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poster graphic for the Insights '25 conference, the inaugural business and human rights conference Nov 14 2025 at the Canadian Museum for human rights

Faculty of Law News

Insights ’25 conference explores business law through a human rights lens : Network News

November 4, 2025 —  A University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law professor is bringing a host of top international legal scholars to Winnipeg on November 14 for the inaugural Insights ’25 Canadian Forum for Business and Human Rights conference.

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Portrait of Adam King, Labour Studies

Faculty of Arts News

CBC: Civil service employees in Manitoba brace for federal budget amid fears of workforce cuts : UM in the News

November 4, 2025 —  Dr. Adam King, assistant professor of labour studies at the University of Manitoba, said what the Carney government has signalled thus far does not hint at public austerity measures in the traditional sense of cuts across the board

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Eleanor and Wayne Chiu

Donor Relations News

Business that cares : Network News

November 4, 2025 —  The University of Manitoba (UM) is proud to announce a transformative $5.4 million gift from Drs. Wayne [BSc(ME)/80, LLD/23] and Eleanor Chiu to establish the Chiu Centre for Business Serving Community.

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A photographer takes a photo of the dean of the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry and 12 students. The students are each holding a certificate.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Hard work pays off for dental hygiene, dentistry award recipients : Network News

November 4, 2025 —  Jasmeen Rai decided to make some changes to her study habits last year.

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Pumpkins

Faculty of Arts News

CBC: Fall Queries with Chloe: Pumpkin Spice : UM in the News

November 4, 2025 —  Why do we only have pumpkin spice flavoured things in the fall? CBC's Chloe Friesen went looking for answers with Dr. Sonia Bookman, Associate Professor and Department Head, Sociology and Criminology.

A bowl of gummy bears sits beside a child's hand holding two gummy bears.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Early-career Rady researchers awarded New Investigator grants : Network News

November 4, 2025 —  Five assistant professors from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences are among 24 researchers who have received a total of nearly $1.8 million in New Investigator Operating Grants from Research Manitoba. 

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Students News

New Aurora Cards: Exams, tuition, awards and more! : Network News

November 4, 2025 —  A round up of some of the most important Aurora cards that were launched or updated and what it means for students.

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Kaitlin Reilly wearing a University of Manitoba shirt and nametag at Fort Garry campus.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Respiratory therapy student looks at effects of vaping on lung capacity : Editor's Picks

November 4, 2025 —  What are the dangers of vaping, especially on young people? Third-year respiratory therapy student Kaitlin Reilly received a UM undergraduate research award to work on a project this summer on the effects of e-cigarettes and vaping. 

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Faculty of Law News

A Meeting with ICC Judge Kimberly Prost : Network News

November 3, 2025 —  Jayden Kyryluk [BA/22] is a third-year law student working as a Research Assistant for the Desautels Business Law Accelerator at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Law. He is currently spending this term on an exchange program, studying international law at Radbound University in Nijmegen, Netherlands. On the same day that his classmates in Winnipeg were meeting with Supreme Court of Canada Judge Sheilah Martin, Kyryluck was shaking hands with Judge Kimberly Prost in The Hague.

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Brandon Trask is an associate professor in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of law. (Warren Kay/CBC)

Faculty of Law News

Winnipeg Free Press: ‘They should bury you under the prison’: Kinew blasts Supreme Court rejection of minimum sentence for child pornography : UM in the News

November 3, 2025 —  The province doesn’t have the authority to use the notwithstanding clause in a situation such as the Supreme Court striking down mandatory minimum sentences, said Brandon Trask, Associate Law Professor, University of Manitoba

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