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New Academic Jobs – March 17, 2021

March 17, 2021 — 
New Academic Jobs - March 17, 2021

A woman in a yellow shirt and a blue and orange head scarf works on a laptop in her lap.

Students News

$30 million distributed to support UM students during 2019-20 academic year

March 16, 2021 — 
Financial Aid a key part of responding to the needs of students during the pandemic

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Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (right), led the team that discovered the plant fossiles inside the Cold War-era ice samples

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

Scientists stunned to discover fossil plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice, indicating an ice-free landscape in a warmer climate

March 15, 2021 — 
The discovery helps confirm a new and troubling understanding that the Greenland ice has melted off entirely during recent warm periods in Earth’s history—periods like the one we are now contributing to with human-caused climate change.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

UM institute leads ‘momentous’ vaccine rollout to First Nations at request of federal government

March 12, 2021 — 
In a landmark acknowledgment of the growing health-care autonomy of Indigenous Peoples, the federal government has given an Indigenous health institute at the University of Manitoba responsibility for leading the COVID-19 vaccination project in all 63 Manitoba First Nations

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Woman wearing mask uses laptop for medical appointment. // Image from Pixabay

UM researchers to advance knowledge of COVID-19 impacts and improve health outcomes

March 12, 2021 — 
One year after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, additional research is needed to understand and address persistent issues related to COVID-19 and the threat of future coronavirus and other infectious disease outbreaks

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Drs. Majid and Moti Shojania Dr. Kevin Kavanagh and Mrs. Els Kavanagh and Mrs. Sue Adams

UM Today News

Remembering Els Kavanagh

March 12, 2021 — 
She was a good friend and supporter of the University of Manitoba and of St. Paul's College.

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Next to UMSU University Centre, looking east towards UM Admin building on Fort Garry campus.

UM Today News

Marking one year since the WHO declared a global pandemic

March 11, 2021 — 
President’s message to faculty and staff on anniversary of remote operations

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New Academic Jobs – March 10, 2021

March 10, 2021 — 
New Academic Jobs - March 10, 2021

Stephanie Scott stands outside and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is in the background.

Stephanie Scott appointed Executive Director of NCTR

March 10, 2021 — 
Appointment marks the beginning of a critical new phase for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

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Lost medical mask laing in the grass.

Libraries News

Remembering the COVID-19 pandemic

March 9, 2021 — 
Royal Society report on a digital preservation challenge

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