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Flag lowered for John Fleury

April 7, 2025 — 
The flags at University Crescent and Chancellor Matheson Drive will be lowered on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 in memory of Minister John Fleury, the Manitoba Métis Federation’s Minister of Métis Employment and Training.

Arthur Schafer

Faculty of Arts News

The Free Press: PC leadership candidate sues province over revoked ecotourism licences

April 4, 2025 — 
PC leadership candidate sues province over revoked ecotourism licences

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Scrabble tiles spelling out tariffs and USA. Photo credit: Markus Winkler

Faculty of Arts News

Global News: ‘Manitoba will come through this,’ expert says as trade war with U.S. continues

April 4, 2025 — 
‘Manitoba will come through this,’ expert says as trade war with U.S. continues

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Flag lowered for Jackson Fortat

April 3, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba will be lowering the flag on the Administration Building on April 4, 2025, in memory of Jackson Fortat.

Spring Convocation 2025: A Call for Convocation Ambassadors

April 1, 2025 — 
Spring Convocation ceremonies are coming up, June 4 – 6, 2025 at the Fort Garry Campus and the best way you can help is by signing up as a convocation ambassador (formerly knowns as usher).

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A yellow Elections Canada sign with the word VOTE on it in bold letters placed in the grass along a sidewalk.

Faculty of Arts News

CTV Winnipeg: St. Boniface-St. Vital ‘more in play’ but Liberals could have edge

April 1, 2025 — 
People living in the St. Boniface-St. Vital riding will have a new MP after election day, and history shows it could come down to two candidates.

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Warren Bernauer has been volunteering with the Igloolik HTA for the past year. He said the Nunavut communities he's spoken to believe year-round shipping from Steensby Inlet could be too much. (Submitted by Warren Bernauer)

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

CBC North: Nunavut hunters urge for reassessment as Baffinland eyes 2026 construction of Steensby rail

April 1, 2025 — 
The project was approved more than a decade ago. Hunters say a lot has changed since then

Photo of Dr. Christopher Adams who has been re-appointed as the rector of St. Paul's College.

Faculty of Arts News

Winnipeg Free Press: PPC close to full slate in Manitoba, Greens gathering signatures, but neither will elect member, professor says

March 31, 2025 — 
PPC close to full slate in Manitoba, Greens gathering signatures, but neither will elect member, professor says

A yellow Elections Canada sign with the word VOTE on it in bold letters placed in the grass along a sidewalk.

Faculty of Science News

CBC North by Northwest: Professor David Gerhard on the use of AI in the upcoming election

March 31, 2025 — 
Professor David Gerhard on the use of AI in the upcoming election

Lorena Sekwan Fontaine, associate professor and Head of the Indigenous Studies department

Faculty of Arts News

CTV Winnipeg: How the U of M is helping to revitalize Indigenous languages

March 31, 2025 — 
How the U of M is helping to revitalize Indigenous languages

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