UM Today Archives
Top of their game : Editor's Picks
February 20, 2018 — Never before has the Bison women’s hockey team started their playoff run as the number one ranked team in the country
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management News
The road to Reconciliation through sport : Sport & Reconciliation
February 20, 2018 — The inaugural Sport & Reconciliation Gathering is taking place Feb. 21-23 at the U of M, aimed at achieving TRC calls to action related to sport & education
U of M’s Olympians of yesteryear : Campus News
February 19, 2018 — To celebrate the 2018 Olympic Games, we scoured the archives to find alumni who competed over the decades
CBC: Niigaan Sinclair: ‘If there’s any moment for Canada to step up, this would be the moment’ : UM in the News
February 18, 2018 — Professor Niigaan Sinclair speaks with CBC radio.
Wpg Free Press: A bold new wave of electrification : UM in the News
February 16, 2018 — The time has come for a second, deeper wave of electrification
Indigenous News
Helping others through their spiritual journey the ‘most rewarding part’ for Elder Norman Meade : Indigenous Awareness Month
February 16, 2018 — Currently, Meade’s presence is felt as a mentor for students on campus, as well as a recently ordained Pastor in the province. The latter was an honour that he didn’t necessarily expect.
Microplastics found inside fish from Lake Winnipeg : Editor's Picks
February 16, 2018 — 'This will be an issue that is around for some time simply due to how long it takes plastics to degrade'
Sport used as a tool for assimilation : Featured
February 16, 2018 — In the history of Canada, Residential Schools encouraged Indigenous students to participate in mainstream activities such as hockey or football instead of Indigenous activities such as lacrosse, for example
Not an Olympic sport yet, but Ditchball returns to campus today : Campus News
February 16, 2018 — Teams of architecture students are braving the cold to play against each other in a friendly game of Ditchball outside of the Architecture 2 building.
Faculty of Education News
What a wonderful world it would be : Network News
February 16, 2018 — Falling literacy rates across Western countries. An increasing number of students becoming unteachable. Focusing on top-down curriculum and pedagogical approaches, educational reforms demand evidence-based practice. To developmental psychologist and best-selling author Gordon Neufeld, all of this points to something dreadfully amiss in education.





