Environment and Geography News Archive
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Nunatsiaq Online: Fancy footwork: a look at boots around the circumpolar world
February 18, 2016 —
Jill Oakes and Rick Riewe did fieldwork to document traditional boot making in the circumpolar world
Supporting research into how we age, how we address global health challenges, and how our climate is changing
February 9, 2016 —
Research funding for new and renewed research chairs – $3.3 million in funding over the next seven years
Trojan Horse Aid: A Seminar with Susan Walsh
January 29, 2016 —
Join us for a a compelling first-hand account of development assistance gone awry
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Ron Stewart: Recipient of the John Patterson Medal
January 22, 2016 —
John Patterson Medal
Scientific American: Gates Joins Big Wigs in Paris to Push Clean Energy Initiative
December 1, 2015 —
Gates has become a devotee of Vaclav Smil, a little-known Czech-Canadian professor of the environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg whom he calls "the best energy author there is”
CBC: Research team heads to Beaufort to study floating ‘ice islands’
August 19, 2015 —
'One... comes towards you, it’s not a matter of breaking it up. It’s matter of getting out of its way'
‘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'
Woman: Redefined
April 29, 2015 —
U of M instructor launches Kickstarter for unique and personal project
Research and International
Celebrating researchers who are taking their place on the world stage
April 24, 2015 —
Awards for diverse research including decolonization, insects, climate change, child welfare, environment, older Canadians, and democracy
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Partners in the North
March 3, 2015 —
Over the ten-year history of the Riddell Faculty, numerous working relationships with organizations, communities, and institutions in Canada’s North have been developed. Two important partnerships, with the University College of the North (UCN) and the Northern Manitoba Mining Academy (NMMA), seek to provide greater access to training and educational opportunities for northern Manitobans.