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Celebrating our collective accessibility commitment as a community : Accessibility commitment

December 4, 2017 —  A message from University of Manitoba President and Vice-Chancellor David Barnard

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Faculty of Science News

This little App came to market: UofM students develop LinkUp to connect Winnipeggers : Network News

December 4, 2017 —  New App connects Winnipeggers with each other and local businesses.

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CBC: Trudeau names two new Senators, including Canada’s first female Indigenous dentist : UM in the News

December 4, 2017 —  Dr. Mary Jane McCallum has worked to provide important dental and health services to a range of northern, First Nations, and Indigenous communities throughout Manitoba

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Santa Claus

Here comes… the Bishop of Myra! : Campus News

December 4, 2017 —  “St. Nicholas was a fourth-century Bishop of Myra (Demre) in the province of Antalya, Turkey,” says Dr. Meredith Bacola of the Jesuit Centre for Catholic Studies."

Sweet Christmas traditions from the Archives : News

December 4, 2017 —  Hidden away within Archives & Special Collections in the University Libraries are some unique treasures documenting our storied past

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CBC: Why do mosquitoes seem so attracted to some people and not others? : UM in the News

December 4, 2017 —  Kateryn Rochon explains

@lizaisakovart shares a look behind the scenes at her painting process from the UofM's School of Art.

Trending: For the week of December 4 – 10 : Campus News

December 4, 2017 —  Current hashtags, links and other social media bits & pieces

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Globe and Mail: How family ties help moms unbind from addiction : UM in the News

December 3, 2017 —  A University of Manitoba study, published this fall in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, showed women tended to have higher rates of mental illness and substance use disorder diagnoses after their children were taken into care.

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CBC Radio-Canada producer, Rémi Authier interviews one of the students taking the Français juridique class at Robson Hall.

Faculty of Law News

Bilingual Students from Robson Hall make it onto the small screen : Network News

December 1, 2017 —  La télé de Radio-Canada, CBC’s French language counterpart, was invited to Robson Hall last month to take part in the Français juridique class (legal French terminology) to gather students’ impressions on the importance of bilingualism in the context of the Law Society of Manitoba’s 140th anniversary.

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A polar bear in the Arctic.

Churchill Marine Observatory receives new federal funding : Featured

December 1, 2017 —  Funds for northern initiatives, including $1.5 million for Churchill Marine Observatory

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