anthropology News Archive

Banting Fellows and Vanier Scholars awarded to UM
July 15, 2021 —
UM welcomes two Banting Postdoctoral Fellows to its ranks and congratulates four doctoral students on receiving Vanier Scholarships

Research funding supports BIG ideas
June 15, 2021 —
Dozens of research projects have received over $6.5 million in funding to support research excellence in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences and engineering fields

Faculty of Arts
Discovery in Kalahari shifts our understanding of early humans, new paper in Nature reports
March 31, 2021 —
Crystals found in a rock shelter change the plot of humanity’s story

Faculty of Arts
New Centre opens in the Faculty of Arts
February 3, 2021 —
A new research centre at the University of Manitoba hopes to connect and serve social science researchers in the academic, private industry and non-profit communities.

Anthropologists’ book wins award for innovative examination of tuberculosis
December 8, 2020 —
Stacie Burke received the J.J. Talman Award for her latest book Building Resistance: Children, Tuberculosis, and the Toronto Sanatorium

CBC: A crash course in COVID: New University of Manitoba class will explore impact of pandemic
July 8, 2020 —
Anthropology course devoted to COVID-19 borne out of students' interest when crisis hit

UM to offer course on COVID-19 this fall
July 6, 2020 —
A course on COVID-19 will be offered this fall as an anthropology elective.

Where do we go now Winnipeg?
January 23, 2020 —
A public forum on the urban issues: Crime, poverty, and the renewal of the inner city

Faculty of Law
Justice for Girls Abducted in War
October 25, 2019 —
War crimes trials and apologies are often the focus after atrocities. But for women who have escaped conjugal slavery, justice means addressing their immediate needs, Grace Acan told about 50 students and professors at Robson Hall on Oct. 24.

1000 Miles Apart ceramics conference
September 18, 2019 —
The School of Art Gallery is launching an exhibition that connects the art of alumnus PJ Anderson with 10 Zulu artists