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Sustainability

Nominations open for the UM Sustainability Awards

January 30, 2023 — 
Do you have a friend, co-worker or professor who shows leadership, creativity and dedication to a sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals on campus? If so, nominate them for a 2023 UM Sustainability Award.  

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Traditional snowshoes sit in the foreground of a blue sky on a winter day.

Sustainability

Gather your team for the Jack Frost Challenge

January 27, 2023 — 
Join friends and fellow Manitobans for this year’s Jack Frost Challenge — a province-wide event organized by the Green Action Centre that takes place from Feb. 5 to 11 and encourages participants to complete 130 collective kms of winter activities.

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Pedestrian walks eastbound on Dafoe Road in winter, with bus stop in the background.

Sustainability

Voice your opinion, take the Campus Commute Survey

January 16, 2023 — 
UM needs your help to improve your campus commute and help inform future transportation planning. Fill out the Campus Commute Survey between January 16-31, 2023.

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Faculty of Science

Exhibit – Enterprises of the Human Spirit: 50 Years of Scientific Excellence in Germany and Canada.

January 4, 2023 — 
Free Exhibition honouring Dr. Gerhard Herzberg’s 1971 Nobel Prize award in Chemistry will be on display in the Jim Peebles Science and Technology Library from Jan. 4 - Jan. 24, 2023.

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A feature image of a lit candle alongside a framed photo of one of the Cole polyetcnique victims.

Price Faculty of Engineering

Honouring those lost during the tragedy at École Polytechnique

December 6, 2022 — 
On December 6, 1989, 14 women were killed by a gunman at École Polytechnique. Today, the engineering community gathered to honour those 14 women who lost their lives due to misogyny and hate.

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Black student holds phone at Fort Garry campus

Introducing the Promoting Black Flourishing Fund

December 6, 2022 — 
Review of applications begins December 15

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Ukraine's flag is shown on Fort Garry campus in March 2022. // Photo from Catherine-Grace Peters

Faculty of Arts

Ukrainian scholars find new community at UM

November 30, 2022 — 
On Dec. 1, the Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies is hosting a welcome event for the Ukrainian scholars within the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law, Max Rady College of Medicine and other units.

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Help shape UM’s digital future in less than 5 minutes

November 28, 2022 — 
Tell us what you think by completing this very short survey before it closes on Sunday, December 11 at 11:59 pm.

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Holiday Wrapping

Sustainability

12 Days of Sustainable Giving Returns

November 24, 2022 — 
The holiday season is quickly approaching; the Office of Sustainability shares twelve suggestions to have a climate-friendly, zero waste holiday.

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CBC Future 40 list highlights UM big thinkers and change makers

November 22, 2022 — 
CBC Manitoba’s Future 40 Awards are back and the announcement comes with a significant list of UM representation.

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