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Dr. Niigaan Sinclair

Faculty of Arts News

Winnipeg Free Press PODCAST: Niigaan and the Lone Ranger

February 10, 2025 — 
Winnipeg Free Press PODCAST: Niigaan and the Lone Ranger

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Dr. Annaliese Tisseverasinghe

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Winnipeg Free Press: Out of the cold – Raynaud’s Awareness Month

February 10, 2025 — 
Decreased blood circulation leads to frozen extremities for people with Raynaud’s

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Corn field as the sun begins to set

Asper School of Business News

CBC Manitoba: Manitoba among provinces that stand to gain the most from gutting trade barriers, experts say

February 10, 2025 — 
Removing interprovincial barriers in 2020 could have increased Manitoba GDP $5K per capita by 2030: report

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young people gather in a barber shop as part of an outreach workshop

Faculty of Arts News

CBC Manitoba: University students, professor make space for men and boys to talk about mental health

February 10, 2025 — 
Student-led initiative, Black barbershop help create welcoming places for men and boys to open up

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Dr Julie Lajoie

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

CBC Manitoba: U of Manitoba-led program tackling HIV in Kenya in jeopardy after Trump’s cuts to USAID

February 7, 2025 — 
Climate initiatives halted as non-profits warn of growing humanitarian need

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Dr Jared Bullard (photo credit Shared Health)

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

CBC Manitoba: Province warns of 5 confirmed measles cases in southern Manitoba, connected to Ontario outbreak

February 6, 2025 — 
Public health is notifying people who attended specific locations where they may have been exposed

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Nathan Derejko, an assistant law professor at the University of Manitoba and the Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice.

Faculty of Arts News

CBC Manitoba: Manitobans call Trump’s pitch to take over Gaza Strip grotesque, vulgar and ‘wholly unlawful’

February 5, 2025 — 
Forced ownership of Gaza would constitute war crime: U of M international law expert

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Fletcher Baragar, an economics professor at the University of Manitoba, says Canada should join forces with other nations facing Trump tariff threats — like Mexico, China and potentially the European Union — in order to strengthen economic ties over the next four years. (Karen Pauls/CBC)

Faculty of Arts News

CBC Manitoba: Manitoba has few options to ‘Trump-proof’ its economy in next 30 days, experts say

February 5, 2025 — 
Looking to global markets a long-term option, but '30 days is not a whole lot of time': U of M economist

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An Amazon warehouse in Montreal's Lachine borough, on Wednesday January 22, 2025. Photo by John Mahoney/Postmedia

Faculty of Arts News

CBC Montreal: Amazon warehouse closures in Quebec have led to thousands of layoffs

February 3, 2025 — 
Layoffs so far totalling over 4,500, including delivery service partners

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Basketball takes over parking lot E on the Bannatyne campus during the summer.

Faculty of Arts News

CBC Manitoba: Winnipeg school community hopes the key to kids’ independence and confidence is child’s play

February 3, 2025 — 
'We've lost some really essential element in our childhoods'

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