Advancing Reconciliation and Promoting Indigenous Achievement News Archive
Have your say in UM’s newest Strategic Plan
January 17, 2023 —
We are pleased to announce that UM is embarking on the process to develop our new university strategic plan.
Welcoming René Ouellette as Associate Vice-President (Human Resources)
January 11, 2023 —
Sees importance of connecting and collaborating, building on inclusion and diverse employment initiatives, attracting a large talent pool
We will make 2023 another great year!
January 9, 2023 —
Together, we’re making progress on our Reconciliation Action Plan, our Anti-Racism Strategy, and much work is being done to ensure our campus is a safe space where everyone can dream big.
Libraries
Representation Matters: Transforming UM Libraries Through Indigenous Art and Engagement
January 6, 2023 —
On October 26, the Elizabeth Dafoe Library unveiled “Skoden & Stoodis,” the latest art piece by renowned Métis artist Val Vint. Located on 1st Floor of the Elizabeth Dafoe Library at the Fort Garry campus, “Skoden & Stoodis,” echoes Vint’s previous work “Chi-kishkayhitamihk si te li neu Biizon” (“Education is the New Bison”), a 12-foot steel sculpture constructed out of 200 steel replicas of books and other articles by Indigenous authors, currently on display at the Forks.
Libraries
UM Libraries strengthens connection with Indigenous communities
October 28, 2022 —
UM Libraries strengthens connection with Indigenous communities.
Students
UM degree sets new grads up for success
October 17, 2022 —
Meet some outstanding graduates of UM’s class of 2022. Fall Convocation will be held from October 19-20 (Fort Garry campus) and on October 27 (Bannatyne campus).
Indigenous student-athlete shows community that movement is medicine
September 27, 2022 —
The Reconciliation Run, organized by Indigenous student-athlete Tréchelle Bunn, is scheduled to take place on September 30 in Birtle, MB. Registration is still open with an option to participate virtually for those not able to make the trip to Birtle on Friday.
Research and International
Reckoning with the history of public schooling and settler colonialism
September 26, 2022 —
Part of the “complex truth” behind reconciliation is understanding that public schooling has also played an important role in settler colonialism in Canada.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Video celebrates Indigenous alumni of Diploma in Agriculture program
July 28, 2022 —
Video series celebrates accomplishments of Indigenous alumni and First Nations communities
Research and International
Canada’s reckoning with colonialism and education must include Indian Day Schools
July 13, 2022 —
Many Canadians are finally coming to terms with the truth that the Canadian government, in co-operation with Christian churches, ran a genocidal school system intended to 'kill the Indian in the child' for more than a century