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March 31, 2021 —  Since starting at the University of Manitoba in the Faculty of Science three years ago, Gursagar Jhanji has learned a lot. Jhanji took a chance to apply for an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA). Jhanji’s USRA experience went so well that he wrote to Faculty of Science Dean Stefi Baum to express his gratitude for the experience.

March 31, 2021 —  Law professor Colleen M. Flood argues vaccine passports will be forced up on society and governments must regulate their use. “But wholesale opposition to vaccine passports will merely permit a Wild West to emerge with differing standards that don’t sufficiently protect against discrimination or attend to privacy and fraudulent use concerns,” Flood writes. Law professor Brandon Trask says such passports have no place in Canada. “One of the costs of living in a democracy is that our fellow citizens may do things other than we wish they would. In the end, this is a small price to pay for all the benefits that flow from having meaningful rights,” Trask writes.

March 31, 2021 —  New Academic Jobs - March 31, 2021

March 31, 2021 —  Mary Jane Maillet Brownscombe [BComm(Hons)/88, MA/11] has a long-term relationship with the University of Manitoba

March 31, 2021 —  The flag at the University of Manitoba will be lowered on March 31

March 31, 2021 —  Crystals found in a rock shelter change the plot of humanity’s story

March 30, 2021 —  Faculty of Architecture and Price Faculty of Engineering students collaborate to win Precast Concrete Student Wellness Bench Competition

March 30, 2021 —  Two Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences graduate students will compete at Three Minute Thesis final event on April 21.

March 30, 2021 —  Architecture thesis student Tali Budman and an interdisciplinary team earn “special mention” and cash award for their competition entry to the Ontario Place: Call for Counterproposals.

March 30, 2021 —  Massive Canada-wide data set will provide more reliable answers on medication use during pregnancy