UM Today Archives

May 1, 2017 —  All words we see in the same sentence as Canada. But what about: fierce, daring, bold? Meet the recipients of the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Awards—graduates who bring their passion, without apology.

May 1, 2017 —  We see versions of it on Facebook. We look for it in yoga class or in that book on mindfulness. But still it hides. Canada is the seventh happiest country in the world. University of Manitoba researchers weigh in on the universal and complicated search.

May 1, 2017 —  They found a ray of light in the unthinkable dark. How three members of our University of Manitoba community who asked themselves ‘Why am I here?’ turned hardship into stories of hope, and changed national conversations.

May 1, 2017 —  The Bentwood Box sits in a sunny alcove overlooking the Red River and easily commands the attention of the room, as it has done throughout the emotional journey that brought it here.

May 1, 2017 —  When he was younger he wanted to invent things, and he also enjoyed making arguments. His parents said he should pursue law, but he chose philosophy.

May 1, 2017 —  Winnipeg holds the record for the largest Canada Day living flag. And each person in red or white brings with them a personal connection to this land.

May 1, 2017 —  “We can make Canada even better.”
 This was a statement I heard repeated many times, and from many people, at Converge 2017.

May 1, 2017 —  150 for Canada, 140 for the University of Manitoba. 50, a new label for me to wear.

May 1, 2017 —  When Ari Cohen [BA/91], who stars in the CBC series Shoot the Messenger, first stepped on stage with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre—and got paid—he realized: Hey, maybe acting is a viable career.

May 1, 2017 —  Chimwemwe Undi [BA(Adv)/16] loves to see quirky misspellings on Twitter, like Pre-Madonna. While grammarians get mad, the 22-year- old linguistics grad—a rising star in Canadian spoken word poetry—gets excited.