Environment and Geography News Archive
Op-ed: We should know our limits
April 27, 2020 —
Vaclav Smil: 'It should not be so hard to admit that, at this point, we do not know much more than we do know.'
CBC: Cree-speaking raven puppet gives COVID-19 health information
April 13, 2020 —
Public health video draws from Cree culture to spread advice to people in remote First Nations
COVID-19 Rapid Response Program funding for studies in Indigenous populations
March 6, 2020 —
Two University of Manitoba researchers have received nearly $1 million in COVID-19 Rapid Response Program funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for research projects that focus on public health responses in Indigenous populations.
The Guardian: Vaclav Smil: ‘Growth must end. Our economist friends don’t seem to realise that’
September 23, 2019 —
The scientist and author on his latest book – an epic, multidisciplinary analysis of growth – and why humanity’s endless expansion must stop
Wpg Free Press: Manitoba MP attending Churchill summit to carve out town’s role once railway repaired
June 8, 2018 —
A team of University of Manitoba scientists are aboard the CCGS Amundsen icebreaker, led by David Barber
Canoes, Colonialism and Reconciliation
June 4, 2018 —
Please join us on Friday, June 8, for a screening of two films about canoes, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Derrick LaMere and Hillary Beattie.
Grasslands on the Manitoba Escarpment: The Prairies in the Rural Municipality of Stanley
April 20, 2018 —
A book launch will be held on May 12, 2018, from 1-2 p.m. at the Pembina Hills Arts Center in Morden, MB
Microplastics found inside fish from Lake Winnipeg
February 16, 2018 —
'This will be an issue that is around for some time simply due to how long it takes plastics to degrade'
First phase of Arctic climate change study cancelled due to climate change
June 12, 2017 —
'Climate-related changes in Arctic sea ice not only reduce its extent and thickness but also increase its mobility meaning that ice conditions are likely to become more variable and severe conditions such as these will occur more often'
Extreme research, precipitation
June 8, 2017 —
U of M professors have received funding to study one of the most pressing water-related challenges