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Scholars come to Winnipeg to discuss rights of humans, and animals

July 31, 2015 — 
Over 230 academics from around the world are expected to arrive in Winnipeg for a major conference in August: Romanticism and Rights

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Wpg Sun: Lashing out like road rager likely only causes more anger

July 22, 2015 — 
Lashing out to “vent” frustration doesn’t actually serve the stress-relief value many think

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‘Oh Hell No,’ they made another Sharknado movie. Why do we keep watching them?

July 22, 2015 — 
'We love films that act as if they are William Shatner all the time'

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Carved by Coast Salish artist Luke Marston, the TRC Bentwood Box is a lasting tribute to all Indian Residential School Survivors. The box travelled with the TRC to all of its official events. // Photo by Adam Dolman

Online petition urges election debate on Aboriginal reconciliation

July 20, 2015 — 
Professors trying to make sure the recommendations of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission remain an issue in this fall’s federal election

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Grace Nickel, Devastatus Rememorari, 2008 Collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Photo by: Steve Farmer

Prof’s art exhibit opens in Nova Scotia, a gift to those who lived through ‘the awesome and horrible experience of Hurricane Juan’

July 17, 2015 — 
'Its power lies in the fact that it resonates not only through one specific event, but it can be read as a tribute to all trees devastated through natural phenomena.'

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In Between Spaces, on now

July 13, 2015 — 
Artist explores how the mind makes sense of the seen and unseen in order to understand the world

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Wpg Free Press: A look at accessing childcare in River Heights

June 17, 2015 — 
Childcare space: Like winning the lottery

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Melanie Soderstrom with her daughter

Community Stories

Baby Talk: Supporting early language development

June 16, 2015 — 
Associate Prof. Melanie Soderstrom provides parents with information about the importance of talking to their infants.

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Wpg Free Press: Saying ‘sorry’ isn’t enough

June 15, 2015 — 
History professor David Churchill on the wrongs done to the LGBTT Canadians

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Carved by Coast Salish artist Luke Marston, the TRC Bentwood Box is a lasting tribute to all Indian Residential School Survivors. The box travelled with the TRC to all of its official events. // Photo by Adam Dolman

‘This history is not over’

June 10, 2015 — 
'This is our history, all of ours, and surely, it demands that we think seriously about it.'

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