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A graphic showing two maps of Winnipeg compares the number of meth-related calls received by the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service in 2013 and 2018.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Rise in Manitoba meth use seen in soaring rate of ER visits, paramedic calls : Network News

November 9, 2020 —  The number of Manitobans whose methamphetamine use brings them into contact with the health-care system is climbing dramatically, a University of Manitoba study shows

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Sigrid Dahle

School of Art News

School of Art mourns passing of SOA alumna, colleague, and friend Sigrid Dahle : Campus News

November 9, 2020 —  One of the most innovative curators, art writers and critics of her generation. School of Art pays tribute to the late Sigrid Dahle.

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Student Koe Yoshino

Faculty of Graduate Studies News

Why you should consider a PhD at the University of Manitoba : Network News

November 6, 2020 —  International student Koe Yoshino searched the world to follow his academic passion and was “intrigued” to find the University of Manitoba offered the doctoral program he’d been looking for

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Price Faculty of Engineering News

Dr. Marcia Friesen appointed Dean of the Price Faculty of Engineering : Campus News

November 6, 2020 —  Dr. Friesen will become the Faculty’s first female Dean.

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Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing, the final resting place for nearly 12,000 First World War servicemen.

The Conversation: First World War poet Wilfred Owen, treated for shell shock, carried readers into the horror of war : News

November 6, 2020 —  Owen’s 'Dulce et Decorum Est' has an unambiguous anti-war message, and it works skillfully to immerse the reader in a subsuming, visceral representation of the lived experience of the frontline soldier

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The TALOS electron microscope will enhance COVID-19 research at UM

UM team receives federal funding for targeted COVID-19 research : News

November 6, 2020 —  The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, joined by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, announced close to $28 million in research infrastructure

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Faouzia

UM engineering student Faouzia sings duet with John Legend : UM in the News

November 6, 2020 —  UM engineering student Faouzia, who hails from Carman, Manitoba, has released a single in collaboration with music superstar John Legend

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Tony Quach

Globe and Mail: From anthropology to visual arts, COVID-19 is now part of the university curriculum : Network News

November 6, 2020 —  UM leads the way in adapting courses to meet the current situation

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Faculty of Social Work News

Rejecting a Return to Life before the Pandemic Conference : Network News

November 5, 2020 —  Rejecting a return to life before the pandemic: Covid-19, structural inequalities and a call on social work to create a better normal conference

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

Rapid research, rapid results: How the CHILD Cohort Study is tracking the pandemic’s impact on Canadian families : Editor's Picks

November 5, 2020 —  Long before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of our lives, Dr. Meghan Azad became one of the lead investigators in a national research study designed to track the ways in which early-life environmental, physical, and social factors can shape health.

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