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Sean Carleton

Faculty of Arts News

CBC Indigenous: Residential school denialism: what is it and how to recognize it

March 18, 2025 — 
Denialism is about misrepresenting and minimizing residential school truths, say experts

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Jason Gibbs shows a case of beetles, collected from around the world

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News

NOW Toronto: GTA woman finds cockroach floating in her Tim Hortons coffee, bug expert warns of health risks

March 18, 2025 — 
An entomology professor says that cockroaches carry several gastrointestinal illnesses after a Markham woman discovered one in her iced coffee from Tim Hortons.

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Tesla car in front of a Tesla dealership

Faculty of Arts News

CTV Winnipeg: ‘No more Tesla’: Manitoba driver caught in crosshairs of ‘Tesla Takedown’ protests

March 18, 2025 — 
Some Tesla owners are getting caught in the crosshairs of controversy as Canadians join ‘Tesla Takedown’ protests targeting Elon Musk.

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The Manitoba Bisons women’s volleyball team are national champions for the first time in 11 years, securing their eighth title in program history with a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Carabins on Sunday night.

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management News

Media coverage of UM Bisons Women’s National volleyball win

March 17, 2025 — 
For the first time in 11 years, the Bisons women's volleyball team are national champions.

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Photo credit: JESSICA LEE / FREE PRESS FILES Brandon Trask is an associate law professor at the University of Manitoba and a former prosecutor.

Faculty of Law News

Winnipeg Free Press: Corrections officer jailed after being accused of contact with alleged victim

March 17, 2025 — 
A corrections officer at the Manitoba Youth Centre, who is charged with sex offences involving a teenage inmate, has been put behind bars after she allegedly contacted him.

Dr. Lori Wilkinson

Faculty of Arts News

CBC Manitoba: Finding community key for immigrants with Canadian dreams, new Manitobans say

March 16, 2025 — 
Many report isolation, discrimination despite believing Canada will be accepting

Professor, Ryan Cardwell Department of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics

Faculty of Arts News

CBC Manitoba: U.S. tariffs would have little effect on Canada’s ‘cartelized’ dairy industry, experts say

March 16, 2025 — 
Nevertheless, prof worries U.S. will seek increased access to dairy market in 2026

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Measles vaccine

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

CBC Calgary: Potential measles exposure alerts issued after confirmed cases in Calgary area and northern Alberta

March 15, 2025 — 
AHS issued an advisory about confirmed cases in Airdrie, Balzac and Fort Vermilion

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Chancellor Dave Angus

UM Today News

Winnipeg Sun: U of M announces Dave Angus as 15th Chancellor

March 14, 2025 — 
U of M announces Dave Angus as 15th Chancellor

Dr. Andrea Charron Director of the University of Manitoba's Centre for Defence and Security Studies

Faculty of Arts News

CBC Day 6: As Trump tilts towards Russia, Canada reconsiders Arctic security

March 14, 2025 — 
As Trump tilts towards Russia, Canada reconsiders Arctic security

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