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Dr. Ernest Rady [BComm/58, LLB/62, LLD/15]. // PHOTO BY THOMAS FRICKE

IDEA event postponed until May 27, 2021

August 7, 2020 — 
After an extensive review the IDEA committee has decided to further postpone IDEA to May 27, 2021. 

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Lake Winnipeg in northern Manitoba

Muddied waters

August 7, 2020 — 
Lake Winnipeg is dying and Indigenous communities and researchers supporting them have responded.

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CBC: Living with face masks–UM expert answers some questions

August 6, 2020 — 
UM's Dr. Anand Kumar helps us know what to do, and not do

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Dr. Michael Benarroch is the 12th president of the University of Manitoba

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Message from Dr. Michael Benarroch, UM president and vice-chancellor

August 5, 2020 — 
Hi everyone. I don’t think it’s possible to open a communication these days without recognizing that, amid the triumphs and hopes inspired by flattened curves and progress in the development of a COVID vaccine, families here in Canada and around the globe are losing loved ones to the virus every day.

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Muslim boy praying

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UM mourns victims of massive explosion in Beirut

August 5, 2020 — 
“We are deeply saddened by the news of the massive explosion in the port of Beirut in Lebanon on August 4, 2020,” says UM President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Michael Benarroch.

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John Loxley teaching

John Loxley, ‘Canada’s economist answer to Robin Hood,’ has died

July 31, 2020 — 
His great personality and intellect will be missed.

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CBC: Lack of bees poses big problems

July 30, 2020 — 
Crop yields found to be suffering in wake of decreasing bee populations, UM researcher and others report

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New Academic Jobs – July 29, 2020

July 29, 2020 — 
New Academic Jobs - July 29, 2020

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Our shared future: two alumni behind important new book

July 29, 2020 — 
"Our Shared Future" contains contributions from some of Canada's leading scholars and leaders in positive reconciliation

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News

KAP Farmers’ Voice: A new crop of farmers

July 28, 2020 — 
The first graduates of the redesigned Diploma in Agriculture program enter the workforce prepared for change.

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