UM Today Archives

July 29, 2025 —  Terry Francois, 53, was banished from northern Manitoba First Nation where his daughters, granddaughter live

July 29, 2025 —  Thomas recounts the good, the bad and the ugly in an exit interview with CBC News

July 29, 2025 —  IST Audio-Visual is hosting drop-in demonstrations of the university’s installed classroom and portable audiovisual equipment

July 29, 2025 —  From the large window of her dental office in northern Manitoba, Judy Zetaruk [B.Sc./86, DMD/90] can watch eagles soaring over a tree-lined lake.

July 29, 2025 —  When it comes to gardening, biodiversity and pest control, sometimes it’s best to do less! These intrepid insects benefit your soil and keep your garden healthy.

July 28, 2025 —  A new four-year study led by a University of Manitoba researcher in partnership with Sport Manitoba has received over $384,000 in funding from the Government of Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to improve sporting environments for adolescent girls in sports historically dominated by boys.  

July 28, 2025 —  Churchill port agreement to improve global market access

July 28, 2025 —  ‘A silent disease’: Manitoba hepatitis C numbers on the rise again

July 28, 2025 —  Should Canada Lower the Voting Age to 16?

July 28, 2025 —  After having been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law as of March 30, 2025, Brandon Trask officially received Tenure at the University of Manitoba as of July 1. The significance of this rite of passage for junior faculty members may be lost on most students, but it matters in the grand scheme of things to faculty members, staff, their relationship with the union and the university and, ultimately, to their students, regardless of how dull an administrative function it seems.