experiential learning News Archive
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Follow your passion and start small
January 17, 2023 —
In the fall of 2021, Stephanie Chesser, assistant professor in the faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, gave her students a unique assignment.
Asper School of Business
Experiential learning continues to thrive at the Asper School of Business
December 2, 2022 —
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Architecture student Dallin Chicoine reflects on Co-op experience in Iqaluit
November 1, 2022 —
reposted from The Manitoban on November 1, 2022; Faculty of Architecture co-op student, Dallin Chicoine reflects on his work term experience in Iqaluit
TeachingLIFE
Learning from the stars, and our backyards
October 14, 2022 —
Experiential learning is more than career preparation, it’s life preparation
Faculty of Architecture
Launching Careers with Cooperative Education
September 20, 2022 —
Thirty students from all disciplinary streams secured work terms in summer 2022.
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law expands clinical options for experiential learning
August 5, 2022 —
Starting this fall, third-year law students at Robson Hall have their pick of an expanded number of experiential learning, or clinical courses. Out of approximately 100 students coming into their final year of the University of Manitoba’s Juris Doctor program, over half applied for an externship opportunity to get a chance to roll up their sleeves and do some work helping clients with legal matters or seeing first-hand how law works in practice.
Faculty of Law
Winnipeg Free Press: U of M opens pro bono legal rights clinic
July 27, 2022 —
A new pro bono clinic at the University of Manitoba aims to help communities historically under-served by the justice system take on issues ranging from disability rights to Indigenous rights to environmental rights and everything in between.
Faculty of Law
Pro Bono Rights Clinic to launch at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law on July 26, 2022
July 26, 2022 —
The University of Manitoba Faculty of Law will launch its Rights Clinic at Robson Hall (“Rights Clinic”) on July 26, 2022. This novel initiative – supported by a grant from the Manitoba Law Foundation – will have a specific focus on assisting Manitobans with rights-advancing issues and cases in the areas of environmental rights, Charter rights, Indigenous rights, disability rights, and privacy rights, amongst others.
TeachingLIFE
Rethinking UM’s approach to experiential learning
June 30, 2022 —
UM is embarking on even more ways to give learners access to a variety of rich, life-preparing and practical experiential learning experiences inside and out of the classroom, positioning students for success in a changing world
TeachingLIFE
Land as teacher
June 29, 2022 —
Land-based education means learning on, about and from the land