UM Today News Archive

December 18, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba has been recognized as a growth leader on the Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities 2025 list, compiled by Research Infosource Inc. “We’ve upped our game,” said Mario Pinto, University of Manitoba vice-president research and international.

December 18, 2025 — 
“I would say there is still some sort of honeymoon, but at what point do we say the honeymoon is finished after a wedding? Clearly, Kinew and the NDP continue to do well,” said Christopher Adams, an adjunct professor in political science at the University of Manitoba.

December 18, 2025 — 
The continuing investments in Canadian ports are also largely container-focused, said Barry Prentice, a professor of transportation and supply-chain management at the University of Manitoba. This won’t work for potash, he said. And while Prince Rupert is increasingly a port that handles bulk shipments, it is only serviced by a single class-one railway.

December 17, 2025 — 
Matthew Tétreault, assistant professor in the department of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba talked with CBC host Faith Fundal about Garnet J. Wolseley controversial history in Manitoba. 

December 17, 2025 — 
Jennifer Hedges, an assistant professor in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of social work and a former social worker, says situations where emergency placement workers are sending kids to school in dirty or inappropriate clothes or not teaching them how to brush their teeth shouldn’t be happening — and if they are, it’s important to find out why.

December 16, 2025 — 
Is anybody else feeling the heat? Manitoba's November inflation rate is over one per cent higher than the national average. Julie Buckingham filling in for Host Faith Fundal, speaks with Shiu-Yik Au, a finance professor at University of Manitoba to find out why. 

December 16, 2025 — 
CTV's Maralee Caruso speaks with political scientist Dr. Christopher Adams, adjunct professor of political science at the University of Manitoba about the recent Conservative floor crossings, and what this means for Pierre Poilievre.

December 15, 2025 — 
Mandi Baker, assistant professor of Kinesiology and Recreation Management at the University of Manitoba, discusses the book “Inclusion and Equity in Outdoor Leisure.”

December 15, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba will be lowering the flag on the Administration Building and the primary grouping of flags at University Crescent and Chancellor Matheson in memory of Grandfather Wanbdi Wakita, Unkan (Grandfather or Elder)-in-Residence for UM's Access Program, effective immediately until sundown on Friday, December 19.

December 15, 2025 — 
UM’s anti-racism strategy will work to mitigate harms, foreground shared humanity, equity and care.