experiential learning News Archive
Faculty of Law
Moot Report 2024: A season of excellence
April 23, 2024 —
The 2024 Moot season held another year of excellent learning opportunities for law students and resulted in several triumphs for the Manitoba moot teams. Awards won included the Spirit of the Laskin Award, the Spirit of Negotiation Award for the French stream of the Canadian National Negotiation Competition (CNNC), and recognition for the fourth-best mooter in the all-French language Bastarache moot.
Faculty of Law
Learning about Arts and Business Law needs of Northern Manitobans
April 22, 2024 —
From March 24-27, law students from the Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts and L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic attended the second annual Northern Arts & Food Workshop hosted at University College of the North in The Pas. While in The Pas students stayed on the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) at Kikiwak Inn. Learn about OCN and inspiring plans for the Opaskwayak community.
Asper School of Business
Asper undergraduate team wins first place in not-for-profit case competition and gives back
April 1, 2024 —
Asper students Joshua Peterson, Tyler Roslinsky, Taylor Bially and Sanjana Sabu won first prize at the Alberta Not-for-Profit’s External Case Competition this February, bringing home a $1,500 cash prize, which they donated back to the not-for-profit organization that helped them prepare for the competition.
Faculty of Arts
A camera in a can? Pop-up exhibition features student solargraphs
March 27, 2024 —
On April 5, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., students from ENGL 2140: Literature of the Victorian Period invite the UM community to a one-day pop-up exhibition Long Exposure: A Pinhole Photography Exhibition featuring images and written reflections on their experience using pinhole cameras to create solargraph images.,
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Nutritional Sciences students get a true taste of the real world
March 27, 2024 —
The hot lunch project is one of many ways that Dr. Snehil Dua incorporates Experiential Learning (EL) into her teaching. She is always looking for ways to help her students prepare for the dynamic demands of the food industry.
Students
UM Celebrates Work Integrated Learning month in March!
March 5, 2024 —
Co-op is one of the ways students can directly expand their understanding of the field. It opens many doors, leads to different horizons and illuminates different trajectories that students may not have been aware of. It also allows students to see the emerging trends in the field and get a glimpse of the direction that the industry may be heading towards.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Instructor Carla Zelmer plants the seeds of experiential learning
January 30, 2024 —
The Experiential Learning Spotlight Series documents the diverse and innovative ways in which UM faculty and instructors incorporate experiential approaches to their teaching.
Faculty of Arts
Disability is part of all of our experience
January 29, 2024 —
On January 19th, students, faculty, family and friends gathered to celebrate the launch of What Our Bodies Know: Essays at the Intersection of Feminism & Disability. The book is an anthology of 28 creative nonfiction pieces written by students from the course WOMN 2540: Feminisms and Disability in Contemporary Literature from the women’s and gender studies program (WGS) in the Faculty of Arts.
Faculty of Law
UM Law Rights Clinic students support Public Interest lawyer at Supreme Court hearing
January 19, 2024 —
Rights Clinic law students at Robson Hall had the opportunity to help in a very real way with a Supreme Court of Canada appeal that could influence access to justice for Canadians receiving social assistance.
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning February Workshops
January 16, 2024 —
Check out the variety of workshops scheduled for February, offered by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.