Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News Archive
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Bisons raise academic bar for fifth straight year
October 22, 2021 —
At the completion of the 2020-21 season, 188 of the 360 University of Manitoba student-athletes qualified for U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian status
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Students
Fall Convocation: meet the class of 2021
October 15, 2021 —
Meet some of the incredible members of the University of Manitoba’s class of 2021. Fall Convocation will be held this year from Oct. 18-21 and on Nov. 10
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Glenlea Research Station receives support for egg research
October 8, 2021 —
The governments of Canada and Manitoba are providing $1.5 million for Manitoba Egg Farmers to establish the Egg Layer Research and Public Engagement Facility at the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
AG e-news October 5, 2021
October 5, 2021 —
News and events from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Manitoba Canola Growers support UM in advancing Canadian agriculture through new research facility
October 5, 2021 —
Manitoba Canola Growers Association have committed $500,000 to support the construction of Prairie Crops & Soils Research Facility
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Four named professors emeriti in recognition of service to UM
September 30, 2021 —
Brian Amiro, Stefan Cenkowski, Don Flaten and Bogdan Slominski honoured for their teaching, research and scholarship.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Better Farming Prairies: Flowering habitat strips
September 29, 2021 —
Research explores how planting flowering strips creates habitats for beneficial insects.
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Research and International
Recent UM research findings suggest gender bias remains in NSE professions across Canada
September 28, 2021 —
EDI and the sciences