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Supaman performing at Mino-pimatisiwin 2024.

Indigenous

Mino-pimatisiwin 2024

October 10, 2024 — 
The Youth Empowerment Gathering highlighted the strength of Indigenous communities and their ongoing efforts to restore the ‘good life’ for future generations

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Tréchelle Bunn

Donor Relations

Running toward Reconciliation

September 25, 2024 — 
From founding the Reconciliation Run to establishing a scholarship, Tréchelle Bunn’s passion for sport and community drives her vision for Reconciliation

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Tony Lau in the newly renovated Tony T.K. Lau Global Lounge

Donor Relations

Investing in international students

September 23, 2024 — 
Learn more about UM alum Tony Lau and his contributions to the University of Manitoba

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Dr. Michael Benarroch, Dr. Gerald Niznick, Reesa Niznick and Dr. Anastasia Kelekis-Cholakis visit the site of the Dr. Gerald and Reesa Niznick Centre. 

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Philanthropists’ $5-million gift recognized with naming of new building on Bannatyne campus

September 20, 2024 — 
Dentistry alum Dr. Gerald Niznick and his wife Reesa have made a landmark gift to UM, contributing $5 million to leading-edge dental clinics to be located in a new building on the Bannatyne campus. The five-storey building will be named in the Niznicks' honour.   

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President Benarroch, the Niznicks and Dr. Anastasia Kelekis-Cholakis standing at the construction site next to a poster with the rendering of the new Dr. Gerald and Reesa Niznick Centre.

Donor Relations

Dr. Gerald and Reesa Niznick’s passion for dental education and care inspires $5 million gift to the University of Manitoba

September 20, 2024 — 
The gift will support the construction of a new dental clinic, which will be housed in the new Dr. Gerald and Reesa Niznick Centre on the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus. 

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Students studying at desks in a public space

Donor Relations

A legacy of support

September 11, 2024 — 
How scholarships, bursaries, and awards at the University of Manitoba transform lives

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Sol LeWitt wall drawing

Desautels Faculty of Music

Curtain rises on UM’s new Desautels Concert Hall

September 4, 2024 — 
The Desautels Concert Hall, a state-of-the-art performance venue in the heart of the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus, opens on September 5.

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UM alum and donor Michael Nesbitt outside of the new Desautels Concert Hall.

WATCH: A symphony of support

September 3, 2024 — 
Donor Michael Nesbitt on the opening of the ‘world-class’ Desautels Concert Hall

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UM alum Justin Price and his family

Donor Relations

Turning grief into giving

August 30, 2024 — 
UM alum Justin Price created a memorial scholarship to support young people in their grief journeys

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Music faculty member Victoria Sparks plays the marimba in the new Desautels Concert Hall.

WATCH: The magic of the first note

August 27, 2024 — 
UM faculty members on teaching and performing in the new Desautels Concert Hall

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