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Faculty of Architecture

SCALE 1:1 LIGNEOUS ARTEFACTS FOR LAKE MANITOBA FIRST NATION’S NEW GREEN HEART

September 25, 2024 — 
Ligneous Artefacts is the title of the ARCG 7102 studio during the summer term of 2024. The goal was to design and build a series of non-standardized site-specific features for the Shared Path, that turns a site on Lake Manitoba First Nation land into a gathering place where young and old can meet, share, and create new stories.

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Three people standing on a riverbank with trees and water around them.

Indigenous

Learning about land and place

April 22, 2024 — 
Offered by Community Engaged Learning, the Land and Water program at UM brings together students, community members, knowledge carriers and Elders for immersive urban land-based experiences. Using a decolonizing approach to education, it provides the opportunity for participants to learn about Indigenous Peoples’ enduring relationships with land and place.

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Two Two-Spirit leaders posing for a photo at an event.

Indigenous

Making Space for Two-Spirit Students, Staff and Faculty

March 9, 2023 — 
Two-Spirit talking and sharing circles are held every second Tuesday to help build community on campus for 2S/LGBTQQPIA+ students, staff and faculty.

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Students

Embracing community engaged learning

February 22, 2023 — 
Learning by doing is a critical part of an exceptional student experience. The University of Manitoba recognizes experiential learning (EL) as a pedagogical strategy that advances learning, personal growth and competency development in a diversity of concepts and environments.

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Students

Learn on, from and about the land in the Land and Water program

October 2, 2022 — 
Applications are now open for the Land and Water program, which offers immersive urban land-based experiences, and engaging online workshops and activities facilitated by Indigenous elders, knowledge holders, artists and others.

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Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

The Office of Experiential Learning launches in The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

April 11, 2022 — 
The Office of Experiential Learning was founded to support the enhancement of existing experience-based learning opportunities at UM and to bring experiential learning to classrooms where it never was before.

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Elder Diane Maytwayashing shares teachings about the Bannock Point petroforms with Land and Water participants.

Students

Join the Land and Water team, learn from the land

September 23, 2021 — 
Applications are now open for the Land and Water program, which offers immersive urban land-based experiences, and engaging online workshops and activities facilitated by Indigenous elders, knowledge holders, artists and others. 

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Resisting Coloniality in Winnipeg

August 17, 2021 — 
Resisting Coloniality in Winnipeg is a panel series that brings together some of the local community organizations and activists who are leading this important work in our city.

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Quilted fabric collage by Nicki Ferland | Working in Good Ways cover image

Students

Working in Good Ways: A framework for Indigenous community engagement now available for download

June 7, 2021 — 
The framework and accompanying set of resources are part of an Indigenous Initiatives funded project that focuses on building and caring for relationships with Indigenous communities.

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The Dean's Lecture on Smart Transportation

Students

Explore Winnipeg this summer with Community Engaged Learning & the Virtual Community Centre

May 3, 2021 — 
The summer edition of Community Engaged Learning's Virtual Community Centre explores Winnipeg neighbourhoods and brings back the popular virtual cooking classes

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