UM Today Archives

April 16, 2024 —  Funding fostering future talent

April 16, 2024 —  Winnipeg Free Press: School Attendance and Systemic Barriers

April 16, 2024 —  Starting May 1, the University of Manitoba is switching from Telus Health to Kii by CloudMD for their Employee and Family Assistance Program. EFAP is a program available to all UM employees and provides free access to mental health and wellness services.

April 16, 2024 —  The Faculty of Law was pleased to welcome The Honourable Malcolm Rowe, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, to visit with law students on March 28, 2024. Students, professors and legal professionals filled the Moot Courtroom to first hear him give a short lecture on the work of late SCC Justice Ivan Rand regarding Freedom of Expression, and later open the floor to questions facilitated by law students Logan Nadeau (1L), and Talia David (3L).

April 16, 2024 —  Why are activists, who are so passionate about their social justice work, so often burned out by those very causes? We don’t often think about activism as a form of labour, but it is. Research on the activists that make up social justice movements suggests that the pressures of activist work, can cause them to experience serious consequences to their own mental well-being.

April 16, 2024 —  Respect the goose: Cohabiting with campus wildlife

April 15, 2024 —  Venegas says his connection to dance has brought him a long way, both in overcoming his shyness and by distance.

April 15, 2024 —  The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould is the latest in a long line of thought-provoking speakers – which includes Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Mark Garneau and The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair – who have enriched the discourse at UM through the Knight Distinguished Visitors program. Now, UM wants your ideas on who the 2025 Knight Distinguished Visitor should be. 

April 15, 2024 —  UM students continuing for spring/summer can continue to access Recreation Services at Fort Gary and Bannatyne Campuses through their fees, or for $145 for the summer if not registered in classes.

April 15, 2024 —  Manitoba tax change to help most people despite raising more money, premier says