from August 26th – September 6th in room 102B UMSU University Centre, from 9:00am – 4:00pm daily.  

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Students News

Take control of your health!

August 2, 2024 — 
Building healthier habits like getting enough sleep, nutrition, and movement are all helpful steps in preventing illness. In addition, vaccines are one of the safest and most effective health interventions and a primary response against vaccine-preventable diseases.

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Students News

Become a better Tutor. Register for Tutor Training!

August 2, 2024 — 
The Academic Learning Centre offers free Tutor Training sessions for writing and content tutors throughout the year.

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Students News

Apply for Work-Study!

August 1, 2024 — 
The Work-Study program offers part-time, on-campus employment for students with financial need during the school year. Apply to the program to gain valuable work experience and skills related to your field right on campus!

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UM to formalize freedom of expression guidelines

July 31, 2024 — 
Community feedback and participation welcome

Students News

UM Orientation event Welcome to the Herd!

July 30, 2024 — 
Join us at the Fort Garry campus on August 9 for the first University of Manitoba Orientation event designed for newly admitted UM students starting this fall.

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Provost and Vice-President (Academic) News

Transforming our community through equity education

July 16, 2024 — 
A new micro-certificate program is available for UM staff, students and faculty to develop skills in advancing equity and accessibility at UM. The first courses of the micro-certificate in equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA), as well as the prerequisite course EDIA 0100: Foundations, will be offered in this Fall Term.

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Research and International News

Robert Madziak receives the Harry C. Rowsell Lifetime Achievement Award

July 15, 2024 — 
Robert Madziak, longtime director of UM Central Animal Care Services (CACS) in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, has been honoured with the prestigious Harry C. Rowsell Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Students News

Martín Glikman is ready for his next adventure – in South Korea

July 12, 2024 — 
Glikman is the first UM student to be awarded a McCall MacBain International Fellowship. He will be spending a year abroad to study, live and work in South Korea.

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Provost and Vice-President (Academic) News

Strategic Initiatives Support Fund projects generate momentum for UM’s strategic mission

July 11, 2024 — 
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) is pleased to announce 35 projects awarded funding, totaling over $2.2 million, through the Strategic Initiatives Support Fund (SISF). As the newly funded projects get underway, many projects from last year’s SISF fund have been completed. Read about three examples of impact from the SISF 2023-2024.

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